Production decline curve analysis of shale oil wells: A case study of Bakken, Eagle Ford and Permian
December 2024
The shale revolution has turned the United States from an oil importer into an oil exporter. The success of shale oil production in the U.S. has inspired many countries, including China, to begin the...
Review: Research on the Development Trends of Measurement While Drilling (MWD) Technology in Oil and Gas Drilling
Available online 11 December 2025
As one of the pivotal technologies in oil and gas field exploration and development, downhole measurement technology provides a scientific basis for reservoir evaluation, drilling optimization, development...
Synthetic polymers: A review of applications in drilling fluids
February 2024
With the growth of deep drilling and the complexity of the well profile, the requirements for a more complete and efficient exploitation of productive formations increase, which increases the risk of...
Physics-informed graph neural network for predicting fluid flow in porous media
October 2025
With the rapid development of deep learning neural networks, new solutions have emerged for addressing fluid flow problems in porous media. Combining data-driven approaches with physical constraints...
Polymer flooding: Current status and future directions
April 2023
This review presents our perspective on the factors that have brought polymer flooding to its current state. Insights are provided on why HPAM is the dominant polymer used as well as what is needed...
A review of high-performance MEMS sensors for resource exploration and geophysical applications
December 2022
MEMS sensors have the advantages of small volume, lightweight, and low cost, therefore, have been widely used in the fields of consumer electronics, industry, health, defence, and aerospace. With their...
Crude oil wax: A review on formation, experimentation, prediction, and remediation techniques
October 2022
Wax deposition during crude oil production, transportation, and processing has been a headache since the early days of oil utilization. It may lead to low mobility ratios, blockage of production tubing/pipelines...
Recent developments in high-performance Nafion membranes for hydrogen fuel cells applications
June 2022
As a promising alternative to petroleum fossil energy, polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell has drawn considerable attention due to its low pollution emission, high energy density, portability, and...
Advanced development of chemical inhibitors in water-based drilling fluids to improve shale stability: A review
May 2025
Wellbore instability is a critical challenge in drilling operations, especially in shale formations where interaction with water-based drilling fluids can result in significant operational risks and...
A review of reservoir damage during hydraulic fracturing of deep and ultra-deep reservoirs
February 2024
Deep and ultra-deep reservoirs have gradually become the primary focus of hydrocarbon exploration as a result of a series of significant discoveries in deep hydrocarbon exploration worldwide. These...
Quantitative evaluation of lateral sealing of faults in metamorphic rocks: A case study of Bohai Bay Basin in China
December 2025
The Archean buried-hill metamorphic reservoirs in the Bohai Bay Basin are examples of metamorphic rocks having faults with diverse strikes as a consequence of multi-phase tectonic evolution. For faults...
Fracture response patterns in deep to ultra-deep tight sandstones: A comparison based on core and borehole images
February 2026
Natural fractures serve as the primary storage spaces and flow pathways in deep to ultra-deep tight sandstone reservoirs, directly influencing hydrocarbon accumulation, preservation, and production....
Physics-informed neural network-based petroleum reservoir simulation with sparse data using domain decomposition
December 2023
Recent advances in deep learning have expanded new possibilities for fluid flow simulation in petroleum reservoirs. However, the predominant approach in existing research is to train neural networks...
The control of astronomical cycles on lacustrine mixed sedimentation and hydrocarbon occurrence: A case study of the Paleogene Shahejie Formation in the Dongying Sag, Bohai Bay Basin
December 2025
Gravity flows in steep-slope zones of lacustrine rift basins interact with deep-water shales to form heterogeneous mixed sedimentation zones, yet their sedimentary evolution and hydrocarbon occurrence...
Rock thin-section analysis and identification based on artificial intelligent technique
August 2022
Rock thin-section identification is an indispensable geological exploration tool for understanding and recognizing the composition of the earth. It is also an important evaluation method for oil and...
Standards and methods for dent assessment and failure prediction of pipelines: A critical review
December 2022
Dent, a common mechanical damage on pipelines, is associated with a significant local plastic deformation. Dents can cause pipeline failures, especially when they are combined with other types of defects...
A large-scale, high-quality dataset for lithology identification: Construction and applications
August 2025
Lithology identification is a critical aspect of geoenergy exploration, including geothermal energy development, gas hydrate extraction, and gas storage. In recent years, artificial intelligence techniques...
ThinGPT: describing sedimentary rock thin section images with a multimodal large language model
December 2025
Rock thin section description is an essential method for examining lithology, structure, diagenesis, and sedimentary environment, playing a pivotal role in fields such as geology, geophysics, and petroleum...
A technical review of CO2 flooding sweep-characteristics research advance and sweep-extend technology
January 2025
The utilization and storage of CO2 emissions from oil production and consumption in the upstream oil industry will contribute to sustainable development. CO2 flooding is the key technology for the upstream...
Research progress and scientific challenges in permeability evolution of hydrate bearing sediments
December 2025
Natural gas hydrate production involves complex mass/heat transfer, phase transformation, and multiphase seepage processes, where permeability critically influences exploitation efficiency and sediment...
Mobility evaluation of continental shale oil of the Permian Fengcheng Formation in the Mahu Sag: Reservoirs characteristics, multiple influencing factors and conceptual models
December 2025
Mobility is a crucial metric for assessing sweet spots of continental shale oil. However, due to the complexity of shale oil reservoirs characteristics and the lack of systematic analyses of factors...
Whole petroleum system and ordered distribution pattern of conventional and unconventional oil and gas reservoirs
February 2023
The classical source-to-trap petroleum system concept only considers the migration and accumulation of conventional oil and gas in traps driven dominantly by buoyance in a basin, although revised and...
Review on the challenges and strategies in oil and gas industry's transition towards carbon neutrality in China
December 2023
In light of carbon-neutral pledge, the oil and gas industry has been facing several critical new challenges in China. The current status and new challenges in terms of market mechanism reform, supply-consumption...
Multivariate natural gas price forecasting model with feature selection, machine learning and chernobyl disaster optimizer
November 2025
The significance of accurately forecasting natural gas prices is far-reaching and significant, not only for the stable operation of the energy market, but also as a key element in promoting sustainable...
CO2 storage with enhanced gas recovery (CSEGR): A review of experimental and numerical studies
April 2022
CO2 emission mitigation is one of the most critical research frontiers. As a promising option of carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS), CO2 storage with enhanced gas recovery (CSEGR) can reduce...