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Rukai Zhu is affiliated with the Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development in China. Their research primarily focuses on areas related to hydrocarbon exploration, reservoir analysis, and geological studies with a particular emphasis on shale oil formations.

Their body of work includes publications in notable journals such as Petroleum Exploration and Development, Journal of Earth Science, SSRN Electronic Journal, Petroleum Science, and Frontiers in Earth Science. These venues have featured multiple contributions from Zhu, reflecting an active engagement in earth and planetary sciences and engineering disciplines.

Key research topics covered by Zhu include:

  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Geological studies and exploration
  • Hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis
  • NMR spectroscopy and applications
  • Geochemistry and geologic mapping
  • Paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils
  • Methane hydrates and related phenomena

Their work spans several subfields, particularly the mechanics of materials, geology, mechanical engineering, paleontology, and nuclear and high-energy physics. This multidisciplinary approach contributes to a broader understanding of shale oil reservoirs and related geological phenomena.

Frequent collaborators in Zhu's research include Songtao Wu, Zhijun Jin, Jingwei Cui, Jingya Zhang, and Kelai Xi, with whom Zhu has co-authored multiple papers.

Recent significant publications illustrate Zhu's focus areas:

  • "Development potential and technical strategy of continental shale oil in China" (2020), published in Petroleum Exploration and Development
  • "Several issues worthy of attention in current lacustrine shale oil exploration and development" (2021), published in Petroleum Exploration and Development
  • "An analysis of major scientific problems and research paths of Gulong shale oil in Daqing Oilfield, NE China" (2021), published in Petroleum Exploration and Development
  • "Accumulation contribution differences between lacustrine organic-rich shales and mudstones and their significance in shale oil evaluation" (2020), published in Petroleum Exploration and Development
  • "Laminae combination and shale oil enrichment patterns of Chang 73 sub-member organic-rich shales in the Triassic Yanchang Formation, Ordos Basin, NW China" (2020), published in Petroleum Exploration and Development

These publications contribute to specialized knowledge in shale oil extraction and characterization, focusing on continental and lacustrine shale formations, as well as technical strategies for resource development.

Zhu's expertise spans engineering and earth sciences, integrating geological and mechanical engineering principles to address challenges in petroleum exploration and reservoir management. Their work also explores geochemical and paleontological aspects of fossil stratigraphy related to hydrocarbon resources.

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Organic-matter-rich shales of China

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

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

    Caineng Zou;Guosheng Zhang;Zhi Yang;Shizhen Tao

  • Several issues worthy of attention in current lacustrine shale oil exploration and development

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

    Longde Sun;Caineng Zou;Ailin Jia;Yunsheng Wei

  • How does the pore-throat size control the reservoir quality and oiliness of tight sandstones? The case of the Lower Cretaceous Quantou Formation in the southern Songliao Basin, China

    Kelai Xi;Kelai Xi;Yingchang Cao;Beyene Girma Haile;Rukai Zhu

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

    Caineng Zou;Zhi Yang;Guosheng Zhang;Lianhua Hou

  • Development potential and technical strategy of continental shale oil in China

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  • Multi-scale method of Nano(Micro)-CT study on microscopic pore structure of tight sandstone of Yanchang Formation, Ordos Basin

    Bin Bai;Rukai Zhu;Songtao Wu;Wenjing Yang

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

    Longde Sun;Caineng Zou;Rukai Zhu;Yunhui Zhang

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

    Caineng Zou;Zhi Yang;Shizhen Tao;Wei Li

  • Progress in China's Unconventional Oil & Gas Exploration and Development and Theoretical Technologies

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  • An analysis of major scientific problems and research paths of Gulong shale oil in Daqing Oilfield, NE China

    Longde Sun;He Liu;Wenyuan He;Guoxin Li

  • Genesis, classification, and evaluation method of diagenetic facies

    Cai-neng Zou;Shi-zhen Tao;Hui Zhou;Xiang-xiang Zhang

  • Geological features, major discoveries and unconventional petroleum geology in the global petroleum exploration

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  • Formation and distribution of volcanic hydrocarbon reservoirs in sedimentary basins of China

    Cai-neng Zou;Wen-zhi Zhao;Cheng-zao Jia;Ru-kai Zhu

  • Diagenesis and reservoir quality of the Lower Cretaceous Quantou Formation tight sandstones in the southern Songliao Basin, China

    Kelai Xi;Kelai Xi;Yingchang Cao;Jens Jahren;Rukai Zhu

  • Exploration and development of continental tight oil in China

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  • Characteristics of lacustrine shale porosity evolution, Triassic Chang 7 Member, Ordos Basin, NW China

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  • Diagenesis of tight sandstone reservoirs in the Upper Triassic Yanchang Formation, southwestern Ordos Basin, China

    Kelai Xi;Yingchang Cao;Keyu Liu;Songtao Wu

  • Accumulation contribution differences between lacustrine organic-rich shales and mudstones and their significance in shale oil evaluation

    Wenzhi Zhao;Rukai Zhu;Suyun Hu;Lianhua Hou

  • Guidelines for seismic sedimentologic study in non-marine postrift basins

    Hongliu Zeng;Xiaomin Zhu;Rukai Zhu;Qingshi Zhang

  • Significant progress of continental petroleum geological theory in basins of Central and Western China

    Chengzao Jia;Caineng Zou;Zhi Yang;Rukai Zhu

  • Quartz cement and its origin in tight sandstone reservoirs of the Cretaceous Quantou formation in the southern Songliao basin, China

    Kelai Xi;Kelai Xi;Yingchang Cao;Jens Jahren;Rukai Zhu

  • Diagenetic fluids evolution and genetic mechanism of tight sandstone gas reservoirs in Upper Triassic Xujiahe Formation in Sichuan Basin, China

    RuKai Zhu;CaiNeng Zou;Nai Zhang;XueSong Wang

  • Hydrocarbon accumulation mechanism and structure of large-scale volcanic weathering crust of the Carboniferous in northern Xinjiang, China

    CaiNeng Zou;LianHua Hou;ShiZhen Tao;XuanJun Yuan

Frequent Co-Authors

Caineng Zou
Caineng Zou China National Petroleum Corporation (China)
Hongliu Zeng
Hongliu Zeng The University of Texas at Austin
Songtao Wu
Songtao Wu Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development
Cheng-zao Jia
Cheng-zao Jia China University of Petroleum (East China)
Shuichang Zhang
Shuichang Zhang China National Petroleum Corporation (China)
Lin Jiang
Lin Jiang University of Liverpool
Keyu Liu
Keyu Liu China University of Petroleum, Beijing
Guangyou Zhu
Guangyou Zhu China National Petroleum Corporation (China)
Hongyan Liu
Hongyan Liu Peking University
Xizhang Wang
Xizhang Wang Nanjing University

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