State of the Art Geo-Energy Technology in North America
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "H: Geo-Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 January 2023) | Viewed by 8538
Special Issue Editors
Interests: multi-scale geomechanics; multi-phase fluid flow in porous media; CCUS; geo-energy
Interests: geological storage of greenhouse gases; mine waste management; petroleum geomechanics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Geo-energy has played a significant historical role in industrial development, health promotion, technology enhancement, and sustainability through the extraction of oil, natural gas, and coal. However, fuel combustion has led to global warming and the current climate crisis, promoting the dire need for cutting-edge technologies to transit toward a low carbon future. With 36.1 billion metric tons of proved oil reserves (2020), North America is expected to remain the main contributor to the global hydrocarbon supply chain. Hence, it is essential to develop technologies for efficient and responsible utilization of hydrocarbon resources. With continuous oil and natural gas deployment in the foreseeable future energy scheme, geological CO2 storage will be crucial in achieving net-zero emission programs in North America. In addition, innovative subsurface energy storage technologies (e.g., hydrogen storage) to deal with the intermittency of renewables will contribute significantly to energy transition strategies. Geothermal energy is also expected to increase its contribution to the future energy system. Environmental safety and geohazard risk assessments are critical in all of these scenarios to meet stakeholders’ concerns.
This Special Issue aims to collect original research papers (numerical, experimental, field) focused on “State-of-the-Art Geo-Energy Technology in North America”. Submissions are welcome in the following areas:
- Recent advances in geological CO2 storage;
- Enhanced geothermal energy recovery;
- Integrated CO2 storage and geothermal energy recovery;
- New methods for subsurface energy storage;
- Conventional/unconventional hydrocarbon reservoirs E&P;
- Fluid flow in porous media;
- Data science in geo-energy;
- Subsurface risk assessment.
Dr. Amir Haghi
Prof. Dr. Rick Chalaturnyk
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- CCUS
- geothermal
- geo-energy storage
- hydrocarbon
- subsurface risk