OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of AAPG Bulletin is 6. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Depositional and lithological control on fractures in a steep, reefal carbonate margin: Lennard Shelf outcrops of the Canning Basin, Western Australia	44
Novel diamondoid-based maturity models using naturally occurring petroleum fluids	38
Molecular dynamics simulation of the coupling and distribution patterns of CO2 sequestration and slit pore media	34
A mechanical basis of fault-bend folding	30
Effects of hydrothermal fluids on carbonate reservoirs: Case from the lower Permian Sichuan Basin (Qixia Formation), China	28
The geology of injection-induced earthquakes in the Midland Basin region: Introduction	26
Oil families, oil–source rock correlation, basin modeling, and implication for petroleum systems, Termit Basin, Niger	24
Introduction to Salt Basins Special Issue Volume 2: Evaporite precipitation, physical modeling, basin evolution in honor of Bruno Vendeville	23
Guizhou modern karsts as analogues for paleokarst reservoirs in the Shunbei oil field, Tarim Basin, China	22
Complex multiscale reservoir heterogeneity in a tidal depositional environment, Temblor Formation, West Coalinga field, California	22
Metazoan-algal benthic ecosystems enhance automicritic slope boundstone: The Triassic Great Bank of Guizhou carbonate platform, Xiliang margin, China	21
Integrated and improved direct hydrocarbon indicators: A step forward in petroleum risk discrimination	21
Pore-scale electrical numerical simulation and new saturation model of fractured tight sandstone	21
Structural inheritance controls crustal-scale extensional fault-related folding in the Exmouth and Dampier Sub-basins, North West Shelf, Australia	20
Karst topography paces the deposition of lower Permian, organic-rich, marine–continental transitional shales in the southeastern Ordos Basin, northwestern China	19
Genetic mechanisms of sparry calcite in lacustrine shale and its significance for fluid–rock interactions and reservoir formation	18
Reservoir characterization and comparison of seismicity-monitoring methods at West Seminole for CO2 utilization and storage	18
Fluid evolution in deeply buried and karstified carbonate reservoirs of the central Tarim Basin, northwestern China	17
Frequency, distribution, and mechanisms of evaporite karst drilling hazards in the western Delaware Basin: Learnings from historical high-density exploration in Culberson County, Texas	17
Hypogenic karstic cavities formed by tectonic-driven fluid mixing in the Ordovician carbonates from the Tarim Basin, northwestern China	16
Geochemistry of aromatic hydrocarbons in source rocks of the Cretaceous Orange Basin	16
Time-stratigraphic correlation of the Spiro sandstone, Arkoma Basin, southeastern Oklahoma	16
Heterogeneity in siliciclastic carrier beds: Implications for hydrocarbon migration and accumulation	15
Coexistence of coalbed methane, shale gas, and tight sandstone gas in coal measure strata: A case study from the southern Qinshui Basin, China	15
A geochemical analysis of produced water(s) from the Wolfcamp formation in the Permian Delaware Basin, western Texas	15

Porosity evolution of sandstone reservoirs in the Paleogene Shahejie Formation of the Zhanhua depression, Bohai Bay Basin	14
Application of a deep-water stratigraphic framework to the production of the Wolfcampian units in the Permian Basin	14
Rare earth elements in latest Famennian Woodford Shale phosphate nodules, Oklahoma, United States: Land-driven phosphorus overloading and evolving organic carbon preservation, southern Laurentia	14
Laboratory study on microbial fractionation mechanisms of carbon and hydrogen isotopes in coalbed biomethane	13
Tectonic relief evolution and large-scale karstification of an Ordovician supergiant reservoir, North Tarim uplift, northwestern China	13
M. King Hubbert and the rise and fall of peak oil theory	13
An integrated correlation from platform to basin: Implications for understanding the Ediacaran succession of Oman	13
Pore structure characterization of middle- and high-ranked coal reservoirs in northern China	13
System-based comparison of environmental, reliability, and cost trade-offs across three generation mix scenarios	13
Salt deposition in ultradeep brine settings by dynamic inflow and evaporation	13
Assessing and processing three-dimensional photogrammetry, sedimentology, and geophysical data to build high-fidelity reservoir models based on carbonate outcrop analogues	12
In situ stress state in the petroliferous Barmer Basin, northwestern India: A new geomechanical approach	12
Organic petrology of the Upper Ordovician Red River kukersite tight oil and gas play, Williston Basin, North Dakota, United States	12
Detailed reservoir characterization of Mesozoic siliciclastic strata for sedimentary geothermal exploration, Colorado Plateau to Basin and Range transition zone, Utah	12
Unconventional reservoir characterization by seismic inversion and machine learning of the Bakken Formation	12
A fracture-related deep Archean crystalline basement reservoir facilitated by thrusting and mineralogy: Newly discovered Bozhong 19-6 large gas field, offshore Bohai Bay Basin, China	12
Factors controlling the formation of primary microbial gas in the upper Quaternary sediments of the Jiangsu–Zhejiang coastal plain, eastern China	11
The North West Shelf, Western Australia’s super basin, in the twenty-first century	11
Aspects of salt diapirism and structural evolution of Mesozoic–Cenozoic basins at the West Iberian margin	11
The evolution of the early Paleozoic carbonate platform in the Central uplift, Tarim Basin, northwestern China, and hydrocarbon accumulation	11
Passageways for permeability: Geostatistical simulation of controls on the connectivity of vug-to-vug pore networks	11
Diagenetic alterations in Eocene, deeply buried volcaniclastic sandstones with implications for reservoir quality in the Huizhou depression, Pearl River Mouth Basin, China	11
Salt tectonics along a strike-slip fault system in the sub-Alpine chains of southeastern France, from the Triassic to the Oligocene	10
Geomechanical insights on the importance of mechanical stratigraphy to hydraulic fracture containment	10
Characteristics, evolution, and formation of pressure in the Sinian–Cambrian gas reservoirs of the Anyue gas field, Sichuan Basin, China	10
Different scales of salt–sediment interaction during passive diapirism	9
Origins and habitats of supergiant fields: An interpretation	9
A cross-shape deep Boltzmann machine for petrophysical seismic inversion	9
Petroleum system evaluation of the world’s deepest (>5000 m) volcanic reservoirs, Sichuan Basin, China	9
Geochemical characteristics, genetic types, and sources of gas accumulations in the northern Jizhong subbasin, Bohai Bay Basin, eastern China	9
Automatic facies classification using convolutional neural network for three-dimensional outcrop data: Application to the outcrop of the mass-transport deposit	8
Hydrocarbon basins offshore China under multiplate interactions	8
Origin of Eocene lacustrine dolomite and evolution of multiple diagenetic fluids in the Huanghekou sag, Bohai Bay Basin, China	8
Integration of diagenesis, porosity evolution, and oil emplacement in lacustrine tight sandstone reservoirs: A review with illustrative cases from the major oil-bearing basins in China	8
Why does it take so long to publish a paper in the AAPG Bulletin : Reply	8
Insights on fracture and karst cavern origin and diagenesis from core observations at Tengiz and Korolev fields, Kazakhstan	8
Characterization of oils and potential source rocks in the Marietta Basin, Oklahoma and Texas	7
Three-dimensional seismic classification of salt structure morphologies across the Southern North Sea	7
Failure to launch: Fate of the Second White Specks as a resource play was preordained by its Late Cretaceous depositional setting	7
Microfracture classification, quantification, and petrophysical behavior in the Tengiz and Korolev carbonate reservoirs, Kazakhstan	7
Application of random forest algorithm to predict lithofacies from well and seismic data in Balder field, Norwegian North Sea	7
Characterization of spatial relationships between fractures from different sets using K-function analysis	7
Interpretation, characterization, and slip hazard assessment of faults in the Midland Basin, west Texas, United States	7
Lithofacies control on the formation of deformation bands: An example from the Sherwood Sandstone Group (Induan–Anisian, Lower Triassic) in western England	7
Shale brittleness prediction using machine learning—A Middle East basin case study	6
Integrated approach to pore typing in complex carbonate reservoirs, Tengiz and Korolev fields, Kazakhstan	6
Sensitivity analysis of geological rule-based subsurface model parameters on fluid flow	6
Molecular structure characterization of kerogen in contact metamorphic shales: Insights into the effect of graphitization on organic matter pores	6
Water depth–terrigenous input dynamic equilibrium controls the Eocene lacustrine shale laminae records in Jiyang depression, Bohai Bay Basin, East China	6
Statewide assessment of CO2 storage resources for the lower Paleozoic strata, Oklahoma: Timbered Hills and Arbuckle Groups	6

The presalt Santos Basin, a super basin of the twenty-first century	6
Controls of shale gas enrichment and high yield in the lower Cambrian Niutitang shale of the Yichang area, southern China	6
Introduction to Salt Basins Special Issue Volume 1: Diapirism, deformation, dating, and exploration in honor of Bruno Vendeville and all the unsung heroes	6
A very unconventional hydrocarbon play: The Mesoproterozoic Velkerri Formation of northern Australia	6
A review of the genesis, evolution, and prediction of natural fractures in deep tight sandstones of China	6
Sedimentary evolution and shale oil potential of Shahejie Formation in Zhanhua sag, Bohai Bay Basin, China	6