Advanced Research in Marine Gas Hydrate
A Special Issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312) belonging to the section "Geological Oceanography".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 February 2027 | Viewed by 724
Editors
Interests: natural gas hydrate; marine gas hydrate; CO2 hydrate; CO2 sequestration; phase equilibria; hydrate kinetics; hydrate-bearing sediments; reservoir simulation
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Interests: natural gas hydrate; CO2 hydrate; hydrate-bearing sediments; cold seep; methane carbonate; hydrate production simulation
Interests: natural gas hydrate; marine gas hydrate; CO2 hydrate; offshore CO2 sequestration; hydrate-bearing sediments; natural hydrogen
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Global energy demands and the urgent imperative to mitigate climate change have positioned marine gas hydrates at a critical nexus of energy security and environmental sustainability. As the world seeks reliable bridging fuel to navigate the energy transition, natural gas hydrates (NGHs) embedded in marine sediments represent an immense, largely untapped global energy resource. Concurrently, the unique thermodynamic conditions of deep-sea environment offer a groundbreaking frontier for offshore carbon capture and storage (OCCS). The ability to sequester anthropogenic CO2 as stable hydrates, or to utilize CH4-CO2 exchange techniques to simultaneously extract CH4 and lock CO2 permanently, presents a transformative opportunity to align energy production with net-zero emissions. However, realizing this dual potential requires overcoming complex engineering and environmental challenges. Safe and effective energy recovery from NGH and long-term CO2 storage as hydrates in marine environment depend on a profound understanding of gas hydrate thermodynamics and kinetics, multiphase seepage in marine sediments, reservoir response and stability, and environmental assessment and impact. Driven by recent advancements in deep-sea expeditions, in situ gas hydrate measurement, numerical modeling techniques and long-term field production test, this research front provides the framework needed to safely commercialize NGH recovery and deploy OCCS technologies.
This Special Issue aims to present and disseminate the most recent advances related to marine gas hydrates across a broad spectrum of perspectives, with a focus on two key perspectives: energy recovery from natural gas hydrates (NGHs) and offshore CO2 sequestration as hydrates.
Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following:
- NGH stability and phase equilibria under realistic oceanic conditions;
- Geophysical imaging, core- and pore-scale characterization and geochemical signatures of NGH; kinetics of NGH formation, dissociation, and multiphase flow and transport;
- Environmental impacts and climate relevance, including methane fluxes, oxidation processes, and microbial interactions;
- Innovative approaches to offshore carbon storage, such as CO2 sequestration as hydrates and CH4-CO2 replacement;
- NGH monitoring and remote sensing methods;
- Modeling and risk assessment of hydrate-bearing sediments and geohazards;
- Evaluation of resource potential, reservoir simulation and novel NGH production enhancement strategies.
Submissions from field expeditions, laboratory experiments, theoretical analyses, numerical modeling and integrated multidisciplinary studies are welcome.
Prof. Dr. Zhenyuan Yin
Dr. Hongfeng Lu
Dr. Yan Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- marine gas hydrate
- natural gas hydrate
- methane seeps
- CO2 hydrate
- CO2 sequestration
- marine sediments
- monitoring and sensing
- in situ measurement
- numerical modeling
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