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Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis

Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis is a research topic within Mechanics of Materials. Science Explorer counts 82k research works in it since 1950. 18.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the characterization and analysis of shale gas pore structure, including topics such as gas permeability, thermal maturity effects, nanopores, organic matter influence, and the impact of diagenesis. It also explores the geological controls on methane storage capacity in organic-rich shales and the development of organic porosity in shale formations.

  • Shale Gas
  • Pore Structure
  • Mudstones
  • Gas Permeability
  • Thermal Maturity
  • Nanopores
  • Organic Matter
  • Fracture Permeability
  • Tight Reservoirs
  • Geochemical Evolution
Research works
82k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
15k
per year above
Top-10% rate
18.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+31%
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Which countries lead Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (7.5k and 1.8k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 7.5k works
  2. 2 United States 1.8k works
  3. 3 Russia 930 works
  4. 4 Canada 421 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 412 works
  6. 6 India 381 works
  7. 7 Iran 368 works
  8. 8 France 317 works
  9. 9 Australia 282 works
  10. 10 Saudi Arabia 271 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.

China: 59.3%United States: 13.9%Russia: 7.4%Canada: 3.3%6 others listed: 16.1%59%largest
China7,474 · 59.3%United States1,757 · 13.9%Russia930 · 7.4%Canada421 · 3.3%6 others listed2,030 · 16.1%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development publishes the most Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis research, followed by China University of Petroleum, Beijing and China University of Petroleum, East China.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and DevelopmentChina 570 works
  2. 2 China University of Petroleum, BeijingChina 517 works
  3. 3 China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina 406 works
  4. 4 Sinopec (China)China 351 works
  5. 5 China National Petroleum Corporation (China)China 296 works
  6. 6 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 256 works
  7. 7 Southwest Petroleum UniversityChina 238 works
  8. 8 China University of Geosciences (Beijing)China 232 works
  9. 9 China University of GeosciencesChina 194 works
  10. 10 State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and ExploitationChina 186 works

Who are the leading researchers in Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis include J. Tóth, S. Sarkar and Huan Liu.

  1. 1 J. Tóth France 7.2k citations
  2. 2 S. Sarkar United States 5.2k citations
  3. 3 Huan Liu Australia 4.9k citations
  4. 4 Philippe Ciais France 4k citations
  5. 5 M. Santosh China 3.8k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis research done?

The largest centres of Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Chengdu (China), Qingdao (China) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Daqing, Panjing and Xinjiang.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 3k works
  2. 2 Chengdu China 600 works
  3. 3 Qingdao China 599 works
  4. 4 Moscow Russia 356 works
  5. 5 Xi'an China 336 works
  6. 6 Daqing China 320 works
  7. 7 Wuhan China 275 works
  8. 8 Xuzhou China 260 works
  9. 9 Tehran Iran 190 works
  10. 10 Dhahran Saudi Arabia 188 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Daqing21.5 works185×
  2. PanjingCN · 20.6 works142×
  3. XinjiangCN · 35.6 works123×
  4. XichengCN · 38.9 works85×
  5. DaqingCN · 320.1 works75×
  6. ArbroathGB · 22.1 works54×
  7. Road TownVG · 23.2 works48×
  8. JingzhouCN · 168.8 works42×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis?

Among universities, judged by research, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, China University of Mining and Technology and China University of Petroleum, East China 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.

0%25%50%75%mean 32.33%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals: 125, 26.7%China University of Mining and Technology: 256, 30.6%China University of Petroleum, East China: 406, 19.8%Ilam University: 9, 60.3%Universiti Teknologi Petronas: 49, 16.6%King Abdullah University of Science and Technology: 38, 20.0%Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad: 25, 36.7%Pandit Deendayal Energy University: 11, 49.4%Xi'an University of Science and Technology: 50, 35.5%Khalifa University of Science and Technology: 42, 27.7%Ilam UniversityChina University of …King Fahd University…China University of …
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsSaudi Arabia 70.226.7%22.8×125 +199.1%
2 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 68.130.6%20.5×256 +128.4%
3 China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina 62.919.8%54.4×406 +93.9%
4 Ilam UniversityIran 62.860.3%10.9×9 —
5 Universiti Teknologi PetronasMalaysia 61.316.6%20.1×49 +338.3%
6 King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia 59.220.0%8.7×38 +469.0%
7 Indian Institute of Technology DhanbadIndia 58.436.7%7.6×25 +204.4%
8 Pandit Deendayal Energy UniversityIndia 58.349.4%6.5×11 +267.2%
9 Xi'an University of Science and TechnologyChina 58.135.5%13.9×50 +55.3%
10 Khalifa University of Science and TechnologyUnited Arab Emirates 57.627.7%10.9×42 —

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 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 31% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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.