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Overview

Caineng Zou is affiliated with the China National Petroleum Corporation in China. Their research spans engineering and earth and planetary sciences, with a particular focus on hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis.

The scientist has published extensively, with highlights including:

  • The role of new energy in carbon neutral, 2021, Petroleum Exploration and Development
  • Industrial status, technological progress, challenges, and prospects of hydrogen energy, 2022, Natural Gas Industry B
  • Connotation, innovation and vision of "carbon neutrality", 2021, Natural Gas Industry B
  • On the connotation, challenge and significance of China's "energy independence" strategy, 2020, Petroleum Exploration and Development
  • Earth energy evolution, human development and carbon neutral strategy, 2022, Petroleum Exploration and Development

Their frequent co-authors include Songqi Pan, Zhi Yang, Bo Xiong, Hanlin Liu, and Zhang Guo-sheng. Collaboration with these researchers reflects a consistent research network.

Caineng Zou's work is often published in venues such as:

  • Petroleum Exploration and Development
  • Earth Science-Journal of China University of Geosciences
  • Natural Gas Industry B
  • Journal of Earth Science
  • Engineering

The scientist's research fields cover:

  • Engineering
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these broad fields, the subfields of study include:

  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Geology
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering

Main topics of work explored by Caineng Zou involve:

  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Geological Studies and Exploration
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis

Best Publications

  • Geological characteristics and resource potential of shale gas in China

    Caineng Zou;Dazhong Dong;Shejiao Wang;Jianzhong Li

  • Energy revolution: From a fossil energy era to a new energy era

    Caineng Zou;Qun Zhao;Guosheng Zhang;Bo Xiong

  • Shale gas in China: Characteristics, challenges and prospects (II)

    Caineng Zou;Dazhong Dong;Yuman Wang;Xinjing Li

  • Formation mechanism, geological characteristics and development strategy of nonmarine shale oil in China

    Caineng Zou;Zhi Yang;Jingwei Cui;Rukai Zhu

  • Tight gas sandstone reservoirs in China: characteristics and recognition criteria

    Caineng Zou;Rukai Zhu;Keyu Liu;Keyu Liu;Ling Su

  • Geochemistry of the extremely high thermal maturity Longmaxi shale gas, southern Sichuan Basin

    Jinxing Dai;Caineng Zou;Shimeng Liao;Dazhong Dong

  • Formation, distribution, resource potential, and discovery of Sinian–Cambrian giant gas field, Sichuan Basin, SW China

    Caineng Zou;Jinhu Du;Chunchun Xu;Zecheng Wang

  • Organic-matter-rich shales of China

    Caineng Zou;Rukai Zhu;Zhong-Qiang Chen;James G. Ogg;James G. Ogg;James G. Ogg

  • Applications of Micro-Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) in the Geological Sciences—A Review

    Yanyan Chen;Caineng Zou;Maria Mastalerz;Suyun Hu

  • Formation, distribution, potential and prediction of global conventional and unconventional hydrocarbon resources

    Caineng Zou;Guangming Zhai;Guangya Zhang;Hongjun Wang

  • Concepts, characteristics, potential and technology of unconventional hydrocarbons: On unconventional petroleum geology

    Caineng Zou;Guosheng Zhang;Zhi Yang;Shizhen Tao

  • Continuous hydrocarbon accumulation over a large area as a distinguishing characteristic of unconventional petroleum: The Ordos Basin, North-Central China

    C.N. Zou;Z. Yang;S.Z. Tao;X.J. Yuan

  • Unconventional Petroleum Geology

    Caineng Zou

  • Theory, technology and prospects of conventional and unconventional natural gas

    Caineng Zou;Zhi Yang;Dongbo He;Yunsheng Wei

  • Breakthrough and prospect of shale gas exploration and development in China

    Dazhong Dong;Yuman Wang;Xinjing Li;Caineng Zou

  • Development characteristics and orientation of tight oil and gas in China

    Longde Sun;Caineng Zou;Ailin Jia;Yunsheng Wei

  • Conventional and unconventional petroleum “orderly accumulation”: Concept and practical significance

    Caineng Zou;Zhi Yang;Guosheng Zhang;Lianhua Hou

  • Formation, distribution and potential of deep hydrocarbon resources in China

    Longde Sun;Caineng Zou;Rukai Zhu;Yunhui Zhang

  • Theoretical and technical innovations in strategic discovery of a giant gas field in Cambrian Longwangmiao Formation of central Sichuan paleo-uplift, Sichuan Basin

    Jinhu Du;Caineng Zou;Chunchun Xu;Haiqing He

  • Nano-hydrocarbon and the accumulation in coexisting source and reservoir

    Caineng Zou;Zhi Yang;Shizhen Tao;Wei Li

  • Geochemical characteristics of marine and terrestrial shale gas in China

    Jinxing Dai;Caineng Zou;Dazhong Dong;Yunyan Ni

Frequent Co-Authors

Rukai Zhu
Rukai Zhu Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development
Jinxing Dai
Jinxing Dai China National Petroleum Corporation (China)
Shuichang Zhang
Shuichang Zhang China National Petroleum Corporation (China)
James G. Ogg
James G. Ogg Chengdu University of Technology
Keyu Liu
Keyu Liu China University of Petroleum, Beijing
Rixiang Zhu
Rixiang Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guangyou Zhu
Guangyou Zhu China National Petroleum Corporation (China)
Lei Jiang
Lei Jiang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lin Jiang
Lin Jiang University of Liverpool

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