Journal of China University of Petroleum (Edition of Natural science) is a comprehensive academic journal focusing on petroleum science and technology. It is supervised by China’s Ministry of Education and is distributed within and outside China. It is RCCSE authoritative periodical and is included in Chinese Core Journals, Chinese Statistical Source Journals of Science and Technology, Chinese Science Citation Database. It has won the awards of “100 Key Periodicals of Science and Technology of China” for twice and “China University Outstanding Journals of Science and Technology” for four times. It is listed by a dozen of databases, abstract journals at home and abroad, including EI, CA, PA, AJ, CSA: MI, China Petroleum Abstracts, China Chemical Abstracts. The journal mainly publishes the innovative research results and high quality articles of basic and applied researches in areas of oil and gas geology and exploration engineering, oil and gas well drilling and production engineering, oil and gas storage and transportation engineering, oil and gas mechanical engineering, oil and gas chemical engineering, and other interdisciplinary areas. It is suitable for researchers, oil field technical workers, university teachers and students.