OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Interpretation-A Journal of Subsurface Characterization is 2. 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
Geochemical characteristics of lacustrine source rocks and oil-source correlation of the Yanchang Formation in the Zizhou area, Ordos Basin	33
Introduction to special section: Hydrocarbon migration, near-surface seepage, and petroleum system assessment	30
Fault feature enhancement in seismic data based on steerable pyramid tensor voting	23
Subsurface weakness zone detection via unsupervised machine learning	19
Hydraulic fracturing in the overpressured, isotropically stressed Cane Creek Unit, Paradox Basin	18
Characteristics and genesis of reef-bank complexes in deep shelf facies: A case study of the Middle-Late Jurassic in the northern Amu Darya Basin, Central Asia	18
Pore pressure prediction using S-wave velocity based on rock-physics modeling	17
The mobility of continental shale oil by gas flooding and influencing factors based on displacement-nuclear magnetic resonance instruments	17
Study on the characteristics and influencing factors of Chang 7 ultralow-porosity and low-permeability reservoirs in the Heshui area, Ordos Basin	16
Normal fault reactivation induced by hydraulic fracturing: Poroelastic effects	15
Seismic interpretation of sandstone-type uranium deposits in the Songliao Basin, Northeast China	15
Introduction to special section: Machine learning for image-based geologic interpretation	14
Implication of fast shear wave azimuth and critically stressed fractures in a coalbed methane reservoir	14
Hydrocarbon generation and expulsion of the Fengcheng Formation in the Mahu sag, Junggar Basin, China: Implications for shale oil resource potential	14
Decoding subsurface dynamics: Advanced ground-penetrating radar data processing for geologic insights	14
Assessment of critically stressed fractures due to water injection — A case study from the Devonian clastic reservoir of the Berkaoui Field, Algeria	13
Multiattribute analytics of polka-dot anomalies in the Yeongil Bay, South Korea	11
Sea bottom characteristics and geochemistry of oil and gas seeps in the Gulf of Mexico	10
Convolutional neural network long short-term memory deep learning model for sonic well log generation for brittleness evaluation	10
Integrated reservoir, geology, and production data for reservoir damage analysis: A case study of the Miocene sandstone reservoir, Gulf of Suez, Egypt	10
Estimating SHmax azimuth with P sources and vertical geophones: Use P-P reflection amplitudes or use SV-P reflection times?	9
Application of Yu’s wavelet and supervirtual seismic refraction interferometry to enhance first arrivals: A case study from Kuche Mountain	9
Bubble vent localization for marine hydrocarbon seep surveys	9
Synchrosqueezing voices through deep neural networks for horizon interpretation	9
DEEP REFLECTION SEISMIC DATA FOR IMPROVED IMAGING OF CRUST STRUCTURE: 2D CASE STUDY OF THE SOUTHWEST SUB-BASIN IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA	9

S-wave seismic data interpretation for gas reservoir at Sanhu area, Qaidam Basin, west China	9
Gas accumulation in the presalt reservoirs of the Ordovician Majiagou Formation from the northern Ordos Basin, Northwest China: Insights from integrated fluid inclusion analysis and petrography charac	8
Characteristics and controlling factors of petroliferous reservoirs in the Permian Lower Urho Formation, western Mahu Slope, Junggar Basin, Northwest China	8
Neogene shale-detached extension and contraction linked system in the Akal Fold and Thrust Belt, Southeast Mexico	8
Introduction to special section: South China Sea deep structures and tectonics	7
Amplitude variation with azimuth direct inversion for effective pressure-sensitivity parameters in horizontal transversely isotropic media	7
Study on the pore structure and fractal characteristics on shale rock and isolated organic matter in lacustrine shales from the Changling fault depression in the Songliao Basin, China	7
In situ stress field prediction based on seismic data in the Sijiazhuang mining area	7
Machine Learning and Seismic Attributes for Petroleum Prospect Generation and Evaluation: An Example from Offshore Australia	7
A new approach to processing and imaging multibeam water column echosounder data: Application to a complex methane seep on the southern Cascadia margin	7
An effective multiphysics toolkit for lithium prospecting: From geophysics to the static reservoir model in the Pozuelos salt flat, Argentina	6
Integration of deep-learning fault segmentation, horizontal transverse isotropy analysis, and ambient microseismic methods to enhance fracture prediction in the Crisol Anticline, Colombia	6
Use of resistivity and density borehole image logs to identify and distribute facies in the Pikka unit — A case study from the Nanushuk Formation, North Slope, Alaska	6
Evaluation model of shale-adsorbed gas considering clay and water saturation	6
Use of multibeam bathymetry and backscatter to improve seabed geochemical surveys — Part 1: Historical review, technical description, and best practices	6
Well trajectory optimization of ultradeep and high-pressure drilling engineering based on high in situ stress as the main control factor: A case study from the Ordovician carbonate reservoir in the Sh	6
Train detection and classification using distributed fiber-optic acoustic sensing	5
Triggering mechanisms and the evolution of different types of mass transport deposits: A case study of the Quaternary Qiongdongnan Basin, South China Sea	5
Hidden hydrosphere under the Caspian Sea: Geophysical evidence and sea-level influence	5
Quantitative 3D seismic interpretation of Silurian reef structures in southern Ontario, Canada	5
Offshore microtremor array measurements for a wind farm site investigation	4
Lithology and sedimentary heterogeneity of Longmaxi shale in the southern Sichuan Basin	4
Classification and well-log identification of lithofacies of continental shale oil reservoirs in Chang 7-3 submember of the Triassic Yanchang Formation in the Longdong area of the Ordos Basin, China	4
Poroelasticity and rock-physics templates	4
Using a synthetic data trained convolutional neural network for predicting subresolution thin layers from seismic data	4
Introduction to special section: Geoscience of hydraulic fracturing	4
Innovative polygon trend analysis application for rainfall trends analysis in the Mekerra watershed (Northwest of Algeria)	4
Identification of flow units using the gas flow experiments and static data in heterogeneous oolitic reservoirs of the Puguang gas field	4
Gravity and magnetic field features and the prospects of iron deposits in the eastern Hebei province, China	4
Introduction to special section: Geological and geophysical interpretation follow-up papers from IMAGE 2023 and IMAGE 2024	4
Wave dynamics and shoreline evolution in deltas: A case study of sandy coasts in the Volta delta of Ghana	4
Study on the parameterization response of probabilistic neural networks for seismic facies classification in the Gulf of Mexico	4
Reservoir-oriented migrated seismic image improvement and poststack seismic inversion using well-seismic mistie	4
Quantitative identification of lithofacies by integrating diverse geophysical data in the Late Holocene False River point bar complex, Louisiana, USA	4
A case study of vertical hydraulic fracture growth, stress variations with depth and shear stimulation in the Niobrara Shale and Codell Sand, Denver-Julesburg Basin, Colorado	4
Data-driven prestack-waveform inversion using genetic algorithm: Methodology and examples	4
Revealing the Hidden Faults of the Oklahoma Basement Through Unsupervised Machine Learning Methods and Integration of Earthquake Data	4
Coal and shale distributions on half-graben slopes: A case study of the Eocene Pinghu Formation in Xihu Sag, East China Sea	4
Introduction to special section: Distributed fiber optic sensing	4
Improving porosity and gamma-ray prediction for the Middle Jurassic Hugin sandstones in the southern Norwegian North Sea with the application of deep neural networks	4
Prediction of tight sandstone reservoirs by multiwave joint prestack inversion technology: A case study of the Qiulin area in the Sichuan Basin	4
Characterizing petroleum in source-rock core samples using HRGC data	4
Machine learning delineation of buried igneous features from the offshore Otway Basin in southeast Australia	4
Benefits of integrating seismic and gravity data in a subsalt environment: A case study at block BM-C-33, deepwater Campos Basin, offshore Brazil	4
Pore structure analysis of tight reservoirs in He-8 Member of Upper Paleozoic in the southwestern Ordos Basin, China	3
A novel frequency-dependent inversion method for fluid factor and brittleness index in tight sandstone reservoirs	3
Neural net detection of seismic features related to gas hydrates and free gas accumulations on the northern U.S. Atlantic margin	3
Automatic conditioning of marine seismic angle stack data with a convolutional neural network	3
Can I, should I be a reviewer?	3
Laminar structure differences and heterogeneities in reservoirs in continental organic-rich shales: The Cretaceous Nenjiang Formation in the Songliao Basin	3

Characteristics of Permian igneous rocks and their petroleum geology implications in the northern part of central Sichuan, Sichuan Basin, China	3
Uncertainty assessment in unsupervised machine-learning methods for deepwater channel seismic facies using outcrop-derived 3D models and synthetic seismic data	3
Multiple trend integration method based on depositional model and its application in glutenite reservoir modeling	3
Insights on the structural framework of the Egyptian Eastern Desert derived from edge detectors of gravity data	3
The role of mobile muds in basin form and fill in the tectonic and sedimentologically complex region of the Southeastern Margin of the Caribbean Plate, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies	3
Synthetic seismic data for training deep learning networks	3
In appreciation of reviewers and editors	3
Prediction and research of fracture distribution characteristics of the Chang 8 reservoir in Zhenjing area, Ordos Basin	3
Origin of horsetail faults in an extensional regime using physical experiments for the Linnan Sag	3
Simultaneous seismic inversion study for channel sandstone identification, northern part of the Eastern Shelf, King County, North-Central Texas	3
Characterizing the “sweet spot” region in shale gas reservoirs based on prestack seismic inversion and multiscale fracture prediction	3
In appreciation of reviewers and editors	3
Anisotropy estimation from deviated wells: uncertainties and their implications — A case study	3
Modeling mobile shales under contraction: Critical analyses of new analog simulations of shale tectonics and comparison with salt-bearing systems	3
Quantification of the nonlinear effect in a seismic signal using Holo-Hilbert spectral analysis	3
Challenges and best practices in interpreting crosswell strain signals to monitor multicrew zipper-fracturing operations	3
Introduction to special section: CO₂ geologic storage and utilization: Recent advances and future perspectives	3
Seismic modeling for addressing seismic interpretation challenges in fluid escape pipes: a case study from the Loyal field, Faroe-Shetland basin	3
Strategic deep aquifer valley characterization using an integrated geophysical approach (Central Tunisia, southern Mediterranean arid province)	3
Biostratigraphy and sequence stratigraphy of the deep offshore Niger Delta and implications for future hydrocarbon exploration in the Paleogene sequences	3
3D magnetic anomaly inversion reveals deep magnetic structures and tectonic evolution of the Yangtze River Basin, China	3
Subsurface geologic imaging of northeastern Tunisia during the Middle to the Upper Eocene: Insights from integrated geophysical interpretation	2
Visualizing subtle structural and stratigraphic features on 3D seismic-reflection data: A case study from offshore Libya	2
Downhole microseismic data interpretation for media anisotropy evaluation with limited acquisition geometry in Western Siberia	2
Seismic Prediction Method for Fractured Gas-Bearing Reservoirs Based on High-Order AVAZ Attributes	2
Signal processing methods for crosswell electromagnetic imaging system	2
Seismic depositional sequence characterization by using enhanced multichannel variational-mode decomposition	2
Distance and quadrant trace method for quantitative seismic interpretation: Theory and application to a synthetic amplitude variation with offset data catalog	2
Myth busting: Was Pulau Tiga really first created by a mud volcano eruption in 1897?	2
Airborne and ground geophysical evaluation of potential mineralized zone in parts of Ilesha schist belt, southwestern Nigeria	2
Gravity field and crustal structure of the Eastern Arm of Sulawesi and the Banggai Archipelago, Eastern Indonesia	2
Provenance characteristics from the Mesozoic to the Cenozoic era and their implications for basin-mountain system evolution in the southwestern Junggar Basin: Insights from field outcrop observations	2
The microdistribution of fluid and its effect on pore structure in shale: A case study of lacustrine Chang 7 shale, Ordos Basin	2
Seismic response analysis and distribution prediction of source rocks in a survey of the South China Sea	2
Pore characteristics and corresponding controlling factors of the marine shale gas reservoir in the Wufeng-Longmaxi Formation of the Zhaotong shale gas demonstration area	2
Gas-bearing prediction in tight sandstone reservoirs based on multinetwork integration	2
Generating a labeled data set to train machine learning algorithms for lithologic classification of drill cuttings	2
Characterization of a fluvial deltaic salt-influenced system for CO₂ storage using seismic poststack inversion and self-organizing maps in the upper Miocene, Onshore Louisiana	2
Heterogeneous characteristics and controlling factors of oil bearing of the Chang 7 shale in the Ordos Basin	2
Facies prediction with Bayesian inference: Application of supervised and semisupervised deep learning	2
Oil-source correlation in the Yangjiang Uplift, South China Sea: A comparative analysis of mathematical and fingerprint methods	2
Multimineral petrophysics of thermally immature Eagle Ford Group and Cretaceous mudstones, U.S. Geological Survey Gulf Coast 1 research wellbore in central Texas	2
A new method of mineral inversion based on error analysis and static response equation error: A case study of a shale gas reservoir in the Wufeng-Longmaxi Formation	2
Introduction to the special section: Energy diversification — Natural resources beyond fossil fuels	2
Investigation of the main drivers influencing sediment property change and coastal erosion in Central Vietnam	2
Sparry calcite identification in shale reservoirs by data augmentation and attention-based machine-learning algorithms	2
Provenance and sedimentary environment of the E_k2 shale in the Cangdong Sag, the central Bohai Bay Basin, China	2
Seismic facies-controlled porosity prediction in a tight sandstone reservoir based on the XGBoost algorithm	2
Unraveling the hidden relationships between seismic multiattributes, well-dynamic data, and Brazilian pre-salt carbonate reservoirs productivity: A shallow versus deep machine-learning approach	2
Multiple seismic attributes fusion approach with support vector regression and forward simulation for sand body prediction and sedimentary facies interpretation — A case of the X gas field in Xihu Sag	2
Adaptive Gaussian mixture model and convolution autoencoder clustering for unsupervised seismic waveform analysis	2
Seismic characterization of a Triassic-Jurassic deep geothermal sandstone reservoir, onshore Denmark, using unsupervised machine learning techniques	2
Prediction of grain shoal reservoirs via seismic forward modeling and waveform classification: Application to the northern slope of the central Sichuan Uplift, Sichuan Basin, SW China	2
A deep learning framework for seismic facies classification	2
Seismic estimation of fluid saturation based on rock physics: A case study of the tight-gas sandstone reservoirs in the Ordos Basin	2
Recurrent autoencoder model for unsupervised seismic facies analysis	2
Backthrust play of the Chernyshev swell, Timan-Pechora Basin: Reentry into a legacy exploration site based on multidisciplinary study	2
Seismic reservoir characterization of the Gassum Formation in the Stenlille aquifer gas storage, Denmark — Part 1	2
Characterizing the subsea Pleistocene fluvial system of the Sunda shelf, offshore Malaysia, using multiattribute corendering and self-organizing maps	2
Prediction of favorable areas for oil accumulation in outer-source tight reservoirs under the control of lateral migration distance: A case study of the Baikouquan Formation, Mahu Sag, Junggar Basin,	2
Pore and fracture pressures prediction — A new geomechanic approach in deepwater salt overthrusts: Case histories from the Gulf of Mexico	2
The La Luna Formation, Venezuela: A prospective unconventional reservoir	2
SV-P illumination with P sources and vertical geophones	2
Time-lapse seismic data inversion for estimating reservoir parameters using deep learning	2
Sand architecture interpretation and modeling with few wells in the offshore — Case study of X36 area in the Xihu Depression, East China Sea, China	2
Assessment of CO₂ storage potential in reservoirs with residual gas using deep learning	2
Interpreting coal component content in logging data by combining gray relational analysis and hybrid neural network	2
The reservoir property modeling of volcanic reservoir: An application to the Shahejie Formation, Zaoyuan oilfield, eastern China	2
Seismic expression of shallow-water carbonate structures through geologic time	2
Characteristics and main controlling factors of dolomite reservoirs in the Upper Cambrian Sanshanzi Formation, eastern Ordos Basin, China	2
Vertical migration in theory and in practice	2
Unraveling the depths: Serpentinite distribution and hydrogen potential in the subduction zones of northwest South America	2