Deepwater Gas Hydrate Exploration Challenges and Technology Developments in the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "H: Geo-Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2022) | Viewed by 9950
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ultra-deepwater exploration and drilling engineering; core-log-seismic integration
Interests: experimental rock physics; geomechanics; gas hydrate production engineering; well-bore stability in gas hydrate deposits
Interests: sedimentology; stratigraphy; geodynamics; petroleum geology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
A Special Issue of the open access journal Energies is planned on gas hydrate research and development in the exploration and production process from the increasing activities in the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean. As we expect new discoveries from the seabed mapping activities in the UN Ocean Decade (2021–2030) and new results from the planned commercial gas hydrate productions in Japan and China, review of deepwater operational challenges and further developments of new tools are crucial for the progress and success.
This issue will focus on reviews of exploration, drilling, sampling challenges, and advanced technology developments to overcome those challenges as well as more research in the needed areas such as real-time in situ monitoring, gas and fluid migration pathways, and deepwater fluid venting.
Dr. Moe Kyaw (Thu)
Prof. Dr. Joo Yong Lee
Prof. Dr. Andrew Tien-Shun Lin
Dr. Shinichi Kuramoto
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Challenges in gas hydrate exploration, characterization, and production process
- New technologies in drilling, sampling, sample analyses, and monitoring
- Improved gas hydrate production techniques, such as horizontal and multilateral wells
- Real-time in situ monitoring and warning systems
- Gas and fluid migration pathways, deepwater fluid venting
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