OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Petroleum Geoscience is 3. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Significance of fault seal in assessing CO ₂ storage capacity and containment risks – an example from the Horda Platform, northern North Sea	24
The principles of helium exploration	20
CO ₂ mineral trapping comparison in different regions: predicted geochemical reactivity of the Precipice Sandstone reservoir and overlying Evergreen Formation	15
Quantification of solubility trapping in natural and engineered CO ₂ reservoirs	12
Evolution of a sand-rich submarine channel–lobe system, and the impact of mass-transport and transitional-flow deposits on reservoir heterogeneity: Magnus Field, Northern North Sea	11
Evaluating the segmented post-rift stratigraphic architecture of the Guyanas continental margin	10
Identification and characterization of geological formations with CO ₂ storage potential in Portugal	10
Pore-scale assessment of subsurface carbon storage potential: implications for the UK Geoenergy Observatories project	9
Stepwise uncertainty reduction in time-lapse seismic interpretation using multi-attribute analysis	8
Ranking and selecting fault models using flow-indicator fault properties and simple streamline simulations	8
The Rossano–San Nicola Fault Zone evolution impacts the burial and maturation histories of the Crotone Basin, Calabrian Arc, Italy	7
Kicks and their significance in pore pressure prediction	6
Flow modelling to quantify structural control on CO₂migration and containment, CCS South West Hub, Australia	6
Intra-salt structure and strain partitioning in layered evaporites: implications for drilling through Messinian salt in the eastern Mediterranean	6
Optimising development and production of naturally fractured reservoirs using a large empirical dataset	6
3D seismic interpretation and fault slip potential analysis from hydraulic fracturing in the Bowland Shale, UK	6
CO ₂ injection and storage in porous rocks: coupled geomechanical yielding below failure threshold and permeability evolution	6
Study on the effect of pore-scale heterogeneity and flow rate during repetitive two-phase fluid flow in microfluidic porous media	6
Rock mechanical properties of immature, organic-rich source rocks and their relationships to rock composition and lithofacies	5
The rejuvenation of hydrocarbon exploration in the Eastern Mediterranean	5
Rapid screening and probabilistic estimation of the potential for CO ₂ -EOR and associated geological CO ₂ storage in Colombian pe	5
Naturally occurring underpressure – a global review	5
Open fractures in pre-salt silicified carbonate reservoirs in block BM-C-33, the Outer Campos Basin, offshore Brazil	4
Upscaling of outcrop information for improved reservoir modelling – exemplified by a case study on chalk	4
Stratigraphic controls on hydrocarbon recovery in clastic reservoirs of the Norwegian Continental Shelf	4

The importance of facies, grain size and clay content in controlling fluvial reservoir quality – an example from the Triassic Skagerrak Formation, Central North Sea, UK	4
The impact of heterogeneous mixed siliciclastic–carbonate systems on CO ₂ geological storage	4
Pressure variations in the northern part of the Danish Central Graben, North Sea	4
Key controls on the hydraulic properties of fault rocks in carbonates	3
The effects of basaltic lava flows on the petrophysical properties and diagenesis of interbedded aeolian sandstones: an example from the Cretaceous Paraná Basin, Brazil	3
Calibration of naturally fractured reservoir models using integrated well-test analysis – an illustration with field data from the Barents Sea	3
New insights into the structure, geology and hydrocarbon prospectivity along the central-northern Corona Ridge, Faroe–Shetland Basin	3
Deformation and sedimentation processes, and hydrocarbon accumulations on upturned salt diapir flanks in the Lusitanian Basin, Portugal	3
The role of pore pressure and its prediction in deep geothermal energy drilling – examples from the North Alpine Foreland Basin, SE Germany	3
Hydrocarbon-bearing characteristics of the SB1 strike-slip fault zone in the north of the Shuntuo Low Uplift, Tarim Basin	3
3D modelling and capacity estimation of potential targets for CO ₂ storage in the Adriatic Sea, Italy	3
Negatively buoyant CO ₂ solution sequestration in synformal traps	3
Geology and petroleum prospectivity of the Sea of Hebrides Basin and Minch Basin, offshore NW Scotland	3
Comparison of shale depth functions in contrasting offshore basins and sealing behaviour for CH ₄ and CO ₂ containment systems	3