A review of helium resources and development
June 2025
Due to its unique properties, helium is critical in scientific research and industrial innovation, particularly in cryogenics; however, its scarcity necessitates efficient resource utilization. Through...
Global liquefied natural gas market development and future outlook
October 2025
Since 2020, the global energy market has faced persistent disruptions due to geological tensions and the economic competition among great nations, with liquefied natural gas (LNG) emerging as a vital...
Deep and ultra-deep oil and gas well drilling technologies: Progress and prospect
April 2022
In the period of “13th Five-Year Plan”, domestic deep and ultra-deep oil/gas well drilling technologies were developed quickly and a great number of technological achievements were obtained by means...
Energy revolution: From a fossil energy era to a new energy era
January 2016
This paper aims to predict the future situation of global energy development. In view of this, we reviewed the history of energy use and understood that new energy sources will usher in a new era following...
Enhancing offshore oil and gas platform sustainability through wind-powered hydrogen production
December 2025
Decarbonizing offshore oil and gas platforms has become a critical challenge in the energy transition. In this article, we propose the following two models for decarbonizing offshore oil and gas platforms...
Industrial status, technological progress, challenges, and prospects of hydrogen energy
October 2022
Under the requirements of China's strategic goal of "carbon peaking and carbon neutrality", as a renewable, clean and efficient secondary energy source, hydrogen benefits from abundant resources, a...
The process and trends of China's energy transition and the strategic repositioning of natural gas
December 2025
China's pursuit of its dual carbon goal has turned the country's energy transition and the role of natural gas into key concerns for policymakers and researchers. This study adopts a macro-level analytical...
Review of CO2 sequestration mechanism in saline aquifers
August 2022
The concentration of CO2 in the global atmosphere, which is increasingly annually with continued industrial development, affects both the global climate and the ecological environment. To control the...
Developing a large language model for oil- and gas-related rock mechanics: Progress and challenges
April 2025
In recent years, large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated immense potential in practical applications to enhance work efficiency and decision-making capabilities. However, specialized LLMs in...
Gas sweetening simulation and its optimization by two typical amine solutions: An industrial case study in Persian Gulf region
June 2021
The selective removal of acid gases using amine-based solutions is a significant process in the petroleum and natural gas industries. This work investigates the effectiveness of two common chemical...
Research progress on corrosion and hydrogen embrittlement in hydrogen–natural gas pipeline transportation
December 2023
Hydrogen, clean, efficient and zero-carbon, is seen as a most promising energy source. The use of existing gas pipelines for hydrogen–natural gas transportation is considered to be an effective way...
Research progress on numerical simulation methods and models for underground coal gasification
December 2025
Coal underground gasification (UCG) transforms the physical extraction of coal into the chemical extraction of gas, which is effective for exploiting deep coal deposits. Numerical simulation technology...
Evolution laws and new trends of global LNG pricing and their implications
October 2021
Natural gas is of great significance to ensuring China's energy security and achieving “carbon neutrality” by 2060. However, the lack of power to decide LNG import pricing and the high resource cost...
Intelligent safe operation and maintenance of oil and gas production systems: Connotations and key technologies
June 2023
Oil and gas production systems have the characteristics of high operation and maintenance risk and great accident influence. With the deep integration of informationization and industrialization, the...
China's hydrogen development strategy in the context of double carbon targets
December 2022
As a clean, low-carbon, efficient and renewable energy source, hydrogen has gradually become an important energy carrier to combat climate change and achieve sustainable development in the world. China...
Formula calculation methods of water content in sweet natural gas and their adaptability analysis
December 2014
Estimation of water content is the foundation of natural gas processing and designing, and a formula calculation method provides a solution simple and easy to be programmed by computers. In this regard,...
Development and performance of CO2-responsive foam fracturing fluid
December 2025
CO2 foam fracturing fluid can effectively integrate CCUS technology into oil and gas field development, and its core advantages include low water consumption, excellent flowback performance, and strong...
Wellbore stability analysis considering rock damage mechanics theory: An integrated experimental and numerical study
December 2025
Conventional geostress evaluation methods often assume static rock properties and neglect the dynamic degradation of mechanical parameters caused by damage evolution during drilling and fracturing processes,...
The response characteristics and damage effects of large LNG storage tanks subject to the coupled effects of explosion shock waves and fire
June 2024
As the demand and import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) increase, large LNG receiving stations are being constructed. LNG leakage can lead to fire or explosion accidents. The simultaneous occurrence...
Experimental study on hydraulic fracture propagation in middle-deep shale gas reservoirs in the southern Sichuan Basin: The effects of vertical heterogeneity
December 2025
During the hydraulic fracturing of shale gas in the southern Sichuan Basin, China, field monitoring data have shown that hydraulic fracture (HF) propagation is restricted by height and cannot sufficiently...
HSS anions reduction combined with the analytical test of aqueous MDEA in South Pars gas complex
June 2022
Heat stable salts (HSS) form in amine systems as a result of the reaction products of the amine and acidic compounds stronger than H2S and CO2 in the inlet stream to the gas treating unit (GTU). These...
Geothermal resource distribution and prospects for development and utilization in China
February 2024
China is tectonically composed of a series of plates and orogenic belts and has been influenced by the Pacific and Indian plates since the Late Paleozoic, forming a regular distribution of Mesozoic...
Intramolecular carbon isotopic fractionation of propane via thermochemical sulfate reduction (TSR) in natural gas reservoirs
February 2026
Thermochemical sulfate reduction (TSR) is an important organic–inorganic reaction that occurs within sedimentary basins and alters the original chemical compositions and isotopic structures of hydrocarbons...
Molecular simulation of CH4/CO2/N2 ternary mixture competitive adsorption and diffusion dynamics in tight sandstone
February 2026
Injecting impure CO2 for enhanced gas recovery (CO2-EGR) offers a dual benefit by improving natural gas extraction while enabling CO2 sequestration. However, the interactions between CO2, N2, and CH4...