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Liang, Jenn-Tai

Professor

Positions:

Faculty Affiliate, Energy Institute, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), Division of Research
Professor, Petroleum Engineering, College of Engineering

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jenn-tai.liang@tamu.edu

1 979 845 0173

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overview

Dr. Liang's major research focus is on developing promising uses for nanotechnology in enhanced oil recovery operations and other oilfield chemical applications in both conventional and unconventional reservoirs. Based on drug-delivery technologies from the pharmaceutical industry, his research group successfully developed a chemical delivery system that uses nanoparticles to entrap and protect the chemicals from the hostile underground environments. The current oilfield applications include delayed gelation for water shutoff and in-depth conformance control, delayed release of scale inhibitors to extend the treatment life time, wax and asphaltene inhibition for flow assurance, microbial enhanced hydrocarbon recovery, and fracture fluid cleanup.

education and training

Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin - (Austin, Texas, United States)
M.S. in Petroleum Engineering, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa - (Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States)
B.S. in Chemistry, Tamkang University - (Taipei, Taiwan)

selected publications

Academic Articles30

Chen, Z., Yu, W., Liang, J., Wang, S., & Liang, H. (2022). Application of statistical machine learning clustering algorithms to improve EUR predictions using decline curve analysis in shale-gas reservoirs. JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. 208, 109216-109216.
Veisi, M., Johnson, S., Shafer-Peltier, K., Liang, J., Berkland, C., Chen, M., & Barati, R. (2019). Controlled release of poly(vinyl sulfonate) scale inhibitor to extend reservoir treatment lifetime. JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE. 136(12), 47225-47225.
Andersen, C. D., Lin, Y., & Liang, J. (2019). Polyelectrolyte-Complex Nanoparticles for Fluid-Loss Control in Oilwell Cementing. SPE DRILLING & COMPLETION. 34(2), 103-113.
Cai, Q., Yu, W., Liang, H. C., Liang, J., Wang, S., & Wu, K. (2018). Development of a Powerful Data-Analysis Tool Using Nonparametric Smoothing Models To Identify Drillsites in Tight Shale Reservoirs With High Economic Potential. SPE JOURNAL. 23(3), 719-736.
Zhou, X., Liang, J., Andersen, C. D., Cai, J., & Lin, Y. (2018). Enhanced adsorption of anionic surfactants on negatively charged quartz sand grains treated with cationic polyelectrolyte complex nanoparticles. COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS. 553, 397-405.

Chapters2

Wo, S., & Liang, J. (2005). Chapter 14 CO2 Storage in Coalbeds: CO2/N2 Injection and Outcrop Seepage Modeling. Carbon Dioxide Capture for Storage in Deep Geologic Formations. 897-924. Elsevier.
Wo, S., Liang, J., & Myer, L. R. (2005). Chapter 32 CO2 Storage in Coalbeds Risk Assessment of CO2 and Methane Leakage. Carbon Dioxide Capture for Storage in Deep Geologic Formations. 1263-1291. Elsevier.

Conference Papers18

Veisi, M., Johnson, S., Peltier, K., Berkland, C., Liang, J. T., & Barati, R. (2018). Application of polyelectrolyte complex nanoparticles to increase the lifetime of poly vinyl sulfonate scale inhibitor. Proceedings - SPE International Symposium on Formation Damage Control. 2018-February,
Bratteks, B., Pedersen, S. G., Nistov, H. T., Haugen, A., Graue, A., Liang, J. T., & Seright, R. S. (2014). The effect of Cr(III) acetate-HPAM gel maturity on washout from open fractures. Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery. 1, 477-488.
Johnson, S. J., & Liang, J. T. (2012). Polyelectrolyte nanoparticles for flow assurance. AIChE Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings.
Johnson, S. J., & Liang, J. T. (2012). Polyelectrolyte nanoparticles for flow assurance. 12AIChE - 2012 AIChE Spring Meeting and 8th Global Congress on Process Safety, Conference Proceedings.
Johnson, S. J., Barati, R., McCool, S., Green, D. W., Willhite, G. P., & Liang, J. T. (2011). Polyelectrolyte complex nanoparticles to entrap enzymes for hydraulic fracturing fluid cleanup. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts.