Physical, Chemical and Biological Processes in Energy Geoscience
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 October 2023) | Viewed by 26051
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sedimentation and diagenesis of fine-grained sediments; deep shale gas; organic petrology; petroleum geochemistry; sedimentary geochemistry
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2. Coal Reservoir Laboratory of National Engineering Research Center of Coalbed Methane Development & Utilization, Beijing 100083, China
Interests: geological process; energy geoscience; geo-energy resources evaluation; unconventional oil and gas source rock; reservoir fluids performance; micromechanical properties; scale-span structure; oil/gas/water adsorption/desorption
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Interests: digital rock physics; CO2 geological storage and utilization; multiscale porous material characterization
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Recently, an increasing number of countries have pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions in order to prevent the worst consequences of the climate crisis. Strategies to actualize this target include the use of low carbon energy and renewable energy (e.g., geothermal resources), as well as the geological storage and utilization of CO2. Since this energy transformation requires a relatively long time and the current associated technologies still need to be updated, the replacement of high-carbon fossil energy with low-carbon energy and renewable energy will be gradual. The relatively low carbon fossil energy, natural gas, is associated with relatively low emissions of greenhouse gas (i.e., CO2), which plays an important role in the energy transformation from fossil energy to renewable energy. Therefore, unconventional gases (e.g., shale gas, coalbed methane) as low carbon energy accounts for an increasing proportion in the total yields of global natural gas. The formation, occurrence, and flow processes of natural gas in the multiscale reservoirs are becoming new hot research topics. In addition, the fluids behaviors of oil, gas, and water in porous media (e.g., coalbed methane, shale gas, and geothermal energy reservoirs) and the associated complex physical, chemical, and biological processes will be particularly important for geo-energy exploration and exploitation together with the carbon capture, utilization, and storage. We therefore call for submissions to be included as part of a Special Issue covering the new advances in physical, chemical, and biological processes in energy geoscience, especially for unconventional gases and geothermal energy. Novel, original research articles and reviews are all welcomed. Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:
1. Depositional and diagenetic processes of geo-energy reservoirs.
2. Formation and evolution mechanism of pores and fractures.
3. Characterization of organic and mineralogical properties of unconventional geo-energy.
4. Fluids flow behaviors in porous media under geological conditions.
5. Exploration, development, and utilization of geo-energy resources (including oil, gas, and geothermal resources).
Dr. Ping Gao
Prof. Dr. Yidong Cai
Dr. Yingfang Zhou
Prof. Dr. Quan Gan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- depositional process
- diagenetic process
- unconventional gases
- geothermal energy
- fluid transport and storage process
- geo-energy recovery process
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