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...
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...
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...
CO2 solubility and mineral trapping behavior in high-salinity reservoirs
April 2026
CO2 solubility and mineral trapping behavior are critical to the stability and effectiveness of integrating CO2 geological storage synergistically with gas field produced water (GPW) reinjection, a...
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...
Machine-learning models for classification of mudcake thickness in oil-based drilling fluids
April 2026
The performance of oil-based drilling fluids (OBDFs) is critical for maintaining drilling efficiency under conditions in which water-based fluids fail to perform effectively. Mudcake or filtercake thickness...
Experimental and numerical simulation of gas injection for enhanced oil recovery in naturally fractured condensate gas reservoirs
April 2026
Gas condensate reservoirs constitute important natural gas resources; however, their development is frequently hindered by condensate banking and complex multiphase flow behavior. Naturally fractured...
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...
Modeling overpressure vertical transfer via faults in clastic sequences at the basin scale: Implications for overpressure generation and fluid flow
April 2026
The vertical transfer of overpressure significantly influences the subsurface fluid dynamics, fault zone stability, and geomechanical drilling safety. However, the mechanisms governing vertical overpressure...
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...
Inhibition performance and mechanisms of methane hydrate inhibitors in oil and gas pipelines
April 2026
During winter natural gas transportation, hydrate formation under low-temperature and high-pressure conditions frequently results in pipeline blockage and severe low assurance challenges. Although conventional...
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...
Review of the analysis and methods of natural gas pipeline network operation optimization
June 2026
The expansion of natural gas consumption and pipeline construction makes integrating artificial intelligence into pipeline network operations increasingly essential. This review summarizes progress...
A technical review of chemical reactions during CCUS-EOR in different reservoirs
June 2025
Geochemical reactions play a vital role in determining the efficiency of carbon capture, utilization, and storage combined with enhanced oil recovery (CCUS-EOR), particularly through their influence...
Machine learning identification of diagenetic facies in tight sandstones based on sandbody classification: The Fourth Member of the Triassic Xujiahe Formation, Jianyang area, Sichuan Basin
June 2026
Within tight sandstones, diagenetic features exhibit strong heterogeneity and intra-subfacies similarities, meaning that different rock units often share comparable mineral compositions and pore structures....
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...
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...
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...
Digital twin-driven nonplanar fracture reconstruction and evaluation in tight reservoirs
June 2026
In tight oil reservoir development, hydraulic fracture morphology critically controls post-fracturing flow behavior. However, conventional microseismic monitoring remains limited in real-time characterization...
