OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering is 15. 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
In situ SAXS study on the evolution of coal nanopore structures with uniaxial compressive stress	162
Investigation of chia based copper oxide nanofluid for water based drilling fluid: An experimental approach	153
Dynamics of coalbed methane emission from coal cores under various stress paths and its application in gas extraction in mining-disturbed coal seam	86
Permeability changes in mining-damaged coal: A review of mathematical models	80
Construction of selective gas permeation channels in polymeric membranes using nanocage tuned ionic liquid/MIL-53 (Al) filler nanoparticles for effective CO2 separation	71
Four-layer model of hydrate slurry flow in pipes considering rheological properties	70
Effect of structural features of sedimentary cover on gas composition of permafrost table in northern West Siberia	67
Analysis of micropore size distribution using Dubinin's theory of volume filling - Effect of particle size on pore characterization of organic-rich Indian shales	58
A rock fabric classification method based on the grey level co-occurrence matrix and the Gaussian mixture model	55
Effect of wettability of shale on CO2 sequestration with enhanced gas recovery in shale reservoir: Implications from molecular dynamics simulation	52
The role of storage systems in hydrogen economy: A review	51
Numerical simulation of proppant directly entering complex fractures in shale gas	49
Water influence on micro and homogenized modulus of shale	46
Equilibrium conditions of CO2+C3H8 hydrates in pure and saline water solutions of NaCl	46
Transient analysis of horizontal wells with multiple fractures in sour gas reservoirs	46
Corrigendum to “Quantitative analysis of difference in CH4 and CO2 adsorption capacity in coal based on adsorption model” [J. Nat. Gas Sci. Eng. 102, (June 2022), 104541]	44
Study on the hydrate inhibition effect of nano-silica in drilling fluids	42
An investigation of nonlinear flow behaviour along rough-walled fractures considering the effects of fractal dimensions and contact areas	42
A numerical investigation for the impacts of shale matrix heterogeneity on hydraulic fracturing with a two-dimensional particle assemblage simulation model	41
Process simulation and optimisation for acid gas removal system in natural gas processing	39
Experimental study on hydraulic fracturing in clayey-silty hydrate-bearing sediments and fracability evaluation based on multilayer perceptron-analytic hierarchy process	35
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Motion analysis and control of the pipeline robot passing through girth weld and inclination in natural gas pipeline	33
Experimental and modeling studies of gas-liquid flow in vertical pipes at high superficial gas velocities	33

An evaluation of viscous deformation of chalk on wellbore stability	32
A new approach to production data analysis of non-volumetric naturally fractured gas condensate reservoirs	32
Toward a high-fidelity model for the identification of underground gas flow regimes resulting from buried pipeline releases	30
Role of chemical cementation and hydration inhibition on wellbore stability in hydrate bearing sediment: Experimental and molecular dynamics simulation studies	30
Static and dynamic alteration effect of SC-CO2 on rock pore evolution under different temperature and pressure: A comparative study	28
A novel thermal stimulation approach for natural gas hydrate exploitation —— the application of the self-entry energy compensation device in the Shenhu sea	28
Experimental study on stress and permeability response with gas depletion in coal seams	27
Explicit representation of natural fractures in modelling of fluid flow within source rocks – A Longmaxi Shale multiscale multiphysics unification case study	27
Chemical and physical systems for sour gas removal: An overview from reaction mechanisms to industrial implications	27
Pore and permeability properties of reservoir sandstone under a uniaxial compression CT test	26
Hydrogen in pipeline steels: Recent advances in characterization and embrittlement mitigation	26
Effects of hydrate occurring mechanisms and saturation on the mechanical properties of hydrate-bearing sediments: Numerical study based on simplified DEM simulation	26
Dual mechanisms of matrix shrinkage affecting permeability evolution and gas production in coal reservoirs: Theoretical analysis and numerical simulation	25
Flowback rate-transient analysis with spontaneous imbibition effects	25
Numerical analysis on gas production from silty hydrate reservoirs in the South China sea by depressurizing: The effect of permeability reduction caused by pore compression	24
Prediction of liquid surge volumes and flow rates for gas wells using machine learning	24
Stress solutions for short- and long-term wellbore stability analysis	23
Determination of clathrate hydrates dissociation conditions in the presence of gas dehydration, sweetening, and other nitrogenated additives using a predictive thermodynamic approach	22
The effect of different CO2 phases on wormhole development in carbonate rocks	22
Study on Co-production compatibility evaluation method of multilayer tight gas reservoir	21
A process for CO2 capture and brine salinity reduction through reaction with potassium hydroxide: A multi-stage evaluation	21
Long-term permeability evolution of shale seal rocks with argon and scCO2	21
Pore-scale simulation of gas-water two-phase flow in volcanic gas reservoir based on Volume of Fluid method	20
Influences of diffusion-limited transport in the crystals and initial water on the gaseous CO2 dynamic replacement in CH4 hydrate	20
Numerical investigation of natural gas hydrate production performance via a more realistic three-dimensional model	20
A Mori-Tanaka scheme-based model for gas-water two-phase cracked rocks and its application	20
Role of salinity in clathrate hydrate based processes	20
Effects of void morphology on fracturing characteristics of porous rock through a finite-discrete element method	19
Editorial Board	19
A semi-analytical solution technique for predicting circulating mud temperatures	19
Choke management simulation for shale gas reservoirs with complex natural fractures using EDFM	19
Adsorbents selection for the enrichment of low-grade methane coal mine emissions by temperature and pressure swing adsorption technologies	19
Multi-field coupling theory and research progress of methane extraction in deep coal seams: A review	18
Carbon-based nanocomposites: Distinguishing between deep-bed filtration and external filter cake by coupling core-scale mud-flow tests with computed tomography imaging	18
Insight into the anti-corrosion performance of synthesized novel nano polymeric material of SiO2 for the protection of J55 steel in 3.5 wt% NaCl solution saturated with carbon dioxide	18
Analysis of the effect of hydrate on water retention curves in gas hydrate-bearing sediments using gas drainage combined with NMR	18
Corrosion mechanism of X65 steel exposed to H2S/CO2 brine and H2S/CO2 vapor corrosion environments	18
The theoretical basis of model building for coal reservoir permeability: A review and improvement	18
An improved computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model for predicting hydrate deposition rate and wall shear stress in offshore gas-dominated pipeline	18
A novel study on bypass module in self-regulated pipeline inspection gauge to enhance anti-blocking capability for secure and efficient natural gas transportation	18
Fines effect on gas flow in sandy sediments using μCT and pore networks	17
Evaluating essential features of proppant transport at engineering scales combining field measurements with machine learning algorithms	17
Evolution of fracture permeability and its compressibility in proppant-supported shale	17
Visualization and quantitative statistics of experimental hydraulic fracture network based on optical scanning	17
An improved solution to flow assurance in natural gas pipeline enabled by a novel self-regulated bypass pig prototype: An experimental and numerical study	17
Synergistic effects of CO2 density and salinity on the wetting behavior of formation water on sandstone surfaces: Molecular dynamics simulation	17
Investigation on reactive flow through porous media by quadtree Lattice Boltzmann	17
Effects of fluid and proppant properties on proppant transport and distribution in horizontal hydraulic fractures of coal under true-triaxial stresses	16
Integrated optimization design for horizontal well spacing and fracture stage placement in shale gas reservoir	16
Experimental study on the effect of hydrate reformation on gas permeability of marine sediments	16

Microstructural and mechanical property characterization of Argillaceous, Kerogen-rich, and Bituminous shale rocks	16
Water-soluble polymers for high-temperature resistant hydraulic fracturing: A review	16
Capillary trapping characteristics of CO2 sequestration in fractured carbonate rock and sandstone using MRI	15
Prediction of maximum slug length considering impact of well trajectories in British Columbia shale gas fields using machine learning	15
Water content measurements for liquid propane in equilibrium with water or hydrates: New measurements & evaluation of literature data	15
Experimental investigation on speed excursion of PIG due to friction variation in natural gas pipeline	15
Quantitative characterization of methane adsorption in shale using low-field NMR	15
Optimization and performance evaluation of a novel anhydrous CO2 fracturing fluid	15
Control of directional long borehole on gas drainage and optimal design: Case study	15