Dear colleagues

On behalf of the open access journal Energies (ISSN 1996-1073, IF 2.702), we are pleased to announce a new Special Issue entitled "Research and Development Progress in Oil Shale". We believe you could make an excellent contribution based on your expertise and the Special Issue topics: Genesis and metallogenic mechanism; Exploration and resource evaluation; Mining technology; Composition and characteristics of oil shale; Processing and combustion; Economics and comprehensive utilization; In-situ conversion technology and challenges; Oil shale’s environmental issues and challenges.

The submission deadline is 31.12.2021 with 31.07.2021 for 30% discount voucher and 31.09.2021 for 10% discount voucher. For more information on this Special Issue, please visit the website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/energies/special_issues/Oil_Shale

We also encourage authors to send a short abstract with tentative title to the Editorial Office in advance to mengqt@jlu.edu.cn or denghua13@163.com.

Kind regards,

Guest Editors

Prof. Dr. Xiaoshu Lu,
Prof. Dr. Wei Guo
Prof. Dr. Qingtao Meng
Prof. Dr. Sunhua Deng
Dr. Fengtian Bai
Prof. Dr. Zhiqin Kang
Prof. Dr. Yan Zhao
Prof. Dr. Jingru Bai

Energies is fully open access (unlimited and free access by readers) that increases publicity and promotes more frequent citations. An Article Processing Charge (APC) of CHF 2000 (Swiss Francs) currently applies to all accepted papers with 30% discount to Planned Papers submitted before 31.07.2021 and 10% discount before 31.09.2021.