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...
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,...
Basic principles of the whole petroleum system
August 2024
This paper expounds the basic principles and structures of the whole petroleum system to reveal the pattern of conventional oil/gas – tight oil/gas – shale oil/gas sequential accumulation and the hydrocarbon...
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...
Enrichment mechanisms and accumulation model of ultra-deep water and ultra-shallow gas: A case study of Lingshui 36-1 gas field in Qiongdongnan Basin, South China Sea
February 2025
Based on petroleum exploration and new progress of oil and gas geology study in the Qiongdongnan Basin, combined with seismic, logging, drilling, core, sidewall coring, geochemistry data, a systematic...
Advances, challenges, and prospects of carbon dioxide capture, utilization, and storage technologies for carbon neutrality
December 2025
This study reviews the recent progress and trends of carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technologies, with a particular focus on related policy orientations, technological status, and representative...
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...
A multi-agent collaborative framework with human-in-the-loop for well log interpretation and applications
June 2026
This paper proposes a multi-agent system centered on large language models to address the issues that traditional well log interpretation relies on expert experience and poses great difficulty in multi-disciplinary...
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...
Review of the classification and related terminology of fine-grained sedimentary rocks
February 2026
Through tracing the background and customary usage of classification of fine-grained sedimentary rocks and terminology, and comparing current “sedimentary petrology” textbooks and monographs, this paper...
Geological characteristics and natural gas exploration targets of the Jurassic coal-measure whole petroleum system in Northwest China
June 2026
Coal-measure whole petroleum system is generally featured by dual-source multi-reservoir coupling, coexistence of three dynamic fields controlling hydrocarbon accumulation, and sequential accumulation...
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...
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...
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...
Geological features, major discoveries and unconventional petroleum geology in the global petroleum exploration
April 2010
Large and extra-large oil/gas fields are mainly distributed in Tethys areas, passive margins, foreland thrust belts, and craton basins in the world. Unconventional oil/gas fields are mainly distributed...
Accumulation characteristics and exploration progress of global ultra-deep oil and gas
June 2026
Global deep Earth exploration and ultra-deep oil and gas exploration (below 6 000 m) have attracted increasing attention, with a growing number of major oil and gas discoveries. This article systematically...
Development, challenges and strategies of natural gas industry under carbon neutral target in China
April 2024
In the mid-21st century, natural gas will enter its golden age, and the era of natural gas is arriving. This paper reviews the development stages of global natural gas industry and the enlightenment...
Theory, technology and prospects of conventional and unconventional natural gas
August 2018
The development of natural gas in China has entered a golden and leap-forward stage, which is a necessary bridge to clean energy. This in-depth study on the status quo, theory, technology and prospect...
In-situ porosity restoration of clay-rich lacustrine shale oil reservoirs and its implications for shale oil reserve evaluation
June 2026
To accurately evaluate the storage capacity of shale oil reservoirs under in-situ temperature and pressure conditions, we constructed a new model for determining the porosity under formation conditions,...
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,...
Formation, distribution, potential and prediction of global conventional and unconventional hydrocarbon resources
February 2015
Since the Neoproterozoic, two important cycles of separation and junction of the Rodinia and Pangea supercontinents controlled the formation of the Tethys, Laurasia, Gondwana and Pacifica domains, as...
Assessment of global unconventional oil and gas resources
December 2016
This paper evaluates the recoverable unconventional oil and gas resources around the world, reveals main controlling factors and potential regions for the rich accumulation of unconventional oil and...
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...
Discussion on classification and naming scheme of fine-grained sedimentary rocks
February 2022
Based on reviews and summaries of the naming schemes of fine-grained sedimentary rocks, and analysis of characteristics of fine-grained sedimentary rocks, the problems existing in the classification...
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...
