Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques
Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques is a research topic within Ocean Engineering. Science Explorer counts 37k research works in it since 1950. 20.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the use of advanced imaging techniques such as X-ray computed tomography for pore-scale modeling and analysis in the context of enhanced oil recovery. It explores methods for wettability alteration, the use of nanofluids and surfactants, and the application of foam for improved recovery in porous media and reservoir rocks.
- X-ray Computed Tomography
- Pore-scale Modeling
- Enhanced Oil Recovery
- Wettability Alteration
- Nanofluids
- Surfactants
- Porous Media
- Reservoir Rock
- Microstructure Reconstruction
- Foam Assisted Recovery
- Research works
- 37k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 7.5k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 20.4% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +43% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (3.1k and 767 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 3.1k works
- 2 United States 767 works
- 3 Iran 329 works
- 4 Russia 306 works
- 5 India 277 works
- 6 Canada 272 works
- 7 Saudi Arabia 222 works
- 8 United Kingdom 191 works
- 9 Brazil 178 works
- 10 France 154 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
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Which institutions lead Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques research?
By volume in 2022–2025, China University of Petroleum, East China publishes the most Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques research, followed by China University of Petroleum, Beijing and Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina 309 works
- 2 China University of Petroleum, BeijingChina 274 works
- 3 Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and DevelopmentChina 194 works
- 4 Sinopec (China)China 152 works
- 5 China National Petroleum Corporation (China)China 149 works
- 6 Southwest Petroleum UniversityChina 144 works
- 7 Daqing Oilfield General HospitalChina 113 works
- 8 State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and ExploitationChina 106 works
- 9 Northeast Petroleum UniversityChina 104 works
- 10 King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsSaudi Arabia 103 works
Who are the leading researchers in Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques include Huan Liu.
- 1 Huan Liu Australia 4.9k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques research done?
The largest centres of Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Qingdao (China), Chengdu (China) and Daqing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Xinjiang, Daqing and Dhahran.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- XinjiangCN · 23.1 works168×
- DaqingCN · 222.9 works111×
- DhahranSA · 153.6 works44×
- JingzhouCN · 77.7 works41×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques?
Among universities, judged by research, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Persian Gulf University and Edith Cowan University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsSaudi Arabia | 73.1 | 26.9% | 39.6× | 103 | +295.3% |
| 2 | Persian Gulf UniversityIran | 71.5 | 49.3% | 34.6× | 10 | +272.9% |
| 3 | Edith Cowan UniversityAustralia | 68.5 | 55.2% | 14.1× | 14 | — |
| 4 | China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina | 67.4 | 22.4% | 87.5× | 309 | +106.4% |
| 5 | Indian Institute of Technology DhanbadIndia | 67.3 | 40.2% | 13.6× | 21 | +193.0% |
| 6 | Tarbiat Modares UniversityIran | 67.1 | 35.0% | 11.6× | 25 | +206.0% |
| 7 | King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia | 64.4 | 26.0% | 15.8× | 33 | +138.3% |
| 8 | Missouri University of Science and TechnologyUnited States | 64.3 | 31.7% | 19.9× | 17 | +265.5% |
| 9 | Ilam UniversityIran | 63.8 | 56.6% | 26.2× | 10 | — |
| 10 | Universiti Teknologi PetronasMalaysia | 61.6 | 20.0% | 36.6× | 42 | +140.5% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 43% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques.
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Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.