Preface About the Book Section I: New Technologies and insights into Petroleum Exploration Chapter 1: Gas Seepage in Marginal Structures as Additional Shallow and Deep Hydrocarbon Systems Indicator (Some of Recent FR Scanning Results), Valery Soloviev, Mykola Yakymchuk, and Ignat Korchagin Chapter 2: The Role of the LVZ and of Increased Seismicity in the Localization of Abiogenic HC in the Crystalline Cructal Coast of Zakarpatya), Valeriy Korchin, and Elena Karnaukhova Chapter 3: Precambrian Mid-Continent Rift Potential for Hosting Numerous Helium and Hydrogen Accumulations, Central USA, Steven A. Tedesco Chapter 4: Production from Desmoinesian and Atokan Age Coalbed Methane and Carbonaceous Mudstone and Their Relationship to Structure and Geologic History of the Cherokee Basin, Kansas and Oklahoma, USA, Steven A. Tedesco Chapter 5: Geophysical Research and Monitoring Within the Framework of a Block-Layered Model with Inclusions of a Hierarchical Structure, Olga Hachay and Khachay Andrey Section II: Reservoir Characterization Concepts and Workflows Chapter 6: A Review on Shear Wave Velocity Estimation Methods, Said Gaci and Mohammed Farfour Chapter 7: Geomechanics in Petroleum Exploration, Development and Energy Transition, Ghoulem Ifrene, and Kuldeep Singh Chapter 8: Size Scaling and Spatial Clustering of Natural Fracture Networks Using Fractal Analysis, , Sofiane Djezzar and Aldjia Boualam Chapter 9: Application of Seismic Attributes on Digital Elevation Model: Fractures Detection and Reservoir Implication, Sofiane Djezzar and Aldjia Boualam Chapter 10: Structural Analysis and Fracture Kinematics Using Seismic 2D and Geological Maps, Sofiane Djezzar and Aldjia Boualam Chapter 11: A New Method for Reservoir Fracture Characterization and Modeling Using Surface Analog, Sofiane Djezzar and Aldjia Boualam Chapter 12: An Integrated Workflow for Multiscale Fracture Analysis in Reservoir Analog, Sofiane Djezzar and Aldjia Boualam Section III: Artificial Intelligence Applied to Reservoir Characterization Chapter 13: Exploring the Depths: Satellite Image Processing and Artificial Intelligence in the Oil and Gas Industry, Hasna Yazid, and Said Gaci Chapter 14: Modern AI Usage in the Oil and Gas Industry for Reservoir Characterization and Lithofacies Forecasting (Rock Typing), Hasna Yazid, Said Gaci and Mohammed Farfour Chapter 15: Logging-Data-Driven Fluid Prediction in Clastic Reservoir Based on Fractal Attributes and Machine Learning Methods, Abdelbasset Boulassel, Soraya Makhlouf, Fethi Ali Cheddad, Badis Zegagh, Salah Boufenchouche, Amar Boudella, Naima Zaourar, Said Gaci Chapter 16: Unlocking Deeper Insights: Using Machine Learning to Predict Dynamic Shear Wave Slowness from Well Logs, Abdelbasset Boulassel, Soraya Makhlouf, Badis Zegagh, Salah Boufenchouche, Fethi Ali Cheddad, Amar Boudella, Naima Zaourar, Said Gaci Section IV: Energy transition: New Perspectives on Geothermal Energy Exploration and Development and CO2 sequestration Chapter 17: Energy Transition and the Role of AI: Statistics, Trends, and Implications, Said Gaci, Hasna Yazid, Aziz Khelalef, and Mohammed Farfour Chapter 18: On the Importance of Integrating Geomodelling in Geothermal Studies, Mohamed Amrouche Chapter 19: Technological Advancements, Challenges and Outlook of Geothermal Reservoir Operations, Ghoulem Ifrene, Singh Kuldeep, and William Gosnold Chapter 20: Reservoir Characterization and Multiscale Mineralogical, Geomechanical, and Petrophysical Analyses of a CO2 Storage Aquifer: Application for CCS Projects in North Dakota, Aimen Laalam, Ahmed Merzoug, and Hichem Aymen Katib Chellal Chapter 21: Anthropogenic Carbon Sequestration into the Subsurface:- Caveats and Pitfalls, Steven A. Tedesco.