Recent Advances in Oil and Gas Recovery and Production Optimisation

Dear Colleagues,

Despite the current global drive towards energy transition and net zero energy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the demands for fossil-based energy continue to grow, partly due to the increasing global population, urbanisation, and industrialisation. A recent report by BP in 2019 confirmed that 85% of the global energy demand in 2018 was supplied by fossil-derived fuel. Therefore, it is expected that the contribution of fossil energy to the global energy demands would continue to increase, although it may be at a much slower rate than we have witnessed in the last few years. To meet the increasing demands for energy, the oil and gas industry needs to develop new methods and technologies that would enable more efficient production of hydrocarbon from the existing oil and gas fields.

The aim of this Special Issue is to disseminate the recent theoretical and applied research in oil and gas recovery and production optimisation covering reservoirs, wellbores, and topsides. The Special Issue will focus on exploring aspects such as reservoir management and monitoring, enhanced oil recovery, fluid technologies, formation damage mitigation, flow assurance, sand failure and production prediction, multiphase flow, and carbon capture and sequestration.

Dr. Gbenga Oluyemi
Prof. Dr. Mamdud Hossain
Dr. Richard O. Afolabi
Guest Editors

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