Towards Environmental Sustainability and Clean Energy: Multi-Scale Exploration of Gas Hydrate
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2026) | Viewed by 1209
Special Issue Editors
Interests: petrophysics experiment; digital rock technology; gas hydrates; well logging interpretation and evaluation
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Interests: well logging methods and interoretation; rock physics; digital rock technology; multi-scale; multi-phase and multi-field coupling supercomputing theory
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Interests: geomechanics; rock mechanics; rock physics of unconventional oil and gas reservoirs; natural gas
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Natural gas hydrates are considered as a clean energy resource and can effectively mitigate environmental pollution while guaranteeing energy security. Although gas hydrate reserves are abundant and widely distributed in terrestrial permafrost and marine sediments, some achievements have been made in the pilot production of gas hydrate all over the world. However, there are still many problems to be overcome and solved, and the mechanism problems need to be explored and analysed before the complete successful commercial exploitation. Accordingly, the latest research results in related fields are collected for the study and reference of scientific researchers.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but not limited to) the following: The analysis of mechanism and influencing factors of the formation and decomposition of gas hydrate at molecular scale, the petrophysics properties response mechanism (resistivity, acoustic velocity, mechanics, permeability, and nuclear magnetic resonance) of gas hydrates at plunger scale, the methods of well logging identification and parameters calculation for gas hydrates, seismic identification of gas hydrate reservoirs and estimation of reserves, gas hydrate production technology and methods, geological hazards and risks caused by gas hydrate.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Huaimin Dong
Dr. Weichao Yan
Dr. Naser Golsanami
Dr. Sha Song
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- natural gas hydrates
- molecular simulation
- petrophysics experiments
- digital rock technology
- well logging
- reservoir evaluation
- seismic exploration
- production technique
- clean energy
- environment and energy
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