New Advances of Sustainability Development in Numerical Modeling and Engineering Technology of Unconventional Oil and Gas Extraction
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Engineering and Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 December 2025) | Viewed by 847
Special Issue Editors
Interests: rock mechanics; unconventional oil and gas production; geothermal reservoir simulation; geological stability evaluation and numerical simulation of geological storage
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Dear Colleagues,
In order to address global energy demands amidst declining conventional reserves, it is now crucial to develop unconventional hydrocarbon resources, including shale gas, tight oil, oil sands, and coalbed methane. Meanwhile, more and more countries are looking to promote sustainability. Despite the global reserves of unconventional oil and gas far exceeding those of conventional resources, the global production of unconventional resources remains low, and technical challenges are often encountered when aiming to sustainability explore and exploit these resources.
This Special Issue aims to present the novel technologies and methods developed for the evaluation and exploitation of unconventional oil and gas. We welcome interested authors to submit original research and review articles that address the sustainable development of unconventional oil and gas resources, unconventional energy extraction technology, and hydraulic fracturing-induced earthquakes.
The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:
- Sustainable development methods for unconventional oil and gas resources.
- New technology and theories regarding unconventional oil and gas exploitation and exploration processes.
- New geophysical methods for unconventional oil and gas exploration and development, especially induced earthquakes, seismic risk assessment, etc.
- New technologies and methods for enhancing the sustainable development of unconventional oil and gas reservoirs.
- The application of artificial intelligence methods for unconventional oil and gas exploration and development.
- New theories and methods for geothermal energy development.
Prof. Dr. Yuwei Li
Dr. Zihan Sun
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- unconventional oil and gas
- reservoir extraction technology
- seismic risk assessment
- reservoir stimulation
- oil and gas exploiting and exploring
- geothermal energy development
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