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Drilling and Well Engineering

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Shaokang Hou
Beijing Solar Energy Research Institute
2
Lichun Kuang
China University of Petroleum, Beijing
3
Cunqi Jia
The University of Texas at Austin
4
Feng Shan
Central South University
5
Saeed Mahmoodpour
Technical University of Munich
6
Mirhasan Hosseini
Edith Cowan University
7
Haohan Xiao
China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research
8
Priyanka Rao
University of Toronto
9
Raed H. Allawi
Thi Qar University
10
Gabriel S. de Andrade
Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica

Rising Stars Papers

1
Energy storage in carbonate and basalt reservoirs: Investigating secondary imbibition in H2 and CO2 systems
ADVANCES IN GEO-ENERGY RESEARCH|2024
36 cit.
2
Real-time forecasting of TBM cutterhead torque and thrust force using aware-context recurrent neural networks
Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology|2024
36 cit.
3
Coal Wettability: A Holistic Overview of the Data Sets, Influencing Factors, and Knowledge Gaps
Energy & Fuels|2024
35 cit.
4
Impact of rock heterogeneity on reactive flow during acid stimulation process
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer|2024
26 cit.
5
Numerical Simulation of Reactive Flow in Fractured Vuggy Carbonate Reservoirs Considering Hydro-Mechanical-Chemical Coupling Effects
SPE Journal|2024
25 cit.
6
A new analytical method for transient heat conduction in composite disks applied to thermal plug and abandonment of oil wells
International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer|2024
22 cit.
7
Intelligent Attitude Control Method for Shield Tunneling Machines Considering a Rectifying Mechanism: A Case Study of the Chengdu Subway
International Journal of Geomechanics|2024
17 cit.
8
Developing a semi-analytical model for estimating mechanical properties of sandstone reservoirs: Enhancing applications in hydrocarbon production and underground gas storage
Geoenergy Science and Engineering|2024
14 cit.
9
Intelligent decision-making for TBM tunnelling control parameters using multi-objective optimization
Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering|2024
13 cit.
10
Key parameters and evaluation methods for large-scale production of lacustrine shale oil
Petroleum Exploration and Development|2025
13 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Salaheldin Elkatatny
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
2
Muhammad Shahzad Kamal
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
3
Chengjin Qin
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
4
Jizhou Tang
Tongji University
5
Kaihe Lv
China University of Petroleum, East China
6
Murtada Saleh Aljawad
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
7
Chun Zhu
North China Electric Power University
8
Peyman Mostaghimi
UNSW Sydney
9
Yuanhang Chen
Chongqing University
10
Xilin Shi
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Comprehensive review of CO2 geological storage: Exploring principles, mechanisms, and prospects
Earth-Science Reviews|2024
357 cit.
2
Hydrogen production, transportation, utilization, and storage: Recent advances towards sustainable energy
Journal of Energy Storage|2023
285 cit.
3
In-situ hydrogen wettability characterisation for underground hydrogen storage
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy|2022
216 cit.
4
Microscale crack propagation in shale samples using focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy and three-dimensional numerical modeling
Petroleum Science|2022
105 cit.
5
Volumetric deformation and damage evolution of Tibet interbedded skarn under multistage constant-amplitude-cyclic loading
International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences|2022
104 cit.
6
An adaptive hierarchical decomposition-based method for multi-step cutterhead torque forecast of shield machine
Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing|2022
97 cit.
7
A novel LSTM-autoencoder and enhanced transformer-based detection method for shield machine cutterhead clogging
Science China Technological Sciences|2023
93 cit.
8
Direct measurement of hydrogen relative permeability hysteresis for underground hydrogen storage
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy|2023
87 cit.
9
Experimental study on the shear performance of quasi-NPR steel bolted rock joints
Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering|2022
84 cit.
10
Anti‐noise diesel engine misfire diagnosis using a multi‐scale CNN‐LSTM neural network with denoising module
CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology|2023
84 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Mukul M. Sharma
The University of Texas at Austin
2
Danial Jahed Armaghani
University of Technology Sydney
3
P.G. Ranjith
University of Wollongong
4
Emmanuel Detournay
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
5
Amos Nur
Stanford University
6
H. A. Nasr‐El‐Din
Mitchell Institute
7
Kamy Sepehrnoori
The University of Texas at Austin
8
A. D. Hill
Mitchell Institute
9
Mark D. Zoback
Earth Science Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
10
Jian Zhao
Nanyang Technological University

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Determination of stress orientation and magnitude in deep wells
International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences|2003
1k cit.
2
New Evidence on the State of Stress of the San Andreas Fault System
Science|1987
1k cit.
3
An exact effective stress law for elastic deformation of rock with fluids
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres|1971
997 cit.
4
How faulting keeps the crust strong
Geology|2000
925 cit.
5
Earthquake triggering and large-scale geologic storage of carbon dioxide
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2012
916 cit.
6
State of stress in the conterminous United States
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres|1980
882 cit.
7
The World Stress Map database release 2016: Crustal stress pattern across scales
Tectonophysics|2018
803 cit.
8
Elasticity of high-porosity sandstones; theory for two North Sea data sets
Geophysics|1996
799 cit.
9
Well bore breakouts and in situ stress
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres|1985
786 cit.
10
Adsorption of methane and carbon dioxide on gas shale and pure mineral samples
Journal of Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources|2014
739 cit.

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