OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering is 7. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
A Novel Approach in Understanding the Role of Water in Oxidation and Upgrading Reactions during In-Situ Combustion Oil Recovery, Part A: Experimental Observations	21
Multiscale Wettability Characterization of Anhydrite-Rich Carbonate Rocks: Insights into Zeta Potential, Flotation, and Contact Angle Measurements	19
Risk Management and Optimization in Real-Time Noncondensable Gas Co-injection under Economic Uncertainty	18
Optimization of Water-Alternating-CO2 Injection Field Operations Using a Machine-Learning-Assisted Workflow	17
Lithofacies, Deposition, and Clinoforms Characterization Using Detailed Core Data, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Logs, and Modular Formation Dynamics Tests for Mishrif Formation Intervals in West Qurna/1	15
Application of Data Mining to Small Data Sets: Identification of Key Production Drivers in Heterogeneous Unconventional Resources	15
Machine Learning for Capillary Pressure Estimation	13
Fluid Identification Derived from Formation Chlorine Measurements and Reservoir Characterization of Tight Carbonate in Sichuan Basin, China	13
Conditioning Model Ensembles to Various Observed Data (Field and Regional Level) by Applying Machine-Learning-Augmented Workflows to a Mature Field with 70 Years of Production History	12
Application of Machine Learning to Interpret Steady-State Drainage Relative Permeability Experiments	11
Active Fault Detection by an Automatic Breakout Geometry Characterization Algorithm from Ultrasonic Borehole Imager	11
Thermal Magnetic Properties Variation of Rock During In-Situ Combustion Process	10
Methods to Enhance Success of Field Application of In-Situ Combustion for Heavy Oil Recovery	10
Experimental Study on the Impact of Clay Distribution and Mineralogy on NMR T2 and Internal Gradient: Insights From Well-Controlled Physical Samples	10
RTA-Assisted Numerical History-Matching Workflow	10
Modeling Two-Phase Flow in Tight Core Plugs with an Application for Relative Permeability Measurement	10
Comparative Evaluation of a Functions for the Soave-Redlich-Kwong Equation of State and the Peng-Robinson Equation of State to Predict Saturation Pressures for Gas(es)-Heavy Oil/Bitumen-Water S	10
New Insights into Surfactant Adsorption Estimation in Carbonates under Harsh Conditions Using Surface Complexation Modeling	10
Progress Toward Pilot-Scale Simulation of In-Situ Combustion Incorporating Geomechanics	9
A Deep Learning Framework Using Graph Convolutional Networks for Adaptive Correction of Interwell Connectivity and Gated Recurrent Unit for Performance Prediction	9
Decoding the Impact of Injection-Induced Fractures on the Sweep Efficiency of a Mature Polymer Flood through Pressure Falloff Analysis	9
A Novel Approach in Understanding the Role of Water in Oxidation and Upgrading Reactions during In-Situ Combustion Oil Recovery, Part B: Interpretations	9
A Novel 2.5D Deep Network Inversion of Gravity Anomalies to Estimate Basement Topography	9
Athabasca Toe-to-Heel Air Injection Pilot: Evaluation of the Spontaneous Ignition Based on Apparent Atomic Hydrogen-Carbon Ratio Variation	8
Stochastic Estimation of Barrels of Oil Equivalent Conversion Factor for Natural Gas Volumes from Offshore Carbonate Fields in Ultradeep Waters	8

Reservoir Modeling, History Matching, and Characterization with a Reservoir Graph Network Model	8
An Investigation on the Process of Reimbibition of Oil and Its Impact on Oil Recovery in the Yates Field	8
Optimization of an Integrated Reservoir-Production System Using Polynomial Chaos Expansion and Sobol Sensitivity Analysis	8
Building an EPA Class VI Permit Application	8
Experimental Measurements and Molecular Simulation of Carbon Dioxide Adsorption on Carbon Surface	8
Managing Risk in Well Placement Optimization within an Expected Utility Framework	8
History-Matching and Forecasting Production Rate and Bottomhole Pressure Data Using an Enhanced Physics-Based Data-Driven Simulator	8
Improving Prediction of Fracture Distribution Using Microseismic Data and Acoustic Logging Measurements	8
3D Printing for Experiments in Petrophysics, Rock Physics, and Rock Mechanics: A Review	7
The Role of Diffusion on Reservoir Performance in Underground Hydrogen Storage	7
Static Adsorption Evaluation for Anionic-Nonionic Surfactant Mixture on Sandstone in the Presence of Crude Oil at High Reservoir Temperature Condition	7
Lithofacies and Diagenetic Controls on Tight Silty and Sandy Upper Triassic Reservoirs of the Heshui Oil Field (Ordos Basin, North China)	7
New Insights into Hybrid Low-Salinity Polymer Flooding through a Coupled Geochemical-Based Modeling Approach	7
Modeling Water Injectivity Tests under Multiple Rate Schedule: An Approximate Solution	7
Estimating Reservoir Permeability and Fracture Surface Area Using the Flowback DFIT (DFIT-FBA)	7
Theoretical and Experimental Study of Fine Migration During Low-Salinity Water Flooding: Effect of Brine Composition on Interparticle Forces	7
Measurement of Effective Hydrogen-Methane Gas Diffusion Coefficients in Reservoir Rocks	7
Effects of Overpressure on Mechanical Properties of Unconventional Shale Reservoirs through Novel Use of a Sonic Overpressure Indicator	7
Rheology and Injectivity Studies on Scleroglucan Biopolymer for Carbonates under Harsh Conditions	7
A Simple Analytical Model for Oil Production from Partially Fractured Reservoirs to Estimate Size of Finite Fracture Networks	7