With the efforts of the editor-in-chief Ma Tianshou, the first editorial board of Chinese Petroleum and Natural Gas Research was established (25 members in total). Among them, the associate editor is Associate Professor Wu Bisheng (Tsinghua University), and the editorial board includes Professor Lu Cong (Southwest Petroleum University), Professor Han Tongcheng (China University of Petroleum (East China), Professor Sheng Mao (China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Professor Zhang Feifei (Yangtze University), Associate Professor Shi Xilin (Wuhan Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Professor Li Wei (Northeast Petroleum University), Professor Liu Zhidi (Xi’an Shiyou University), Professor Zhou Junping (Chongqing University), Doctor Liu Yang (Southwest Petroleum University), Researcher Nie Haikuan (Petroleum Exploration and Development Research Institute of China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation), Senior Economist Gu Sui (Natural Gas Economic Research Institute of PetroChina Southwest Oil and Gas Field Company), Senior Engineer Li Zhilin (Drilling & Production Engineering Technology Research Institute of CNPC Chuanqing Drilling Company), Researcher Zhang Xi (SCT Operations Pty Ltd, Australia), Researcher Wu Bailin (CSIRO, Australia), Associate Professor Liu Shiming (The Pennsylvania State University, USA), Researcher Han Yanhui (Aramco Research Center-Houston, USA), Professor Chen Guizhong (National Oilwell Varco, USA), Doctor Chen Yuanhang (Louisiana State University, USA), Doctor Meng Meng (Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA), Professor Ranjith PG (Monash University, Australia), and Professor Reza Rezaee (Curtin University, Australia).