The Exploration and Development of Unconventional Hydrocarbon Resources, 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

This is the second volume of the previously successful Special Issue "The Exploration and Development of Unconventional (Mainly Shale) Hydrocarbon Resources" (Link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/processes/special_issues/760MCZ74Y9).

The exploration and development of hydrocarbons (gas and oil) in unconventional reservoirs have attracted a great deal of attention due to the vast potential in these areas. Over the past two decades, the production of hydrocarbons from reservoirs with disparate depositional environments has rapidly increased in many countries (e.g., North America and China) due to the application of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. However, there are still many scientific issues that are implicated in the sustainable development of hydrocarbon resources, including the hydrocarbon accumulation mechanisms and models, hydrocarbon occurrence state, and hydrocarbon loss mechanism.

Therefore, the Journal of Processes announces a Special Issue on “The Exploration and Development of Unconventional Hydrocarbon Resources” in order to present up-to-date advances in the theories and methodologies that are related to accumulation mechanisms for unconventional reservoirs. This Special Issue will mainly focus on the underlying scientific issues that are related to the accumulation and depletion of hydrocarbon mechanisms in shale reservoirs, in an attempt to improve our fundamental understanding of these processes for the high single-well productivity and low-cost sustainable development of hydrocarbon.

You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Applied Sciences.

Dr. Guoheng Liu
Dr. Jianhua Zhao
Dr. Xiaolong Sun
Dr. Yuqi Wu
Guest Editors

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