Reservoir to Recovery: Advancing Sustainable Practices in Conventional Oil and Gas Exploration
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2025 | Viewed by 17
Special Issue Editor
Interests: multi-scale and multi-physics field oil and gas permeation theory; efficient development of unconventional oil and gas reservoirs (tight oil, shale oil, hydrates, etc.); new methods to improve oil recovery (improved water drive, gas drive, etc.)
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Dear Colleagues,
Enhancing oil recovery is a crucial topic in the development of oil and gas fields. In recent decades, with drastic changes in geopolitics and international relations, China's energy security has faced huge challenges. Domestic medium- and high-permeability oil reservoirs have widely entered the high water-cut stage, and the difficulty of controlling water and stabilizing oil has sharply increased. Although significant breakthroughs have been made in the exploration of unconventional oil and gas resources such as tight oil, shale oil, etc., due to the scarcity of unconventional reservoirs and almost no natural productivity, large-scale horizontal well volume fracturing is required to achieve effective and expansive utilization, which cannot strongly support the rapidly rising energy demand in China. Evaluating new theories, methods, and technologies for enhancing oil recovery in conventional and unconventional oil and gas reservoirs is of critical to assist in the economic and efficient development of oil and gas fields and significantly increase ultimate oil recovery. The goal of this Special Issue is to advance sustainable practices in conventional and unconventional oil and gas exploration.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Daigang Wang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- enhancing oil recovery
- unconventional oil and gas resources
- horizontal well volume fracturing
- energy security
- ultimate oil recovery
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