OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering is 23. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	125
Research on casing deformation mechanism and prevention measures based on micro-seismic signal distribution	115
Geochemistry and accumulation of Jurassic oil in the central Junggar Basin, western China	94
Nondestructive investigation on hydrocarbons occluded in asphaltene matrix: The evidence from the dispersive solid-phase extraction	84
Effect of control flow on main jet switching for single and double feedback channels fluidic oscillator	76
Diagenesis and controlling factors of Oligocene Huagang Formation tight sandstone reservoir in the south of Xihu sag, the East China Sea Shelf Basin	69
Creep microindentation of low-density oil well cement and the implication on radial cracking risk of cement sheath	67
Iterative sequential robust optimization of quantity and location of wells in field development under subsurface, operational and economic uncertainty	67
Improved wormhole prediction model considering propagation characteristics of wormhole head in carbonate acidizing	65
Tagging and tracking oil-gas mixtures in multiphase pipelines	63
Accumulation characteristics and controlling factors of the Tugeerming gas reservoir in the eastern Kuqa Depression of the Tarim Basin, northwest China	63
Biogenically modified reservoir rock quality: A case from the lowermost member Paleocene Funing Formation, Gaoyou Depression, Subei Basin, China	63
Aiding (opponent) flow of hybrid copper–aluminum oxide nanofluid towards an exponentially extending (lessening) sheet with thermal radiation and heat source (sink) impact	63
Field performance and numerical simulation study on the toe to heel air injection (THAI) process in a heavy oil reservoir with bottom water	60
Measurement resolution of acoustic reflection imaging logging with a cylindrical phased array acoustic receiver station	59
Factors controlling reservoir quality of a retreating delta-front in shallow-water lacustrine in the Songliao Basin, Northeast China	58
Geochemical characteristics and natural gas-oil-source correlation of the Shulu depression in the Jizhong Subbasin, Bohai Bay Basin, eastern China	57
A calculation model for improving the relative borehole uncertainty based on the least square method in relief well	56
Numerical upscaling of nonlinear flow in low-permeability sandstone matrix system	55
Sealing capacity evolution of gypsum salt caprocks under multi-cycle alternating stress during operations of underground gas storage	54
Artificial neural network, support vector machine, decision tree, random forest, and committee machine intelligent system help to improve performance prediction of low salinity water injection in carb	54
Experimental investigation of CO2 injection side effects on reservoir properties in ultra tight formations	54
Analytical model for transient pressure analysis in a horizontal well intercepting with multiple faults in karst carbonate reservoirs	52
Depositional and diagenetic control on conglomerate reservoirs: An example from the fourth member of shahejie formation in the Lijin Sag, Bohai Bay Basin, east China	52
Determination of relative permeability curve under combined effect of polymer and surfactant	50

Experimental investigation of internal and external flow fields of jetting nozzles with different structures	50
Seismic inverse modeling method based on generative adversarial networks	49
A closer look at SRB souring in porous media: Higher-order finite difference scheme in radial coordinate	48
A systematic study of Smart Water technology in improving the reservoir recovery performance	48
Plugging performance and mechanism of temperature-responsive adhesive lost circulation material	48
Invasion of CaCO3 particles and polymers into porous formations in presence of fibres	48
Understanding stress-sensitive behavior of pore structure in tight sandstone reservoirs under cyclic compression using mineral, morphology, and stress analyses	47
An innovative application of deep learning in multiscale modeling of subsurface fluid flow: Reconstructing the basis functions of the mixed GMsFEM	46
A comprehensive review of geothermal cementing from well integrity perspective	46
Multi-parameters logging identifying method for sand body architectures of tight sandstones: A case from the Triassic Chang 9 Member, Longdong area, Ordos Basin, NW China	46
Lattice Boltzmann study of dissolution in porous media: Comparison of VOP with VOF-curved boundary coupling	46
Oil and gas accumulation periods and charging path of continental lake basin: A case study of the Chang 9-Chang 10 oil reservoir in the Yanchang formation in the Ordos Basin	45
Sequential production of two oil fields with an option to switch	45
Unconventional well shut-in and reopening: Multiphase gas-oil interactions and their consequences on well performance	45
Minimizing calcium lactate precipitation via the addition of gluconate ions for matrix acidizing with lactic acid	44
Modeling investigation for energy storage system including mixture of paraffin and ZnO nano-powders considering porous media	44
Construction of porous calcite structure using microbially induced calcite precipitation	44
Analysis of depleted gas reservoir underground gas storage wellbore integrity change during gas injection and production processes	43
Effects of hydrostatic pressure on hydraulic fracturing properties of shale using X-ray computed tomography and acoustic emission	43
Pipe flow experiments of unstable oil-water dispersions with three different oil viscosities: Flow pattern, pressure drop and droplet size measurements	43
Experimental evaluation of the dynamic water-blocking effect in coalbed methane reservoir	43
Analytical models for predicting oil recovery from immiscible CO2 injection: A literature review	43
Permeability in the thin section	42
A novel laboratory technique for open-hole gravel-pack design	42
Theoretical and experimental analysis of multiphase twin-screw pumps operating in serial arrangement	42
Mechanical formation damage control in permeability Biot’s effective stress-sensitive oil reservoirs with source/sink term	41
The edge-guided FPN model for automatic stratigraphic correlation of well logs	41
Geochemical features of source rocks and oil in saline and freshwater lake environments: A case study in the southwest Qaidam Basin	41
Characteristics of pore systems in the oil-bearing sandstones of the Dongying Depression, Bohai Bay Basin	41
Identification of hydrocarbon-bearing zones within the early cretaceous reservoir rocks using well logging and seismic reflection data in Al-Baraka field, West Komombo, Egypt	40
Top-of-line corrosion via physics-guided machine learning: A methodology integrating field data with theoretical models	40
A novel approach to estimate rock strength parameters from multistage triaxial tests (the A-HAS method)	40
Residual oil retention and stripping mechanism of hydrophilic pore surfaces during CO2 and N2 combined gas flooding	40
Oil biomarker signature and hydrocarbon prospectivity of Paleozoic versus Mesozoic source rocks in the Faghur–Sallum basins, Egypt's Western Desert	40
Front-end engineering practice of in-situ MEOR applications	39
Data-driven approach for hydrocarbon production forecasting using machine learning techniques	39
Corrigendum to “Intelligent well killing control method driven by coupling multiphase flow simulation and real-time data” [J. Petrol. Sci. Eng. 213 (2022) 110337]	38
Experimental study of gas-lift systems with inclined gas jets	37
Simulation study on cuttings transport of the wavy wellbore trajectory in the long horizontal wellbore	37
Preparation and crosslinking mechanism of delayed swelling double-crosslinking nano polymer gel microsphere for anti-CO2 gas channeling	37
Statistical analysis of experimental studies of non-Darcy flow in proppant packs	37
A hybrid surrogate-assisted integrated optimization of horizontal well spacing and hydraulic fracture stage placement in naturally fractured shale gas reservoir	37
Modeling fracture transient flow using the Embedded Discrete Fracture Model with nested local grid refinement	37
Making the black-box brighter: Interpreting machine learning algorithm for forecasting drilling accidents	36
Additive and alternative materials to cement for well plugging and abandonment: A state-of-the-art review	36
New direction for regional reservoir quality prediction using machine learning - Example from the Stø Formation, SW Barents Sea, Norway	36
A subsurface machine learning approach at hydrocarbon production recovery & resource estimates for unconventional reservoir systems: Making subsurface predictions from multimensional data analysis	35
Hole cleaning and wet-granular rheology of rock cutting beds: Impact of drilling fluid composition	35
Solid particle erosion prediction in elbows based on machine learning and swarm intelligence algorithm	35
Pressure response using wavelet analysis in the process of hydraulic fracturing: Numerical simulation and field case	35

Research progress on low-temperature rheology of high-performance ocean deepwater drilling fluids: An overview	34
A review on numerical simulation of proppant transport: Eulerian–Lagrangian views	34
Predicting production-rate using wellhead pressure for shale gas well based on Temporal Convolutional Network	33
Size-invariant 3D generation from a single 2D rock image	33
Enhanced stability of low oil-to-water ratio water-in-oil emulsions (oil-based drilling fluids): Synergistic effect of nano-SiO2 and emulsifiers	33
Robertson-Stiff rheological model in fracture flow	33
Mechanical properties of adhesive interface for the expandable packer rubber with nylon 66 cord under high pressure and high temperature	31
Mitigating water blockage in shale matrix by acidizing or oxidizing treatment: Evidence from transport pathway change and diffusivity enhancement	31
Deep reinforcement learning and adaptive policy transfer for generalizable well control optimization	31
An MPC auto-tuning framework for tracking economic goals of an ESP-lifted oil well	31
A new method for capillary pressure curve prediction based on NMR echo data using integral transform, the quantum genetic algorithm, and the artificial neural network in tight sandstone	31
Selection of the particle size distribution of granular lost circulation materials for use in naturally fractured thief zones	30
Tensile mechanical properties and AE characteristics of shale in triaxial Brazilian splitting tests	30
Dynamic mechanical properties and constitutive model of shale with different bedding under triaxial impact test	30
Numerical modeling and analysis of the matrix acidizing process in fractured sandstone rocks with the Extended–FEM	30
Controlled-release chemicals in oilfield application: A review	30
Geological characteristics and shale oil potential of alkaline lacustrine source rock in Fengcheng Formation of the Mahu Sag, Junggar Basin, Western China	29
Mechanism responsible altering in interfacial tension and emulsification of the crude oil-water system with nano Gemini surface active ionic liquids, salts and pH	29
Factors influencing stylolite formation in the Cambrian Longwangmiao Formation, Sichuan Basin, SW China	29
Investigating unary, binary and ternary interactive effects on pressure drawdown for optimal sand production prediction	29
Stimulation mechanism and model establishment of enhanced imbibition oil recovery for A nano fracturing fluid	29
Rheological studies and numerical investigation of barite sag potential of drilling fluids with thermochemical fluid additive using computational fluid dynamics (CFD)	29
Magnetohydrodynamics of immiscible Newtonian fluids in porous regions of different variable permeability functions	28
A pressure pulse recognition method based on flow-adaptive double threshold for pressure pulse telemetry	28
A new method for characterizing dynamic reservoir quality: Implications for quality maps in reservoir simulation and rock type classification	28
A volumetric-smoothed particle hydrodynamics based Eulerian-Lagrangian framework for simulating proppant transport	28
A novel method for modeling oil-water two-phase flow in fractured-vuggy carbonate reservoirs considering fluid vertical equilibrium mechanism	28
Lithotypes, organic matter and paleoenvironment characteristics in the Chang73 submember of the Triassic Yanchang Formation, Ordos Basin, China: Implications for organic matter accumulation and favour	28
Simulation of flow characteristics and development of permeability model in fractured-vuggy carbonate reservoir	28
A new multi-fracture geometry inversion model based on hydraulic-fracture treatment pressure falloff data	28
Fiber-Optic DAS and DTS for monitoring riser gas migration	27
Molecular dynamics simulations of shale gas transport in rough nanopores	27
Pore-scale investigation on microemulsion-based quasi-miscible flooding for EOR in water-wet/oil-wet reservoirs: A 3D study by X-ray microtomography	27
Stratigraphic subdivision-based logging curves generation using neural random forests	27
Entropy optimization for nanofluid flow with radiation subject to a porous medium	27
Seismic volumetric dip estimation via a supervised deep learning model by integrating realistic synthetic data sets	27
Capillary pressure correction of cuttings	27
Experimental study and models of the settling of sand in heavy oil	27
Using laser scanning confocal microscopy combined with saturated oil experiment to investigate the pseudo in-situ occurrence mechanism of light and heavy components of shale oil in sub-micron scale	26
Effect of temperature on sandstone acidizing using non-Newtonian fluids	26
Developing an efficient ester-based drilling fluid based on Calophyllum Inophyllum oil for eco-friendly drilling of unconventional shale formation	26
Carbonate acidizing – A review on influencing parameters of wormholes formation	26
Geochemical investigation of electrical conductivity and electrical double layer based wettability alteration during engineered water injection in carbonates	26
Lithology identification by adaptive feature aggregation under scarce labels	26
Laboratorial and analytical study for prediction of porosity changes in carbonaceous shale coupling reactive flow and dissolution	26
Experimental investigation of proppant transport in hydraulically fractured wells using supercritical CO2	26
Paleogeographic and sedimentary evolution of Meso–Neoproterozoic strata in the Ordos Basin, western North China Craton	25
Modeling transient cavitating flow in large drop crude oil pipelines	25
Preparation of illite coated geomaterial microfluidic surfaces: Effect of salinity and heat treatment	25
A study on the contribution of the intermolecular forces to the stabilization of the high internal phase emulsion: A combined experimental and molecular dynamics study	25
Construction and validation of the upscaling model of organic-rich shale by considering water-sensitivity effects	25
Investigation on the cuttings carrying capacity of a novel retractable drill bit used in casing while drilling with air reverse circulation	25
Insightful study on the effect of zinc oxide nanoparticle diameter on the rheology of water base mud at elevated temperature	25
Microstructural effects on the unconfined mechanical behavior of a tectonically deformed calcareous shale, a study case in the Santiago Formation, México	25
Editorial Board	25
How do chlorite coatings form on quartz surface?	25
Experimental study on chemical-assisted methane flooding for foamy oil reservoirs after primary production	25
Shale oil production prediction and fracturing optimization based on machine learning	24
Degradation of oil well cement with sodium chloride content exposed to supercritical carbon dioxide conditions: Temperature and pressure effects	24
Enhancing the production of tight sandstone gas well through fuzzy-ball fluid temporary plugging with diverting fractures and water cutting after refracturing in one operation	24
A comprehensive performance evaluation methodology for miscible gas flooding: A case study in a giant carbonate reservoir in Middle East	24
A study of nanofluid stability in low–salinity water to enhance oil recovery: An extended physicochemical approach	24
Application of oil in situ combustion for the catalytic methane conversion in the porous medium of the gas reservoir	24
A new approach to Quantitative Diagenesis Modeling (QDM) by integrated facies, well logs and seismic attributes from the cenomanian-early Turonian Sarvak Formation, Abadan Plain, SW Iran	23
Influence of pressure on the gel strength and on the solid-like behavior for an inverted emulsion drilling fluid	23
Interwell connectivity inversion method of steam flooding: Based on an analytical model and genetic algorithm	23
Flow field characterization and evaluation method based on unsupervised machine learning	23
Performance improvement of chemical enhanced oil recovery by divalent ion–complexing agents	23
Editorial Board	23
Stochastic multi-objective optimization approaches in a real-world oil field waterflood management	23
Experimental study on characteristics and mechanisms of matrix pressure transmission near the fracture surface during post-fracturing shut-in in tight oil reservoirs	23
Optimum sensor configuration of surface arrays for retrieving accurate source mechanisms of microseismic events	23
Paleoenvironment-driven organic matter accumulation in lacustrine shale mixed with shell bioclasts: A case study from the Jurassic Da'anzhai member, Sichuan Basin (China)	23
Numerical investigation of wax deposition features in a pipeline under laminar flow conditions	23
Data-driven diagenetic facies classification and well-logging identification based on machine learning methods: A case study on Xujiahe tight sandstone in Sichuan Basin	23
New mathematical formulations for accurate estimate of nitrogen leakage rate using distributed temperature sensing in Mechanical Integrity Tests	23