Exploring the Potential of Gas Hydrates: Exploration and Reservoir-Characterization Technologies

Dear Colleagues,

Natural gas hydrates, as a clean and environmentally friendly energy source, are believed to hold vast global reserves and are considered to be a potential hydrocarbon resource. The exploration of gas hydrates has garnered significant attention from both the scientific and industrial communities worldwide for many years. Geophysical technologies have emerged as crucial tools in this exploration, with numerous successful applications in characterizing gas-hydrate-bearing formations. However, exploring the potential of gas hydrate reservoirs poses primary challenges due to the implicit physical properties of gas-hydrate-bearing sediments that result from the complex occurrence and concentration patterns of gas hydrates. Therefore, continuous advancements in sophisticated technologies tailored to gas hydrate reservoir characterization are imperative.

This Special Issue aims to present and disseminate the latest advancements in exploration and reservoir-characterization technologies, focusing on insights and methods that are relevant to exploring the potential of gas hydrates.

Topics of interest for publication in this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:

• All aspects of geophysical technologies for gas hydrate reservoir exploration;
• Data processing and inversion;
• Quantitative interpretation;
• Numerical and physical modeling;
• Rock property analysis;
• Petrophysical analysis and well-log interpretation;
• Laboratory measurements;
• Comprehensive characterization of gas hydrate reservoirs.

Prof. Dr. Zhiqi Guo
Prof. Dr. Feng Zhang
Dr. Pinbo Ding
Guest Editors

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• gas hydrate
• porosity
• saturation
• occurrence mode
• gas hydrate-bearing sediments
• free gas
• bottom-simulating reflector (BSR)
• data processing
• inversion methods
• numerical modeling
• physical modeling
• quantitative interpretation
• rock physics
• petrophysics
• seismic and logging methods
• gravity and magnetic methods
• electrical and electromagnetic methods