Research Areas

Oil production engineering theory and technology; Low permeability oil and gas reservoir and unconventional oil and gas reservoir production enhancement and transformation technology.

Research Projects

[1] National Natural Science Foundation of China (above): Study on seepage mechanism of tight oil fracturing horizontal wells (51574255), Start/End: 2016.1-2019.

[2] Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (973 Project): Basic Theoretical Research on Shale Gas Reservoir Production Enhancement and Transformation (2013CB22804), Start/End Time: 2013.1-2017.12,

[3] Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (973 Project): Control mechanism of artificial seam formation and repeated fracturing transformation of tight reservoir (2015CB250903), start and end time: 2015.1-2019.1,

[4] Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (major project): Research and software research and development of tight oil reservoir transformation mechanism (2016ZX05046-004-1), start and end time: 2016.1-2018.12,

[5] Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (major project): Shale oil supercritical CO2 fracturing fluid system research and fracturing optimization design (2016ZX05049-006), start and end time: 2017.1-2020.12,

[6] Oil Production Engineering Research Institute of Daqing Oilfield Co., Ltd.: Study on volumetric fracturing seepage characteristics of deep tight sand conglomerate and medium mafic volcanic gas reservoirs, start and end time: 2017.12-2018.12

[7] Sinopec Key Laboratory of Shale Oil and Gas Exploration and Development: Research on post-compression backflow mechanism and optimization of backflow system in shale gas wells (G5800-16-ZS-KFZY007), Start/End: 2017.1-2017.12
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Publications

[1] X. Ma. The Effects of Immobile Water on Hydraulic Fracturing Design Taking Into Account Non-Darcy Flow[J]. Petroleum Science & Technology, 2013, 32(32):297-306. (Indexed by SCI)

[2] Ma Xingfang, Zou Y, Li N, et al. Experimental study on the mechanism of hydraulic fracture growth in a glutenite reservoir[J]. Journal of Structural Geology, 97(2017): 37-47. (Indexed by SCI)

[3] Xinfang MA, Zou Tong,Zou Yushi. Experimental and numerical study of hydraulic fracture geometry in shale formations with complex geologic conditions. Journal of Structural Geology, 98(2017): 53-66. (Indexed by SCI)

[4] Xinfang Ma, J. Mou, H. Lin, et al. Lattice Boltzmann Simulation of Wormhole Propagation in Carbonate Acidizing[J]. Journal of Energy Resources Technology[J]. 2017, 139(7):1-10. (Indexed by SCI)

[5] MA Xinfang, LI Ning, YIN Congbin. Interpretation of shale hydraulic fracture propagation and acoustic emission: A case study of Longmaxi Shale of the Silurian Silurian Formation in Sichuan Basin. Petroleum Exploration and Development.2017,44(5):1-10.(Chinese and English, SCI).8. Ma Xinfang. Analytical method for optimization of hydraulic fracturing parameters[J]. Journal of China University of Petroleum, Natural Science Edition, 2011, 35(1):102-105. (EI)
[6] Ma Xinfang. Preliminary study and practice of research teaching method of "Oil Production Engineering"[J]. Education and Teaching Forum, 2013(4):95-97.


[7] MA Xinfang, GUO Ziyi, WANG Yi. Numerical simulation study on overall fracturing in Wu101 block of Qinghai Oilfield[J]. Science Technology and Engineering, 2014, 14(2):93-95.

[8] Zou Y, Ma X, Zhang S, et al. The Origins of Low‐Fracture Conductivity in Soft Shale Formations: An Experimental Study[J]. Energy Technology, 2015, 3(12): 1233-1242. (Indexed by SCI)