Abstract: In this early winter, when the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China closed, the VOL 29 of the “JOURNAL OF SOUTHWEST PERTOLEUM UNIVERSITY” has been working into the end. Reviewing the 2007,under the strong support of the school leadership，the concerning of the expert reviewer, authors and readers, our journal has been published 6 No., 2 supplements and 346 papers.
In this volume,No.1 highlighted “Luojiazhai” technology events，showing china petroleum exploration and development research to the authors and the world; No.2 to No.5 introduced the academic thought and development characteristics of “natural gas injection and development”，“petroleum machinery engineering”，“carbonatite study”，“enhanced oil recovery” and other disciplines，revealing our school's research；the journal fortunate enough to invite academician Liu Bao-jun contributing in NO.6，he insists scientific development idea should be put forward to solve the problems of the resource and environment in social development, especially, the water resource and water environment. The reasonable proposals and countermeasures regarding water resource will play a positive role in reasonable utilization and protection of water resource in China.
The amount of publication greatly increased this year. In order to feedback writers and authors, the amount of papers have been increased 108.4 percent；achieved color printing which highlights the journal’s authority and influence; publication by the internet（http://www. swpuxb.com）have speeded up the dissemination of the journal，widened the scope of the dissemination；“Cover Person Introduction” gather the academicians，experts and scholars who is on the frontier science and technology of oil and gas.
The quality of the journal is the life of the journal. In order to improve the quality , the journal took part in the activity of “journals proofreading no error commitment”since vol.29 No.5 which is auspice by China Periodicals Association.
This volume maintains the characteristics，such as “OIL AND GAS ENGINEERING”, “GEOLOGY EXPLORATION”, “OIL AND GAS CHEMICAL ENGINEERING”, adds “EXPERT FORUM”, sets up “PROBE AND CONTENDS”.
In this volume,60.5 percent of the papers are fund assisted theses，with 45.7 percent was national fund assistance.
JOURNAL OF SOUTHWEST PERTOLEUM UNIVERSITY have been cited by domestic and foreign well-known database，such as EI，PA,CA,CSA/ASFA,AJ,CPA,CSCD and so on for the past year.
Looking back the aspirations at the beginning of this volume, we have a small step forward on the road of “keep pace with times，promote social progress and exhibit school characteristics ”. We are well aware that JOURNAL OF SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY is knowledge unit output，for running well the journal，we should spare no effort on wider fields，longer journey and more work.
The new year soon arrives，at this time the entire staff of the editorial department sincerely extend our heartfelt acknowledgement to all the readers, authors, expert reviewers, editorial board, general staff of printing house and post office. Wish you good health！Good luck！