Xiaowei Weng

4.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
69 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Xiaowei Weng is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Ocean Engineering and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaowei Weng has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 57 papers in Ocean Engineering and 32 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Xiaowei Weng's work include Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (61 papers), Drilling and Well Engineering (54 papers) and Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (32 papers). Xiaowei Weng is often cited by papers focused on Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (61 papers), Drilling and Well Engineering (54 papers) and Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (32 papers). Xiaowei Weng collaborates with scholars based in British Virgin Islands, United States and Netherlands. Xiaowei Weng's co-authors include Olga Kresse, Haifeng Gu, C. M. S. Cohen, Rui Wu, Utpal Ganguly, M. Mack, Hongren Gu, Ruiting Wu, Jesper Lund and Roberto Suárez-Rivera and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Geophysics and International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Xiaowei Weng

67 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Modeling of Hydraulic Fracture Network Propagation in a Naturally Fractured Formation

2011 526 citations Xiaowei Weng, Olga Kresse et al. SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference profile →
Numerical Modeling of Hydraulic Fractures Interaction in Complex Naturally Fractured Formations

2013 302 citations Olga Kresse, Xiaowei Weng et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiaowei Weng British Virgin Islands	24	3.4k	3.0k	1.3k	1.2k	328	69	3.6k
Yan Jin China	28	2.4k 0.7×	2.1k 0.7×	788 0.6×	1.6k 1.3×	269 0.8×	99	2.9k
R. D. Barree United States	33	2.9k 0.9×	2.7k 0.9×	818 0.6×	594 0.5×	389 1.2×	106	3.2k
Lawrence W. Teufel United States	24	2.2k 0.7×	2.0k 0.7×	1.4k 1.1×	1.4k 1.1×	270 0.8×	123	3.0k
M. Thiercelin British Virgin Islands	27	2.0k 0.6×	1.9k 0.6×	719 0.5×	949 0.8×	273 0.8×	63	2.6k
Yushi Zou China	33	2.4k 0.7×	2.1k 0.7×	731 0.5×	1.5k 1.3×	493 1.5×	88	2.8k
M. Mack British Virgin Islands	21	1.6k 0.5×	1.4k 0.5×	712 0.5×	590 0.5×	175 0.5×	49	1.8k
Robert G. Jeffrey Australia	32	2.4k 0.7×	2.0k 0.7×	892 0.7×	1.6k 1.3×	372 1.1×	118	2.9k
E. P. Lolon United States	21	3.1k 0.9×	2.8k 0.9×	913 0.7×	978 0.8×	282 0.9×	35	3.2k
Egor Dontsov United States	22	1.6k 0.5×	1.2k 0.4×	519 0.4×	857 0.7×	302 0.9×	83	1.9k
Craig Cipolla United States	37	5.2k 1.5×	4.7k 1.6×	1.8k 1.4×	1.6k 1.3×	487 1.5×	131	5.5k

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All Works

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Kresse, Olga, et al.. (2025). Modeling of Inter-well Fracture Driven Interaction Between Parent and Child Well Fractures.

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Kresse, Olga & Xiaowei Weng. (2019). Effect of Shear Slippage of Vertically Crossed Layer Interface on Hydraulic Fracture Height Growth. 53rd U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium. 3 indexed citations

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Weng, Xiaowei, Dimitry Chuprakov, Olga Kresse, Romain Prioul, & Haotian Wang. (2018). Hydraulic fracture-height containment by permeable weak bedding interfaces. Geophysics. 83(3). MR137–MR152. 46 indexed citations

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Tan, Xuehao, et al.. (2018). An Improved Ball Sealer Model for Well Stimulation. SPE International Conference and Exhibition on Formation Damage Control. 8 indexed citations

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Kresse, Olga, Xiaowei Weng, & T. Mohammadnejad. (2017). Modeling the Effect of Fracture Interference on Fracture Height Growth by Coupling 3D Displacement Discontinuity Method in Hydraulic Fracture Simulator. 51st U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium. 5 indexed citations

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Waters, George & Xiaowei Weng. (2016). The Impact of Geomechanics and Perforations on Hydraulic Fracture Initiation and Complexity in Horizontal Well Completions. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. 31 indexed citations

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Tan, Xuehao, et al.. (2016). An Improved Wormhole Propagation Model with a Field Example. SPE International Conference and Exhibition on Formation Damage Control. 10 indexed citations

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Gu, Haifeng, Bruno Lecerf, Xiaowei Weng, & Olga Kresse. (2015). Effect of Fracture Breakdown Pressure on Multicluster Hydraulic Fracturing Treatments. 5 indexed citations

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Weng, Xiaowei, Varahanaresh Sesetty, & Olga Kresse. (2015). Investigation of Shear-Induced Permeability in Unconventional Reservoirs. 15 indexed citations

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Kresse, Olga, et al.. (2015). A New Stacked Height Growth Model for Hydraulic Fracturing Simulation. 15 indexed citations

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Kresse, Olga, Xiaowei Weng, R. Wu, & Haifeng Gu. (2012). Numerical Modeling of Hydraulic Fractures Interaction In Complex Naturally Fractured Formations. 21 indexed citations

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Tardy, Philippe M. J., et al.. (2012). Inversion of Distributed-Temperature-Sensing Logs To Measure Zonal Coverage During and After Wellbore Treatments With Coiled Tubing. SPE Production & Operations. 27(1). 78–86. 22 indexed citations

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Kresse, Olga, C. M. S. Cohen, Xiaowei Weng, Rui Wu, & Haifeng Gu. (2011). Numerical Modeling of Hydraulic Fracturing In Naturally Fractured Formations. 86 indexed citations

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Weng, Xiaowei, Olga Kresse, C. M. S. Cohen, Rui Wu, & Haifeng Gu. (2011). Modeling of Hydraulic-Fracture-Network Propagation in a Naturally Fractured Formation. SPE Production & Operations. 26(4). 368–380. 270 indexed citations

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Gu, Haifeng & Xiaowei Weng. (2010). Criterion For Fractures Crossing Frictional Interfaces At Non-orthogonal Angles. 138 indexed citations

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Cipolla, Craig, M. Williams, Xiaowei Weng, M. Mack, & S. Maxwell. (2010). Hydraulic Fracture Monitoring to Reservoir Simulation: Maximizing Value. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. 104 indexed citations

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Pournik, Maysam, et al.. (2007). Small-Scale Fracture Conductivity Created by Modern Acid-Fracture Fluids. SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference. 40 indexed citations

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Moschovidis, Z. A., Ronald P. Steiger, Xiaowei Weng, et al.. (1999). The Mounds drill cuttings injection field experiment. 14 indexed citations

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Weng, Xiaowei, et al.. (1997). Horizontal Well Fracture Stimulation Experience in Prudhoe Bay. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. 2 indexed citations

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Weng, Xiaowei, et al.. (1995). Mitigation of Multiple Fractures from Deviated Wellbores. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. 9 indexed citations

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