Reservoir Genesis and Quality Evolution in Hydrocarbon Systems

Dear Colleagues,

Reservoir rocks are the foundational units for hydrocarbon storage and flow, and their effectiveness is governed by their original depositional character and subsequent diagenetic modification. The porosity and permeability of these units, essential for economic viability, are products of their source material, the depositional system that formed them, and their post-depositional geological journey. Deciphering this evolution is a central challenge in geoscience with direct applications to reducing exploration risk and enhancing recovery.

We invite you to contribute to this Topic, which aims to showcase innovative research on the formation and quality evolution of clastic and carbonate reservoirs in petroleum basins.

This Topic aims bring together a collection of articles that advance the understanding of reservoir genesis, heterogeneity, and quality prediction. This subject is core to the journal's scope in petroleum geology, reservoir engineering, and subsurface characterization, focusing on the geological processes that create and modify hydrocarbon pore space. By highlighting studies that bridge fundamental research and applied practices, this issue will provide valuable insights and predictive models for characterizing complex reservoir systems, ultimately supporting more effective hydrocarbon resource development.

We welcome the submission of original research articles and reviews. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

• The genesis of reservoir sedimentary bodies and provenance analysis;
• Diagenetic sequences and their impact on porosity-permeability evolution;
• Fractal characterization of reservoir heterogeneity;
• Advanced techniques in reservoir rock petrophysics and imaging (e.g., digital rock physics, micro-CT);
• Geochemical proxies for reconstructing reservoir quality evolution;
• Mechanical and chemical processes in fracture formation and sealing;
• Reservoir architecture and stratigraphic framework analysis;
• Integrated reservoir modeling and quality prediction;
• Case studies of reservoir evolution in conventional and unconventional plays.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Lei Chen
Prof. Dr. Bojiang Fan
Dr. Hexin Huang
Dr. Liangwei Xu
Dr. Zhikai Liang
Topic Editors