Topic: Research Progress on Wellbore Cementing and Wellbore Integrity

Introduction: Cementing is an important step during the construction of oil and gas wells and its primary function is to provide proper sealing of the annulus space between casing and the formation. Nowadays, in addition to extracting petroleum resources, more and more unconventional wells are being drilled or repurposed for developing geothermal energies, storing carbon dioxide, hydrogen, or other gases, which bring significant new challenges to wellbore cementing engineering as well as wellbore sealing integrity. This special session welcomes submissions on the topic of recent research progresses related to wellbore cementing and wellbore integrity, particularly those dealing with the characterization and optimization of well cement systems to withstand harsh downhole environment, such as high temperature, high pressure, corrosive fluids, complex loading conditions, etc.,

Submission Link: https://confsys.iconf.org/submission/iccems2026
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Special Session Organizer

Xueyu Pang
China University of Petroleum (East China), China

Biography: Prof. Xueyu Pang obtained his PhD degree in Civil Engineering from Columbia University in the City of New York in 2011. He worked at Halliburton Energy Services from 2011 to 2018, first as Senior Technical Professional and then as Principal Technical Professional. He joined China University of Petroleum (East China) as a professor in 2018 and currently serves as the associate dean of the School of Petroleum Engineering. His research interest includes well cement chemistry, characterization and optimization of cement-based materials, wellbore integrity mechanics and modeling, etc. He has published more than 100 scientific papers and holds over 20 patents in the area of well cementing materials and technologies.