The objective of the Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering is to bridge the gap between the engineering, the geology and the science of petroleum and natural gas by publishing explicitly written articles intelligible to scientists and engineers working in any field of petroleum engineering, natural gas engineering and petroleum (natural gas) geology. An attempt is made in all issues to balance the subject matter and to appeal to a broad readership.

The Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering covers the fields of petroleum (and natural gas) exploration, production and flow in its broadest possible sense. Topics include: origin and accumulation of petroleum and natural gas; petroleum geochemistry; reservoir engineering; reservoir simulation; rock mechanics; petrophysics; pore-level phenomena; well logging, testing and evaluation; mathematical modelling; enhanced oil and gas recovery; petroleum geology; compaction/diagenesis; petroleum economics; drilling and drilling fluids; thermodynamics and phase behavior; fluid mechanics; multi-phase flow in porous media; production engineering; formation evaluation; exploration methods; CO2 Sequestration in geological formations/sub-surface; management and development of unconventional resources such as heavy oil and bitumen, tight oil and liquid rich shales.

Papers will be published with the minimum of publication delay. Research articles, case histories, field process reports, short communications, book reviews, symposia proceedings and review articles are accepted. Generally, review articles on some topic of special current interest will be published.

Editorial board

Editor-in-Chief

  • Vural Sander Suicmez
    Quantum Reservoir Impact, Houston, TX

Executive Editors

  • Tahar Aïfa
    Université de Rennes I, Rennes, France
  • Subhash C. Ayirala
    Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
  • Nancy Chen
    University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
  • Rouhi Farajzadeh
    Delft University of Technology, GS Rijswijk, Netherlands
  • Silviu Livescu
    Baker Hughes, Calgary, Canada

Editorial Assistant

  • Siavash Kahrobaei
    TNO Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, Utrecht, Netherlands

Associate Editors

  • Eissa Al-Safran
    Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait
  • Abdulkareem AlSofi
    Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
  • Luis Americo Calcada
    Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Vincent Artus
    KAPPA, Houston, Texas, USA
  • Abeeb Awotunde
    King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
  • Attila Aydemir
    TPAO Exploration Department, Ankara, Turkey
  • Muhammad Ayub
    Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
  • Baojun Bai
    Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri, USA
  • Edo Boek
    Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL), London, England, UK
  • Bailian Chen
    Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
  • Ramin Dabirian
    University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
  • Younas Dadmohammadi
    Cornell University, New York, New York, USA
  • Hassan Dehghanpour
    University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Yannong Dong
    Statoil Gulf Services LLC, Houston, Texas, USA
  • Ridha Gharbi
    Kuwait Oil Company, Ahmadi, Kuwait
  • Yasin Hajizadeh
    Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, USA
  • Yanhui Han
    Aramco Services Company, Houston, Texas, USA
  • Berna Hascakir
    Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
  • Ehsan Heidaryan
    University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Stefan Iglauer
    Curtin University, Kensington, Western Australia, Australia
  • Hui Jin
    BP America Inc, Houston, Texas, USA
  • Barry Jay Katz
    Chevron USA, Houston, Texas, USA
  • Jin Lai
    China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing, China
  • Juliana Leung
    University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Sandro Longo
    Università degli Studi di Parma, Parma, Italy
  • Jun Lu
    University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
  • Hassan Mahani
    Shell Global Solutions International BV, Rijswijk, Netherlands
  • Kristian Mogensen
    KM Reservoir Solutions, Italy
  • Peyman Mostaghimi
    UNSW Australia, New South Wales, Australia
  • Vahid Niasar
    University of Manchester, Manchester, England, UK
  • Mustafa Onur
    University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
  • Evren Ozbayoglu
    University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
  • Chet Ozgen
    NITEC LLC, Denver, Colorado, USA
  • Ranjith Pathegama Gamage
    Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
  • Masa Prodanovic
    The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
  • Tina Puntervold
    University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway
  • Ray (Zhenhua) Rui
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambrige, MA, USA
  • Robello Samuel
    Halliburton-DEDS, Houston, Texas, USA
  • Ajay Singh
    Halliburton Energy Services Inc., Houston, Texas, USA
  • Theis Ivan Sølling
    King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
  • Junichi Sugiura
    Schlumberger, UK
  • Catalin Teodoriu
    University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA
  • Mikhail Varfolomeev
    Kazan Federal University, Russian Federation
  • Hua Wang
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
  • Wei Yan
    Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU), Lyngby, Denmark
  • Changdong Yang
    Chevron USA, Houston, Texas, USA
  • Calvin Yao
    BHP Billiton Petroleum, Houston, Texas, USA
  • Meng Yu
    Shell International Exploration and Production Inc., Houston, Texas, USA
  • Wei Yu
    Texas A&M University, Austin, Texas, USA
  • Qingwang Yuan
    Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
  • Mehdi Zeidouni
    Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
  • Jon Jincai Zhang
    Hess Corporation, Houston, Texas, USA
  • Haiyan Zhu
    Southwest Petroleum University, China

Editorial Board

  • Rosalind Archer
    University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
  • Birol Dindoruk
    Shell International Exploration and Production Inc., Houston, Texas, USA
  • Derek Elsworth
    Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Reem Freij-Ayoub
    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
  • Namit Jaiswal
    Shell International Exploration and Production Inc., Houston, Texas, USA
  • Xudong Jing
    Shell International Exploration and Production Inc., Houston, Texas, USA
  • Mark Kaiser
    Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
  • Mustafa Versan Kok
    Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey
  • Fikri Kuchuk
    Schlumberger SRPC, Clamart, France
  • Niels Lindeloff
    Maersk Oil and Gas AS, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Stephen Marinello
    Bellaire Technology Center, Houston, Texas, USA
  • Kishore Mohanty
    University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
  • Malcolm Pitts
    SURTEC, Inc., Golden, Colorado, USA
  • M. R. Riazi
    Kuwait University, Surra, Kuwait
  • James Sheng
    Texas Tech University, Texas, USA
  • Erling Stenby
    Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU), Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
  • Kan Wu
    Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
  • Tao Yang
    Statoil ASA, Stavanger, Norway
  • Fengde Zhou
    University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia