Journal of Petroleum Engineering & Technology

Journal of Petroleum Engineering & Technology Journal of Petroleum Engineering & Technology [2231-1785(e)] is a peer-reviewed open-access journal of engineering and scientific journals launched in 2011 focused on the rapid publication of fundamental research papers in all areas concerning Petroleum Engineering & Petroleum Technology which are covered under domain Chemical Engineering.

The journal welcomes contributions across the following topic areas:

• Production of Hydrocarbons: bio-oil production and upgrading, pyrolysis and thermochemical conversion of biomass and waste plastics, catalytic processing and hydrocracking, zeolite and heterogeneous catalysts, microalgae cultivation and biorefining, exopolysaccharide production, fluidized-bed reactor design, and reaction pathway optimization
• Petroleum Geology & Reservoirs: plate tectonics and basin development, petroleum source rock characterization, reservoir characterization and compartmentalization, diagenesis and reservoir quality prediction, outcrop analogs and geological modeling, carbonate and siliciclastic reservoirs, sour gas accumulation, and subsurface pressure regimes
• Drilling Engineering & Well Operations: drilling fluid design and management, wellbore hydraulics and cementing, well integrity and pressure control, drilling operations optimization, underbalanced and managed-pressure drilling, and well design for complex geometries
• Formation Evaluation & Well Logging: conventional and advanced well log analysis, sonic log and resistivity measurement interpretation, artificial intelligence and machine learning for log prediction, pressure coring and core analysis, hydrate saturation assessment, and boundary detection techniques
• Oil Refining & Hydroprocessing: crude oil assay and refining processes, hydrodesulfurization and hydrodenitrogenation, hydrotreating catalyst development, removal of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and phenolic compounds, catalytic cracking and isomerization, and refinery wastewater treatment
• Synthetic Fuels & Alternative Energy: power-to-liquid (PtL) conversion, Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, electrolysis and solid oxide electrolyzer cells (SOEC), CO₂ utilization and conversion, polygeneration systems, biofuel and biodiesel production, and energy transition technologies
• Oil Shale & Unconventional Resources: in-situ and ex-situ oil shale conversion, retorting technology and pyrolysis, thermal efficiency and heating methods, semicoke valorization and combustion, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and yield assessment, and unconventional resource recovery
• Reservoir Simulation & Modeling: conventional and advanced well models, multiphase flow modeling in reservoirs, thermal simulation and non-isothermal flow, compositional simulation and miscible gas injection, geothermal system modeling, upscaling techniques, and history matching and forecasting
• Sustainability & Life-Cycle Assessment: environmental impact assessment of fuel production, life-cycle assessment (LCA) and global warming potential (GWP), waste minimization and circular economy approaches in refining, environmental remediation, and carbon footprint reduction
• Artificial Intelligence & Digitalization: machine learning applications in petroleum engineering, neural networks for predictive modeling, data analytics and optimization, digital twin technology for reservoir and well operations, and integrated production and logistics optimization