Coal as an energy source and its impacts on human health
April 2021
Attempts to secure more energy, food, and infrastructure leave a trail of environmental contamination and human health hazards. Coal is a fossil fuel and nonrenewable energy source that is combusted...
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Outcrops as windows to petroleum systems: Insights from the southern Bida Basin, Nigeria
July 2024
The study assessed petroleum systems in the southern Bida Basin, Nigeria, focusing on the Cretaceous sediments. Reservoirs comprise Lokoja and Patti Formation sandstones, while shales, claystone, and...
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Toxicological effects of mining hazard elements
July 2022
Mining plays a prominent role in the economy worldwide since human efforts have been more concentrated in extraction than recycling of natural resources. Ores composed of various minerals vary according...
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Assessment of challenges and strategies for driving energy transitions in emerging markets: A socio-technological systems perspective
April 2024
The pursuit of improved quality of life standards has significantly influenced the contemporary mining model in the 21st century. This era is witnessing an unprecedented transformation driven by pressing...
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The future environmental and health impacts of coal
April 2021
In the United States, coal consumption in the last 12 years has declined from 1,045,140 million short tons in 2007 to 539,420 million short tons in 2019, a decrease of almost 50%. During that period...
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Meteorite impact craters as hotspots for mineral resources and energy fuels: A global review
April 2022
The ever-increasing recovery rate of natural resources from terrestrial impact craters over the last few decades across the globe offers new avenues for further exploration of mineral and hydrocarbon...
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InSAR as a tool for monitoring hydropower projects: A review
April 2022
This paper provides a review of using Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR), a microwave remote sensing technique, for deformation monitoring of hydroelectric power projects, a critical infrastructure...
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Investigation of pore geometry influence on fluid flow in heterogeneous porous media: A pore-scale study
January 2024
Brazilian pre-salt reservoirs are renowned for their intricate pore networks and vuggy nature, posing significant challenges in modeling and simulating fluid flow within these carbonate reservoirs....
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Environmental degradation through mining for energy resources: The case of the shrinking Laguna Santa Rosa wetland in the Atacama Region of Chile
April 2022
As the world strives to replace fossil fuels with clean energy – reflected by global surge in the number of electric vehicles – the environmental impact of mining all the lithium (Li) needed to enable...
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A review of methane leakage from abandoned oil and gas wells: A case study in Lubbock, Texas, within the Permian Basin
July 2024
In the pursuit of global net zero carbon emissions and climate change mitigation, ongoing research into sustainable energy sources and emission control is paramount. This review examines methane leakage...
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Discharge water temperature assessment of thermal power plant using remote sensing techniques
April 2022
Thermal power plants are generally constructed near to sea coast to meet their requirement of cooling water. The warm water discharge from the thermal power plant is one of the major environmental concerns...
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Origin of high heat flow in the back-arc basins of Sumatra: An opportunity for geothermal energy development
July 2024
Volcanic arcs such as the Barisan Mountains have been identified as attractive areas for the utilization of geothermal energy, as exemplified by Ulubelu in Lampung and Sarulla in North Sumatra. However,...
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Analysis of the bounded and unbounded forms of USBM wettability index
January 2022
Understanding wettability is important in many processes where porous media and fluids are in contact. The U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) is one of the industry standard techniques for measuring wettability....
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Structural characteristics and deep-water hydrocarbon accumulation model of the Scotian Basin, Eastern Canada
July 2023
Commercial hydrocarbon reservoirs have been discovered in shallow-water areas of the Scotian Basin, Eastern Canada. However, knowledge about the structure and hydrocarbon accumulation characteristics...
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Hydrocarbon generation potential of Campano-Maastrichtian to Paleogene shales in the Benin Flank of the Anambra Basin, SW Nigeria
July 2024
The hydrocarbon generation potential of the Campano-Maastrichtian to Paleogene shales from the Benin Flank (located in SW Nigeria) of the Anambra Basin, has been previously investigated mostly by studying...
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Organic geochemical, petrographic and palynological characterization of claystones of the Palaeogene Toraja Formation, and oil seeps in the Enrekang Sub-basin, south Sulawesi, Indonesia: Implications for hydrocarbon source rock potential
July 2024
An organic geochemical, petrographical, and palynological evaluation was conducted on 30 claystone outcrop samples of the Toraja Formation, along with a geochemical analysis of an oil seep in the Enrekang...
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Technological advancement and industrialization path of Sinopec in carbon capture, utilization and storage, China
January 2024
Carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technology is an important means to effectively reduce carbon emissions from fossil energy combustion and industrial processes. With the crisis of climate...
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Geochemical characteristics and exploration significance of ultra-deep Sinian oil and gas from Well Tashen 5, Tarim Basin, NW China
January 2024
The Well Tashen 5 (TS5), drilled and completed at a vertical depth of 9017 m in the Tabei Uplift of the Tarim Basin, NW China, is the deepest well in Asia. It has been producing both oil and gas from...
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Geology and geomechanics of hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus shale gas play and their potential applications to the Fuling shale gas development
July 2020
Geological characteristics, geomechanical behavior and hydraulic fracture propagation mechanism in the Marcellus shale gas play are analyzed and compared with China’s Fuling shale play. Successful experiences...
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Deep geothermal resources in China: Potential, distribution, exploitation, and utilization
October 2023
Deep geothermal resources mainly refer to the thermal energy stored in subsurface rocks and fluids therein at a depth of 3–10 km, which is a kind of renewable and sustainable clean energy unaffected...
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Evaluation of formation susceptibility and sand production potential in an offshore field, Niger Delta Basin, Nigeria
January 2024
Wellbore instability and sand production are all common challenges in the Niger Delta oil province, resulting in high drilling and production cost as well as damage to oil facilities. The vulnerability...
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Advances and challenges in hydraulic fracturing of tight reservoirs: A critical review
October 2022
The hydraulic fracturing technology has been widely utilized to extract tight resources. Hydraulic fracturing involves rock failures, complex fracture generation, proppant transport and fracture closure....
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Spectroscopy framework and review of characterization of energy resource sites
April 2022
Site characterization and rapid reliable identification of energy resources play a key role for future efficient energy production. Over the last several decades, many laboratory and in-situ techniques...
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Lessons learned from hydrothermal to hot dry rock exploration and production
October 2023
In this paper, we investigate geothermal exploration and production in 189 hydrothermal projects and 42 hot dry rock projects around the world. The hydrothermal fields for a working hydrothermal system...
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3D reservoir characterization of the Mangahewa Formation, Mangahewa Field, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand
April 2024
The Mangahewa Formation is the primary reservoir target in the Mangahewa Field in the Taranaki Basin, New Zealand. This formation is distinguished by its marginal marine substantial tight-sand reservoir,...
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