Background/ Biography
Likuan Zhang, is associate professor of Petroleum Geology at the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences(IGGCAS). In 2004, Dr. Zhang joined the IGGCAS first as a doctor, then as post-doctor and, since 2012, as Associate Professor. He is also the secretary of Hydrocarbon Migration Research Group of Chinese Petroleum Society, a member of Council of Beijing Petroleum Society, and a member of shale gas Professional Committee of Sichuan Petroleum Society of China. Likuan worked on quantitative evaluation of fault opening and sealing properties for hydrocarbon migration, numerical basin modeling in petroleum systems, and development of numerical hydrocarbon migration simulation techniques. In recent years, Dr. Zhang has focused his research on the dynamic mechanism of hydrocarbon migration and accumulation in the unconventional tight-sandstone. More than 90 research papers as author or co-author have been published in the Chinese and English academic journals.

Education

1. 09/1997-07/2001, B.S., Petroleum Geology, College of Earth Science, Jilin University, Changchun, China
2. 09/2001-07/2004, M.S., Structural Geology, Geology Department, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
3. 09/2004-07/2007, Ph.D., Geology, Institute of Geology and Geophysics CAS, Beijing, China

Work experiences

1. 08/2007-01/2012, Post-Doctor, Institute of Geology and Geophysics CAS, Beijing, China
2. 01/2012-present, Associate Professor, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, CAS, Beijing, China

• Dynamics of Hydrocarbon migration and accumulation
• Origin and predrilling prediction of abnormal pressures
• Fluid flow in fault zones
• Basin and petroleum systems modeling
• Diagenetic evolution and hydrocarbon charging of deep buried reservoir

Community

• Special Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Northeast Petroleum University
• Secretary of Hydrocarbon Migration Research Group of Chinese Petroleum Society
• Member of Council of Beijing Petroleum Society, China
• Member of shale gas Professional Committee of Sichuan Petroleum Society, China

Dr. Zhang has undertaken >15 scientific research projects from NSFC, the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, oil companies and other funding sources.

1. Study on the dynamics of cross-scale migration and accumulation of tight sandstone oil. Key project funded by the NSFC. Fund code: 42030808. Date: 01/2021-12/2025
2. Hydrocarbon accumulation process and model of deep-buried tight reservoirs in Mo-Yong Area, Junggar basin. Projects supported by Sinopec Shengli Oilfield Company. Fund code: 30200018-22-ZC0613-0079. Date: 09/2022-12/2023
3. Study on Water-rock-oil Interaction and control factors of enrichment plays in Qigu Formation of Yongjin oilfield, Junggar basin. Supported by Sinopec Xinchun Petroleum Development Co., Ltd. Fund code: 30203569-22-ZC0613-0083. Date: 09/2022-11/2023
4. Quantitative simulation of gas hydrate accumulation system. Supported by Institute of Geology and Geophysics, CAS. Fund code: IGGCAS2020. Date: 12/2022-12/2019
5. Study on hydrocarbon charging mechanism and influencing factors of ultra-low permeability sandstone. Supported by Chinese Academy of Sciences. Fund code: XDA1401020202. Date: 12/2017-12/2021
6. Dynamic process and prospect evaluation of oil and gas accumulation in deep basin. From the major national science and technology special project on hydrocarbon resources. Fund code: 2017ZX05008-04-07. Date: 01/2017-12/2020.
7. Development and evolution of dynamic field and its relationship with hydrocarbon distribution in Mo-Yong area, Junggar basin. Project supported by Sinopec Shengli Oilfield Company. Fund code: 30200018-17-ZC0613-0025. Date: 2017- 2018
8. Numerical simulation of pressure of Shahejie Formation in Linnan Depression, Bohai Bay basin. Project supported by Sinopec Shengli Oilfield Company. Fund code: 30200018-16-ZC0613-0015. Date: 2017- 2018
9. Unconventional hydrocarbon accumulation model of Shanxi Formation of Upper Paleozoic in Yanchang area. Supported by Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Group. Fund code: YJTRQS16SKF0002. Date: 2016- 2017
10. Study on gas migration and accumulation mechanism of typical tight sandstone. Project funded by the NSFC. Fund code: 41372151. Date: 2014-2017
11. Hydrocarbon transport systems and oil migration in Lower Paleozoic in Chezhen area, Bohai Bay basin. Supported by Sinopec Shengli Oilfield Company. Fund code: 30200018-14-ZC0613-007. Date: 2014- 2015
12. Dynamics of typical tight oil and gas accumulation in deep basin. From the major national science and technology special project on hydrocarbon resources. Fund code: 2011ZX05008-004-30. Date: 01/2011- 09/2015
13. Formation of natural gas migration path in the sandstone carriers. Project funded by the NSFC. Fund code: 40902041. Date: 01/2010-12/2012
14. Quantitative characterization of carrier systems and migration efficiency in the Rift basin. From the major national science and technology special project on hydrocarbon resources. Fund code: 2008ZX05006-002-001. Date: 05/2009－12/2010
15. Quantitative method for Characterizing fault opening and sealing. Project funded by BHPbilliton. Date: 12/2008-12/2010

Dr. Zhang has published >90 papers mostly in peer reviewed journals. The representative articles written in English are indicated below

1.      Xiaorong Luo, Likuan Zhang, Yuhong Lei, Wan Yang. 2023. Dynamics of hydrocarbon migration: Quantitative dynamics studies and applications. Springer, in press.

2.      Li Chao, Luo Xiaorong, Zhang Likuan*, Fan Caiwei, Xu Changgui, Liu Aiqun, Li Hu, Lei Yuhong. 2022. New understanding of overpressure responses and pore pressure prediction: Insights from the effect of clay mineral transformations on mudstone compaction. Engineering Geology, 297: 106493.

3.      Li Chao, Zhang Likuan*, Luo Xiaorong, Zeng Zhiping, Xiu Jinlei, Lei Yuhong, Cheng Ming, Hu Caizhi, Zhang Meng, He Wenjun. 2022. Clay mineral transformations of Mesozoic mudstones in the central Junggar Basin, northwestern China: Implications for compaction properties and pore pressure responses. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 144: 105847.

4.      Li Chao, Zhang Likuan*, Luo Xiaorong, Wang Bing, Lei Yuhong, Cheng Ming, Luo Hongmei, Wang Changjiang, Yu Lan. 2022. Modeling of overpressure generation-evolution of the Paleogene source rock and implications for the Linnan Sag, Eastern China. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10: 829322.

5.      Yuhong Lei, Xiaorong Luo, Xiangzeng Wang, Ming Cheng, Likuan Zhang, Zhenjia Cai, Lixia Zhang, Chengfu Jiang, Qian Ping Zhao, and Jintao Yin.2022. Effects of extractable organic matter from mature lacustrine shale on the pore structure and their implications. AAPG Bulletin, 106: 1239-1264.

6.      Song Yingrui, Lei Yuhong, Zhang Likuan, Cheng Ming, Li Chao, Liu Naigui. 2022. Spatial-Temporal Evolution of the Gas Hydrate Stability Zone and Accumulation Patterns of Double BSRs Formation in the Shenhu Area[J]. Frontiers in Earth Science, 880933.

7.      Song Yingrui, Lei Yuhong, Zhang Likuan, Cheng Ming, Laicheng Miao, Li Chao, Liu Naigui. 2022. Spatial-temporal variations of the gas hydrate stability zone and hydrate accumulation models in the Dongsha region, China. Frontiers in Marine Science, 892814.

8.      Zhongnan Wang, Xiaorong Luo, Keyu Liu, Yuhong Lei, Likuan Zhang, Ming Cheng, Xiangzeng Wang. 2022. Evaluation of pore-scale wettability in the tight sandstone reservoirs of the Upper Triassic Yanchang Formation, Ordos Basin, China. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 138: 105528.

9.      Likuan Zhang, Xiaorong Luo, Mingze Ye, Baoshou Zhang, Hongxing Wei, Binfeng Cao, Xiaotong Xu, Zhida Liu, Yuhong Lei, and Chao Li. 2021. Small-Scale Diagenetic Heterogeneity Effects on Reservoir Quality of Deep Sandstones. Geofluids, 6626652.

10.    Li Chao, Zhang Likuan, Luo Xiaorong, Lei Yuhong, Yu Lan, Cheng Ming, Wang Yongshi, Wang Zhonglu. 2021. Overpressure generation by disequilibrium compaction or hydrocarbon generation in the Paleocene Shahejie Formation in the Chezhen Depression: Insights from logging responses and basin modeling. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 133: 105258.

11.    Peng Yang, Likuan Zhang, Keyu Liu, Binfeng Cao, Jianlei Gao, Guiqiang Qiu. 2021. Diagenetic history and reservoir evolution of tight sandstones in the second member of the Upper Triassic Xujiahe Formation, western Sichuan Basin, China. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 201: 108451.

12.    Ming Cheng, Yuhong Lei, Xiaorong Luo, Likuan Zhang, Xiangzeng Wang, Lixia Zhang, Chengfu Jiang, and Jintao Yin. 2021. Pore Type, Pore Structure, and Controlling Factors in the Late Triassic Lacustrine Yanchang Shale, Ordos Basin, China. Energies, 14: 3053.

13.    Yiming Yan, Liqiang Zhang, Xiaorong Luo, Likuan Zhang, Junjian Li. 2021. Process of porosity loss and predicted porosity loss in high effective stress sandstones with grain crushing and packing texture transformation. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 207: 109092.

14.    Jia Rong, Zongyuan Zheng, Xiaorong Luo, Chao Li, Yuping Li, Xiangfeng Wei, Quanchao Wei, Guangchun Yu, Likuan Zhang, and Yuhong Lei. 2021. Machine Learning Method for TOC Prediction: Taking Wufeng and Longmaxi Shales in the Sichuan Basin, Southwest China as an Example. Geofluids, 6794213.

15.    Xiaorong Luo, Likuan Zhang, Yuhong Lei, and Wan Yang. 2020. Petroleum migration and accumulation: Modeling and applications. AAPG Bulletin, 104(11): 2247-2265.

16.    Binfeng Cao, Xiaorong Luo, Likuan Zhang, Yuhong Lei, Jinsong Zhou. 2020. Petrofacies prediction and 3-D geological model in tight gas sandstone reservoirs by integration of well logs and geostatistical modeling. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 114, 104202.

17.    Zhongnan Wang, Xiaorong Luo, Yuhong Lei, Likuan Zhang, Hui Shi, Jiehe Lu, Ming Cheng, Naigui Liu, Xiangzeng Wang, Yonghong He, Tailiang Jiang. 2020. Impact of detrital composition and diagenesis on the heterogeneity and quality of low-permeability to tight sandstone reservoirs: An example of the Upper Triassic Yanchang Formation in Southeastern Ordos Basin. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 195: 1-18.

18.    Li Chao, Luo Xiaorong, Zhang Likuan, Wang Bing, Guan Xiaoyan, Luo Hongmei, Lei Yuhong. 2019. Overpressure generation mechanisms and its distribution in the Paleocene Shahejie Formation in the Linnan Sag, Huimin Depression, Eastern China. Energies, 12: 3183.

19.    Zhixin Li, Wan Yang, Yongshi Wang, Liqiang Zhang, Hongmei Luo, Shuhui Liu, Likuan Zhang, and Xiaorong Luo. 2019. Anatomy of a lacustrine stratigraphic sequence within the fourth member of the Eocene Shahejie Formation along the steep margin of the Dongying depression, eastern China. AAPG Bulletin, 103(2): 466-504.

20.    Yuxi Yu, Xiaorong Luo, Zongxiu Wanga, Ming Cheng, Yuhong Lei, Likuan Zhang, Jintao Yin. 2019. A new correction method for mercury injection capillary pressure (MICP) to characterize the pore structure of shale. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 68: 102896.

21.    Hui Shi, Xiaorong Luo, Haijun Yang, Ganglin Lei, Yangang Tang, Likuan Zhang, Yuhong Lei. 2018. Sources of quartz grains influencing quartz cementation and reservoir quality in ultra-deeply buried sandstones in Keshen-2 gas field, north-west China. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 98: 185-198.

22.    Hui Shi, Xiaorong Luo, Ganglin Lei, Hongxing Wei, Liqiang Zhang, Likuan Zhang, Yuhong Lei. 2018. Effects of early oil emplacement on reservoir quality and gas migration in the Lower Jurassic tight sand reservoirs of Dibei gas field, Kuqa Depression, western China. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 50: 250-258.

23.    Tao Fang, Likuan Zhang, Naigui Liu, Liqiang Zhang, Weimin Wang, Lan Yu, Chao Li, Yuhong Lei. 2018. Quantitative characterization of pore structure of the Carboniferouse-Permian tight sandstone gas reservoirs in eastern Linqing depression by using NMR technique. Petroleum Research, 3: 110-123.

24.    Zhongnan Wang, Guangdi Liu, Ping Gao, Wan Chen, Yuran Yang, Yuhong Lei, Likuan Zhang, Chaoqian Zhang, Daoqing Yang. 2017. Geochemistry of source rocks and oil–source rock correlation in the Hetaoyuan Formation of the Nanyang Sag, Nanxiang Basin, eastern China, Geological Journal, 6: 1- 18.

25.    Li Chao, Zhang Likuan*, Luo Xiaorong, Zhang Liqiang, Hu Caizhi, Qi Yukai, Lei, Yuhong, Cao Binfeng, ChengMing, Yu Yuxi. 2017. Calibration of the mudrock compaction curve by eliminating the effect of organic matter in organic-rich shales: Application to the southern Ordos Basin, China. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 86: 620-635.

26.    Shi, H., Luo, X. R., Lei, G. L., Zhang, L. Q., Zhang, L. K., Lei, Y. H. 2017. Diagenesis and Fluid Flow Variability of Structural Heterogeneity Units in Tight Sandstone Carrier Beds of Dibei, Eastern Kuqa Depression. Geofluids, 6593913.

27.    Shi Hui, Luo Xiaorong, Li Xing, Liu Naigui, Qi Yukai, Fang Tao, Lei Yuhong, Zhang Likuan. 2017. Effects of mix-wet porous mediums on gas flowing and one mechanism for gas migration. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 152: 60- 66.

28.    Qi, Yukai, Luo, Xiaorong, Wang, Yi, Liu, Naigui, Zhou, Bo, Yan, Jianzhao, Zhang, Likuan. 2017. Mechanical study of the effect of fractional-wettability on multiphase fluid flow. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 93: 205- 212.

29.    Cao Binfeng, Luo Xiaorong, Zhang Likuan, Sui Fenggui, Lin Huixi, Lei Yuhong. 2017. Diagenetic Heterogeneity of Deep Sandstones and Its Relationship to Oil Emplacement: A Case Study from the Middle Jurassic Toutunhe Formation in the Fukang Sag, Central Junggar Basin (NW China). Geofluids, 4292079: 1-23.

30.    Cao Binfeng, Luo Xiaorong, Zhang Likuan, Sui Fenggui, Lin Huixi, Lei Yuhong. 2017. Diagenetic evolution of deep sandstones and multiple-stage oil entrapment: A case study from the Lower Jurassic Sangonghe Formation in the Fukang Sag, central Junggar Basin (NW China). Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 152: 136-155.

31.    Yuxi Yu, Xiaorong Luo, Ming Cheng, Yuhong Lei, Xiangzeng Wang, Lixia Zhang, Chengfu Jiang ,Likuan Zhang. 2017. Study on the distribution of extractable organic matter in pores of lacustrine shale: An example of Zhangjiatan Shale from the Upper Triassic Yanchang Formation, Ordos Basin, China. Interpretation, 5(2): 109-126.

32.    Yuhong Lei, Xiaorong Luo, Likuan Zhang, G. Vasseur, Hongjun Wang, Jianjun Zhao. 2016. Quantitative assessment of petroleum loss during secondary migration in the Yaojia Formation, NE Songliao Basin, NE China. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 7: 1028-1041.

33.    Cao B. F., Bai G. P., Zhang K. X., He B., Zhang L. K. 2016. A comprehensive review of hydrocarbons and genetic model of the sandstone-hosted Dongsheng uranium deposit, Ordos Basin, China, Geofluids, 16(3)：624-650.

34.    Fei Tian, Qiang Jin, Xinbian Lu, Yuhong Lei, Likuan Zhang, Songqing Zheng, Hongfang Zhang, Yuanshuai Rong, Naigui Liu. 2016. Multi-layered ordovician paleokarst reservoir detection and spatial delineation: A case study in the Tahe Oilfield, Tarim Basin, Western China. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 69: 53-73.

35.    Fei Tian, Jianting Yang, Ming Cheng, Yuhong Lei, Likuan Zhang, Xiaoxue Wang, and Xin Liu. 2016. Geometry, kinematics and dynamic characteristics of a compound transfer zone: the Dongying anticline, Bohai Bay Basin, eastern China. Open Geoscience, 8: 612-629.

36.    Xiaorong Luo, Caizhi Hu, Zhongyao Xiao, Jian Zhao, Baoshou Zhang, Wan Yang, Hong Zhao, Fengyun Zhao , Yuhong Lei, Likuan Zhang. 2015. Effects of carrier bed heterogeneity on hydrocarbon migration. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 68: 120-131.

37.    Y. H. Lei, X. R. Luo, X. Z. Wang, L.X. Zhang, C. F. Jiang, W. Yang, Y. X. Yu, M. Cheng, L. K. Zhang. 2015. Characteristics of silty laminae in Zhangjiatan Shale of southeastern Ordos Basin, China: Implications for shale gas formation. AAPG Bulletin, 99, 661-687.

38.    Yuhong Lei, Xiaorong Luo, Guoqi Song, Likuan Zhang, Xuefeng Hao, Wan Yang, Chengpeng Song , Ming Cheng , Bin Yang. 2014. Quantitative characterization of connectivity and conductivity of sandstone carriers during secondary petroleum migration, applied to the Third Member of Eocene Shahejie Formation, Dongying Depression, Eastern China. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 51, 268-285.

39.    Yuhong Lei, Xiaorong Luo, Likuan Zhang, Ming Cheng, Chengpeng Song. 2013. A Quantitative Method for Characterizing Transport Capability of Compound Hydrocarbon Carrier System. Journal of Earth Science, 24(3): 328–342.

40.    Yan J. Z., Luo X. R., Wang W.M., Renaud T., Jean S., Guy V., Chen F., Alan Y., Zhang L. K. 2012. An experimental study of oil secondary migration in a three-dimensional tilted porous medium, AAPG, 96(5): 773-788.

41.    Jianzhao Yan, Xiaorong Luo, Weimin Wang, Fang Chen, Renaud Toussaint, Jean Schmittbuhl, Guy Vasseur, Likuan Zhang. 2012.Testing oil saturation distribution in migration paths using MRI. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 86-87: 237-245. SCIE.

42.    Zhang L. K., Luo X. R., Guy V., Yu, C. H., Yang, W., Lei Y. h., Song C.P., Yu L., Yan J.Z. 2011. Evaluation of geological factors in characterizing fault connectivity during hydrocarbon migration: Application to the Bohai Bay Basin. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 28(9): 1634-1647. SCIE.

43.    Zhang L. K., Luo, X. R., Liao, Q. J., Yang, W., Guy, V., Yu, C. H., Su, J. Q., Yuan, S. Q., Xiao, D. Q., Wang, Z. M. 2010. Quantitative evaluation of synsedimentary fault opening and sealing properties using hydrocarbon connection probability assessment. AAPG Bulletin, 94(9): 1379- 1399. SCIE.