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...
Carbon capture, utilization, and storage in Indonesia: An update on storage capacity, current status, economic viability, and policy
October 2024
As part of its climate action policy, Indonesia prioritizes the development of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) facilities. Recognizing the necessity of reducing emissions, Indonesia...
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...
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...
Carbon dioxide plumes, pressure space and legacy well risk for Southern North Sea CO2 storage projects
February 2026
Unsecured legacy wells pose significant risks to carbon capture and storage (CCS) as they present potential leakage pathways for stored CO2 to return to the atmosphere. In the UK, legacy wells must...
Shear wave velocity prediction: A review of recent progress and future opportunities
October 2024
Shear logs, also known as shear velocity logs, are used for various types of seismic analysis, such as determining the relationship between amplitude variation with offset (AVO) and interpreting multiple...
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...
Advancements in hydrogen storage technologies: Integrating with renewable energy and innovative solutions for a sustainable future
June 2025
Hydrogen storage plays a crucial role in achieving net-zero emissions by enabling large-scale energy storage, balancing renewable energy fluctuations, and ensuring a stable supply for various applications....
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...
A comprehensive review of CO2 subsurface storage: Integrity, safety, and economic viability
September 2025
Anthropogenic emissions reached 37.4 Gt/a in 2023, intensifying the need for effective carbon storage in subsurface formations to mitigate global warming. Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) has emerged...
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...
Impact of salt dome morphology on geological storage volumetric estimations: Implications for prospect-scale assessment
December 2025
Geological storage in salt caverns plays a critical role in managing energy resources, yet regional assessments often fall short in accounting for specific salt dome morphological variations that can...
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...
Key technologies for increasing production based on the best practices of major shale oil and gas basins
September 2025
Key technologies that make productivity increase are revealed through analyzing the best practices and production data in major shale basins of North America. Trends of the key technologies and optimization...
Key geological and engineering technologies and research directions for shale gas exploration and development in western Hubei Province, China
December 2025
Multiple sets of marine shale sequences occur in western Hubei Province and its adjacent areas within the Middle-Upper Yangtze region, offering substantial resource potential. However, their shale gas...
Unconventional rare earth element archives in the energy transition era: The Cenozoic organic sediments from west coast of southern India
February 2026
Organic-rich sediments represent vital components of Earth's geochemical cycles, acting both as potential hydrocarbon and coal reservoirs and as unconventional archives for critical metals such as rare...
A preliminary evaluation of carbon dioxide sequestration in coal seams at the Mae Moh mine, northern Thailand: A review
December 2025
The Mae Moh lignite-fired power plant is the only lignite-fired power plant and is the main point source of CO2 emissions in Thailand. This power plant uses lignite supplied from the Mae Moh lignite...
A comprehensive review of factors affecting wellbore integrity in CO2 injection wells
June 2025
The preservation of the integrity of CO2 injection wells holds immense significance for the efficacy of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) projects. This is attributable to the fact that a wellbore exhibiting...
Key aspects of underground hydrogen storage in depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs and saline aquifers: A review and understanding
October 2024
Underground hydrogen storage is critical for renewable energy integration and sustainability. Saline aquifers and depleted oil and gas reservoirs represent viable large-scale hydrogen storage solutions...
Quantitative kinetic modeling of methane generation and δ13C signals for multiple samples in closed-system pyrolysis
December 2025
Hydrocarbon generation kinetics are influenced by complex factors, including temperature, reaction time, pressure, and molecular structure, which render simple modeling approaches inadequate for accurately...
Physics-integrated neural networks for improved mineral volumes and porosity estimation from geophysical well logs
June 2025
Accurate estimation of mineralogy from geophysical well logs is crucial for characterizing geological formations, particularly in hydrocarbon exploration, CO2 sequestration, and geothermal energy development....
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...
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....
Innovations and applications of the thermal recovery techniques for heavy oil
October 2024
Heavy oil represents a vital petroleum resource worldwide. As one of the major producers, China is facing great challenges in effective and economic production of heavy oil due to reservoir complexity....
Exploring interconnected indicators of energy transition: A global perspective
December 2025
This study aims to evaluate the relative importance of the pillars and indicators within the Energy Transition Index (ETI) and their influence on overall ETI performance. Using a dataset from the World...