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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Research on the solid particle erosion wear of pipe steel for hydraulic fracturing based on experiments and numerical simulations
August 2024
Erosion wear is a common failure mode in the oil and gas industry. In the hydraulic fracturing, the fracturing pipes are not only in high-pressure working environment, but also suffer from the impact...
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Differences in hydrocarbon accumulation and controlling factors of slope belt in graben basin: A case study of Pinghu Slope Belt in the Xihu sag of the east China Sea Shelf basin (ECSSB)
October 2024
The Pinghu slope belt in the Xihu sag of the East China Sea Shelf Basin (ECSSB) is a crucial hydrocarbon production area in eastern China. However, due to the complex geological conditions, publications...
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Advances in enhanced oil recovery technologies for low permeability reservoirs
August 2022
Low permeability oil and gas resources are rich and have great potential all over the world, which has gradually become the main goal of oil and gas development. However, after traditional primary and...
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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...
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Impacts of microbial interactions on underground hydrogen storage in porous media: A comprehensive review of experimental, numerical, and field studies
December 2024
Amidst the rapid development of renewable energy, the intermittency and instability of energy supply pose severe challenges and impose higher requirements on energy storage systems. Among the various...
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Origin of facies-controlled dolomite and exploration significance of the Middle Permian Qixia Formation in central Sichuan Basin, Western China
October 2024
The intraplatform shoal dolomite of the Middle Permian Qixia Formation is currently considered the key target of hydrocarbon exploration in the central Sichuan Basin. To systematically investigate the...
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SeisResoDiff: Seismic resolution enhancement based on a diffusion model
October 2024
High resolution of post-stack seismic data assists in better interpretation of subsurface structures as well as high accuracy of impedance inversion. Therefore, geophysicists consistently strive to...
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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...
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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...
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Applications of molecular dynamics simulation in studying shale oil reservoirs at the nanoscale: Advances, challenges and perspectives
Available online 27 September 2024
The global energy demand is increasing rapidly, and it is imperative to develop shale hydrocarbon resources vigorously. The prerequisite for enhancing the exploitation efficiency of shale reservoirs...
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Chemical treatment for sand production control: A review of materials, methods, and field operations
June 2023
Sand production from loosely consolidated reservoirs is one of the critical issues in the oil and gas industry all around the world that can cause many problems, such as erosion of surface and well...
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Complementary testing and machine learning techniques for the characterization and prediction of middle Permian tight gas sandstone reservoir quality in the northeastern Ordos Basin, China
October 2024
In this study, an integrated approach for diagenetic facies classification, reservoir quality analysis and quantitative wireline log prediction of tight gas sandstones (TGSs) is introduced utilizing...
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Review of carbonated water injection as a promising technology to enhance oil recovery in the petroleum industry: Challenges and prospects
December 2024
Carbonated water injection (CWI) is a promising enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technology that has received much attention in co-optimizing CO2 storage and oil recovery. This study provides a comprehensive...
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An overview of chemical enhanced oil recovery and its status in India
August 2023
India is currently producing crude oil from matured fields because of insufficient discoveries of new fields. Therefore, in order to control the energy crisis in India, enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques...
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Characteristics, preservation mechanisms, and significance of aragonite in lacustrine shale: A case study from the Jiyang Depression, Bohai Bay Basin
October 2024
Aragonite is a metastable mineral, which is easily transformed into calcite, and generally difficult to preserve in the stratum. However, large amounts of aragonites were found in the Paleogene shale...
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Measurement of pore diffusion factor of porous solid materials
August 2022
Internal diffusion of molecules in porous materials plays an important role in many chemical processes. However, the pore diffusion capacity of porous materials cannot be measured by conventional catalyst...
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Reconstruction of the thermal evolution since the late paleozoic in the Ounan Sag, Eastern Qaidam Basin, NW China: New constraints from vitrinite reflectance data and (U–Th)/He thermochronology
October 2024
Reconstructing the thermal evolution of the eastern Qaidam Basin is important for gaining a deeper understanding of its lithospheric geodynamics and for more accurate hydrocarbon evaluation and prediction....
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