Natural gas hydrate (NGH) is widely accepted as one of the promising sustainable energy
resources, whereas the potential geo-engineering risks have become one of the major …

The growing demand for electronic devices, smart devices, and the Internet of Things
constitutes the primary driving force for marching down the path of decreased critical …

Mechanical properties of shales are key parameters influencing hydrocarbon production–
impacting borehole stability, hydraulic fracture extension and microscale variations in in situ …

Shale mechanical properties are important for shale gas production, but the magnitudes are
difficult to estimate, standard size cores are hard to sample, and secondary interstice …

With the development of exploration and exploitation technologies, deep shale gas systems
are gradually becoming an important target for the future petroleum industry. However, there …

The effect of acidity and alkalinity of mine water on the ability of surfactants to wet coal was
studied with contact angle measurements to determine the optimal aqueous surfactant …

Unconventional reservoirs, such as compact reservoirs, have been extensively developed.
The Changqing Oilfield is currently the largest compact reservoir oilfield in China. An …

The complex and multiscale nature of shale gas transport imposes new challenges to the
already well-developed techniques for conventional reservoirs, especially digital core …

Coal pores are the locations of coalbed methane occurrence and enrichment and the main
storage space targeted in CO2 sequestration. The systematic investigation of the coal pore …

The hot dip silicon-plating method is considered as a promising surface coating technology.
However, the correlation between the process parameters and the WSi 2 coatings properties …