Geologic characteristics, exploration and production progress of shale oil and gas in the United States: An overview
August 2024
We present a systematic summary of the geological characteristics, exploration and development history and current state of shale oil and gas in the United States. The hydrocarbon-rich shales in the...
Research status and application of artificial intelligence large models in the oil and gas industry
August 2024
This article elucidates the concept of large model technology, summarizes the research status of large model technology both domestically and internationally, provides an overview of the application...
Petroleum exploration and production in Brazil: From onshore to ultra-deepwaters
August 2024
The Santos Basin in Brazil has witnessed significant oil and gas discoveries in deepwater pre-salt since the 21st century. Currently, the waters in eastern Brazil stand out as a hot area of deepwater...
Oil production characteristics and CO2 storage mechanisms of CO2 flooding in ultra-low permeability sandstone oil reservoirs
February 2025
Using the ultra-low permeability reservoirs in the L block of the Jiangsu oilfield as an example, a series of experiments, including slim tube displacement experiments of CO2-oil system, injection capacity...
The status and development strategy of coalbed methane industry in China
August 2023
To achieve the goals of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality under the backgrounds of poor resource endowments, weak theoretical basis and other factors, the development of the coalbed methane industry...
Application and development trend of artificial intelligence in petroleum exploration and development
February 2021
Aiming at the actual demands of petroleum exploration and development, this paper describes the research progress and application of artificial intelligence (AI) in petroleum exploration and development,...
Analysis of the current status of global oil, gas, and associated resources exploration in 2023
December 2024
Based on commercial databases from S&P Global and Rystad Energy and public information from oil companies around the world, a systematic analysis has been conducted on the global hydrocarbon exploration...
Global oil and gas development situation, trends and enlightenment in 2023
December 2024
This paper presents an analysis of four aspects, including the distribution and production of global oil and gas fields, the distribution and changes of remaining recoverable reserves, the differences...
Research progress and potential of new enhanced oil recovery methods in oilfield development
August 2024
This paper reviews the basic research means for oilfield development and also the researches and tests of enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods for mature oilfields and continental shale oil development,...
Research progress and development of deep and ultra-deep drilling fluid technology
August 2024
The research progress of deep and ultra-deep drilling fluid technology systematically reviewed, the key problems existing are analyzed, and the future development direction is proposed. In view of the...
Analysis of the world deepwater oil and gas exploration situation
October 2023
The global trends in deepwater oil and gas exploration, characteristics of deepwater oil and gas discovery, and layout of deepwater oil and gas exploration business by seven major international oil...
Scope, nature, and exploration significance of Ordos Basin during geological historical periods, NW China
August 2025
Based on the analysis of surface geological survey, exploratory well, gravity-magnetic-electric and seismic data, and through mapping the sedimentary basin and its peripheral orogenic belts together,...
The role of new energy in carbon neutral
April 2021
Carbon dioxide is an important medium of the global carbon cycle, and has the dual properties of realizing the conversion of organic matter in the ecosystem and causing the greenhouse effect. The fixed...
Progress and prospects of horizontal well fracturing technology for shale oil and gas reservoirs
February 2022
By systematically summarizing horizontal well fracturing technology abroad for shale oil and gas reservoirs since the “13th Five-Year Plan”, this article elaborates new horizontal well fracturing features...
Analysis of the world oil and gas exploration situation in 2021
October 2022
The global exploration investment, new oil and gas discoveries, exploration business adjustment strategies of oil companies in 2021, and future favorable exploration domains are systematically analyzed...
Research progress and key issues of ultra-deep oil and gas exploration in China
December 2023
Based on the recent oil and gas discoveries and geological understandings on the ultra-deep strata of sedimentary basins, the formation and occurrence of hydrocarbons in the ultra-deep strata were investigated...
Differential accumulation characteristics and production of coalbed methane/coal-rock gas: A case study of the No. 8 coal seam of the Carboniferous Benxi Formation in the Daji block, Ordos Basin, NW China
August 2025
Based on the coalbed methane (CBM)/coal-rock gas (CRG) geological, geophysical, and experimental testing data from the Daji block in the Ordos Basin, the coal-forming and hydrocarbon generation & accumulation...
Status, trends and enlightenment of global oil and gas development in 2021
October 2022
By analyzing the distribution of global oil and gas fields and the reasons why some oil and gas fields are not in production, the distribution characteristics of oil and gas remaining recoverable reserves...
A comprehensive review of polyacrylamide polymer gels for conformance control
August 2015
Polymer gels have been designed and successfully applied to improve sweep efficiency and to reduce excessive water production by minimizing reservoir heterogeneity. Based on their compositions and application...
A Transformer-based approach for anomaly detection in intelligent well completions
August 2025
This study introduces a novel methodology and makes case studies for anomaly detection in multivariate oil production time-series data, utilizing a supervised Transformer algorithm to identify spurious...
A review of interaction mechanisms and microscopic simulation methods for CO2-water-rock system
February 2024
This work systematically reviews the complex mechanisms of CO2-water-rock interactions, microscopic simulations of reactive transport (dissolution, precipitation and precipitate migration) in porous...
Natural gas types and coal-rock gas classification in the whole petroleum system of coal measures
August 2025
There are various types of natural gas resources in coal measures, making them major targets for natural gas exploration and development in China. In view of the particularity of the whole petroleum...
Trend of global carbon dioxide capture, utilization and storage industry and challenges and countermeasures in China
October 2023
This paper systematically reviews the trend of carbon dioxide capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) industry in the world and China, presents the CCUS projects, clusters, technologies and strategies/policies,...
Orderly distribution and differential enrichment of conventional and unconventional hydrocarbons in the Cretaceous Qingshankou Formation, northern Songliao Basin, NE China
October 2025
Based on the petroleum exploration in the Cretaceous Qingshankou Formation, northern Songliao Basin, NE China, integrated with seismic, drilling and logging data, this study investigates the characteristics...
Research progress and key research directions of shale oil in lacustrine rift basins
October 2025
Lacustrine rift basins in China are characterized by pronounced structural segmentation, strong sedimentary heterogeneity, extensive fault-fracture development, and significant variability in thermal...