New Advances in the Study of Marine Petroleum

Dear Colleagues,

Oil science and technology are constantly evolving in order to improve reservoir management and development efficiency, as well as safety. Within the framework of marine petroleum, the main challenges of the 21st century relate to optimizing reservoir management efficiency by guaranteeing environmental sustainability and safety, as well as providing effective methods for the safe storage of greenhouse gas within reservoir rocks. The current energetic crisis is dramatically pointing out the strong sensitivity of the whole productive system to energy source availability and price fluctuations. A rational strategy for the exploitation of fossil resources should make it possible to provide an efficient and flexible oil/gas production system capable of adequately responding to market needs. The current reservoir discipline is experiencing a rapid evolution in regard to new developments, such as data analytics, machine learning and computing capability, improved drilling and prospecting techniques, and, on the other hand, enhanced methods and paradigms of reservoir characterization and modeling at several scales of observation.

This Special Issue focuses on recent advances and/or trends in the study of such a special marine resource. Contributions such as original papers, reviews, short notes, or perspective papers, dealing with theoretical, experimental, or methodological topics are welcome.

Dr. Vincenzo Guerriero
Guest Editor

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