Cenozoic fault system and its control on gas hydrate accumulation in the eastern Dongsha Island area, northern South China Sea: Insights from high-resolution 3D seismic data
July 2026
The enrichment and accumulation of natural gas hydrates depend on sufficient gas supply and effective migration pathways. The upward migration of deep thermogenic gases through fault systems is critical...
Multi-gas co-production from deep-water shallow hydrates and underlying free gas: A numerical study of coupled production dynamics and secondary hydrate formation
July 2026
The co-occurrence of marine gas hydrates, shallow gas, and deep oil and gas has been widely recognized, offering favorable conditions for integrated resource development. This study aims to explore...
Impact of environmental variables on hydrate formation kinetics in porous media systems and their contribution to CO2 capture and storage
July 2026
Global dependence on fossil fuels has led to escalating atmospheric carbon dioxide emissions. The consecutive greenhouse effect poses a serious threat to the human habitat, rendering carbon dioxide...
Effect of reservoir goaf on methane recovery and carbon dioxide sequestration in sandy and clayey hydrate reservoirs: An experimental study
July 2026
Carbon dioxide (CO2) replacement is a promising technique for extracting natural gas hydrate (NGH, a promising clean energy source), capable of promoting energy development while mitigating the greenhouse...
Deep learning framework with hybrid loss function for seismic velocity inversion of natural gas hydrate reservoirs
July 2026
Natural gas hydrate (NGH) has attracted increasing attention as a promising unconventional energy resource owing to its high volumetric storage capacity, yet its development is accompanied by significant...
Advancing regional cooperation—The IOC WESTPAC project on methane fluxes in the Indo-Pacific region
July 2026
Natural gas hydrate resource development: Prospects, technical bottlenecks, and research pathways
July 2026
Gas sources of marine gas hydrate systems and the critical role of fluid migration pathways in gas hydrate formation
July 2026
Gas hydrate systems contain large quantities of methane that may originate from biogenic, thermogenic, or mixed sources. Fluid migration pathways, including gas chimneys, faults, inclined permeable...
Dynamic accumulation of gas hydrates in the Shenhu area, northern South China Sea: A two-stage evolution model constrained by temporally varying fluid flow
July 2026
Gas hydrates occurring within the Pleistocene sediments of the Shenhu area, South China Sea, represent a dynamically evolving accumulation inherited from an “ancient” hydrate system. A hydrate-enriched...
Geological structure controls CO2 hydrate sequestration in seafloor sediments: A numerical simulation study of anticline, syncline, and inclined reservoirs
July 2026
Sequestration of CO2 as hydrates in seafloor sediments is an effective method for reducing CO2 emissions. However, the efficiency of CO2 hydrate sequestration can be influenced by the geological structure...
Temperature-driven hydrate dissociation in pressure-preserved coring: A fully coupled modeling study with burst-decay kinetics
July 2026
Natural gas hydrate (NGH) extreme thermodynamic sensitivity poses challenges for pressure-preserved coring operations in reservoir evaluation and commercial development. Current preservation strategies...
Fluid invasion-induced geological risks during drilling in marine natural gas hydrate reservoirs: A mini review
July 2026
Geological risks are the main obstacles encountered during drilling in marine natural gas hydrate reservoirs. This review aims to provide a primary insight into the geological risks in the process of...
Permeability evolution and model of methane hydrate-bearing sediments under coupled shear strain, effective confining pressure, and hydrate saturation
July 2026
The permeability of methane hydrate-bearing sediments (MHBS) is a key parameter for evaluating reservoir exploitation potential and formulating efficient production strategies. In actual field development,...
Upper boundary variation of the gas hydrate stability zone in the Sea of Okhotsk: Error assessment and climate change scenarios based on 131286 oceanographic stations (1929–2020)
July 2026
Gas hydrate (GH) dissociation and its interaction with global warming represent a critical yet poorly constrained climate feedback. This study aims to quantify the instrumental and methodological errors...
Machine learning supervised algorithms for gas hydrate identification and saturation estimation in marine reservoirs using well log data: A case study of NGHP-01-19B
July 2026
Gas hydrates are increasingly recognized as a significant unconventional energy resource and a key factor in marine geohazards and the global carbon cycle. However, accurately identifying and quantifying...
A thermoresponsive temporary plugging agent for drilling fluids in marine gas hydrate reservoirs: Synthesis, performance, and reversible plugging mechanism
July 2026
During drilling in marine gas hydrate reservoirs, drilling-fluid invasion can induce hydrate dissociation, wellbore instability, and reservoir damage, thereby compromising drilling safety and reservoir...
Influence of salinity and electrostatic fields on CO2 hydrate formation and the interfacial quasi-liquid layer in clay nanoconfinement: A molecular dynamics study
July 2026
Marine clay reservoirs are considered ideal substrates for hydrate-based CO2 capture and storage owing to their large specific surface area, high porosity and favorable adsorption capacity. Understanding...
Distributions and influencing factors of selenium in soils and edible wild mushrooms and the development and utilization of high-quality wild mushrooms (Boletus, Ramaria botrytoides, Russula virescens)
April 2026
Selenium (Se) serves as a trace element essential for the human body owing to its significant physiological functions and extensive pharmacological effects. The Se required by the human body is primarily...
Machine learning-based analysis of factors controlling the reservoir productivity of the Maokou Formation, Sichuan Basin
April 2026
By 2024, the proven natural gas reserves of the Maokou Formation in the central Sichuan Basin had exceeded 1.5×1011 m3, suggesting great potential for hydrocarbon exploration. However, this formation...
A statistical model for predicting rock avalanche runout using source area width from 63 representative cases
April 2026
Developing predictive models for rock avalanche runout is crucial for hazard risk mitigation and management, while also deepening the understanding of rock avalanche dynamics. In this study, a database...
A novel method for automatic river channel morphology extraction from remote sensing satellite images: A case study of the Golmud fluvial fan
April 2026
Distributive Fluvial Systems (DFS) are critical sedimentary systems governing fluvial dynamics, sediment transport, and ecosystem sustainability in modern and ancient basins. Accurate quantification...
Geochemical characteristics and geological genesis of soil selenium anomaly zone in the Hetao Plain, Inner Mongolia, and crop biological effects-based assessment of selenium-rich cultivated land development potential
April 2026
Exploring the geological genesis of selenium (Se) in Se-rich soil of the Hetao Plain, a major grain production base of corn, wheat, potato, sunflower and zucchini in northern China, is vital for the...