Integrated Electrochemical and Machine Learning Framework for SiO2/CaCO3 Under-deposits Driven Welded X65 Carbon Steel Corrosion Mitigation in Sour Service Conditions
Available online 6 October 2025
The integrity of welded X65 carbon steel (CS) pipelines in oil and gas systems is significantly compromised by preferential weldment corrosion (PWC) and pitting in sour conditions. This study clarifies...
Carbon Capture and Storage: An Evidence-Based Review of its Limitations and Missed Promises
Available online 6 October 2025
Despite over $40 billion invested globally, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) captures and stores less than 0.1% of annual global CO2 emissions, raising serious questions about its efficacy as a climate...
Synergizing Foam Stability, Gas Mobility Control, and Oil Recovery: A new approach Combining Silane-Silica oxide and MFomax
Available online 4 October 2025
Oil reservoirs subjected to a gas recovery technique are commonly challenged by early gas breakthroughs affecting the production rate. Foam is injected to block and divert gas to reservoir sections,...
Alumina Nanofluid Enhances the Heavy-Oil Upgrading Process
Available online 4 October 2025
Upgrading heavy crude oil remains one of the most critical and technically demanding processes in the petroleum industry, primarily due to the inherently poor quality of the various types of crude oil...
Comprehensive Permeability-Transform Solutions for Shale and Sandstones using Data Sets from around the Globe
Available online 3 October 2025
This study uses 13 proprietary data sets from sedimentary basins around the globe to constrain the permeability and porosity ranges occupied by clastic rocks (sandstones and shale). The combined data...
Seismic Attribute Integration and Neural Network Analysis for Quantitative Reservoir Characterization: A Case Study from the Offshore Nile Delta (Egypt)
Available online 1 October 2025
Accurate reservoir characterization is essential for optimizing hydrocarbon exploration and production, particularly in complex deep-water environments. The Simsat Field, Offshore Nile Delta, features...
Corrosion patterns and optimal materials of tubings in sulfur purification buried wells in the Sichuan Basin
September 2025
The study aims to explore the corrosion behaviors of tubings of different materials under the injection condition of sulfur-containing purification exhaust gas buried storage well and select a proper...
A new intelligent optimization method for drilling parameters of extended reach wells based on mechanical specific energy and machine learning
September 2025
Extended reach wells (ERWs) can efficiently develop offshore satellite oilfields, reduce development costs and improve economic benefits. However, owing to the complex geological conditions, it is difficult...
Application of hybrid numerical reservoir simulation and artificial neural network for evaluating reservoir performance under waterflooding
September 2025
In the current study, an artificial neural network (ANN) and a numerical reservoir simulation (NRS) technique are used to analyse reservoir performance under waterflooding in the ZH86 block of the Zhaozhouqiao...
Enhancing oil recovery with MWCNT and GO nanocomposites in high salinity heterogeneous media
September 2025
Water injection remains the predominant method in the oil recovery process, but chemical flooding methods such as nanohybrid injection, with its distinct advantages, emerge as a promising alternative...
Study on electrochemical corrosion of P110 tubing during air injection oil flooding
September 2025
This article addresses the corrosion problem of P110 tubing during the process of enhancing oil recovery by injecting air. The effects of changes in oxygen content and tensile stress on the corrosion...
Achieving low-carbon future through CO2 storage: A comprehensive review of global projects and policies
September 2025
Climate change mitigation efforts require innovative solutions to reduce GHG emissions. CCUS is a crucial technology for achieving a low-carbon economy. However, significant research gaps exist in understanding...
Investigation on phase behavior of shale condensate gas under multi-interface effect
September 2025
Shale condensate reservoirs, as a significant unconventional resource, have been gaining increasing interest in recent times. Researchers have developed a variety of models to analyze interfacial effects...
Influence of solvent-to-oil mass ratios on high-pressure asphaltene precipitation
September 2025
Asphaltene precipitation during solvent-based enhanced oil recovery under reservoir conditions impedes production efficiency and degrades oil quality. This study aims to optimize solvent-to-oil mass...
Influence of stress sensitivity on pore structure of tight reservoirs: A Digital core based analysis
September 2025
During the development of tight reservoirs, as the formation pressure decreases, the effective stress on the rock matrix increases. This leads to rock deformation and, consequently, changes in the physical...
Performance evaluation of fracturing-huff-n-percolation-puff (FHnPP) processes in a hydrocarbon reservoir
September 2025
Due to its superior performance on the efficient exploitation of a small fault-block reservoir, a novel technique of fracturing-huff-n-percolation-puff (FHnPP) has received increasing attentions in...
Simulation-driven sensitivity analysis and optimization of critical parameters for maximizing CO2-EOR efficiency
September 2025
The application of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) injection in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) has evolved, making a major benefit for increasing the production level from mature reservoirs. This paper investigates...
New approach for the performance of reservoirs depleted by long horizontal wellbores with closed sections
September 2025
This paper introduces a new approach for reservoir performance where long horizontal wellbores are extended in the porous media with the existence of closed sections. It focuses on the impact of these...
Spatio-temporal characterisation of the Beekeeper Formation of Australia: facies development, mixing of carbonate and siliciclastic materials, and influencing factors
September 2025
The Beekeeper Formation, a mixed carbonate-siliciclastic reservoir, has long been known as a proven gas reservoir in the northern Perth Basin, Australia. However, its characteristics, and spatio-temporal...
Morphometry, bathymetry, gravity analyses and active tectonics of the petroliferous Gulf of Mannar in the Indian sector
September 2025
The Gulf of Mannar has been producing natural gas in the Sri Lankan portion. This indicates that a detail geoscientific study is to be undertaken from the Indian section of the gulf, which can have...
Machine learning approach for modelling and predicting interfacial tension and rheology of crude oil nanoemulsions stabilized by rhamnolipid biosurfactant
September 2025
Forecasting the properties of nanoemulsions without engaging in expensive and time-consuming experimental research can yield significant benefits across multiple applications. This study examines the...
Hydrogen energy system and underground hydrogen storage in depleted reservoirs
September 2025
In a situation where the increase in greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere has unfavorably led to global warming, the production of energy from renewable and clean sources, instead of fossil fuels,...
A comparative experimental study on the prediction of renewable oils properties using RGB and HSV image processing techniques
September 2025
In this study, renewable oil properties of Flash Point (0C), Fire Point (0C), Density (kg/m3), Cloud Point (0C), Pour Point (0C), and Viscosity (cST) are predicted using image processing techniques...
Synthesis and Examination of graphene Oxide grafted with copolymer of Maleic Acid and Acrylic Acid as a clay stabilizer for enhancing oil production
Available online 26 September 2025
In oil and gas production operations, wellbore instability is primarily caused by shale hydration. Thus, a thermally stable inhibitor is essential to prevent shale hydration. This research focuses on...
Paleocene spatiotemporal structure and evolution of the Dongying Depression in the eastern Bohai Bay Basin: Evidence from seismic interpretation and basalt 40Ar/39Ar dating
Available online 20 September 2025
The Paleocene marked a critical structural transition period from tectonic subduction to extensional rifting in the Bohai Bay Basin. To reconstruct the spatiotemporal structural framework, evolutionary...