Background and Research Interests:
Dr. Zhu has worked internationally, covering a broad spectrum of petroleum engineering activities, including the design and management of oil and gas development projects, as well as gas and water injection.
Dr. Zhu has over 15 years of improved recovery research and reservoir modeling experience. Prior to joining the University of Alaska Fairbanks, he worked on production and reservoir modeling projects for Phillips Petroleum in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
Dr. Zhu served as a Principal Investigator for the gas group at NIPER. He is currently serving as the principal investigator (PI) on a US Department of Energy (USDOE) and Arctic Energy Technology Development Laboratory (AETDL) sponsored project on a study for recovery of methane gas hydrate from injection of CO2. He is also serving as the co-principal investigator (Co-PI) on a USDOE and AETDL sponsored project and has served as a Co-PI on two other recently completed externally funded grants including coal bed methane recovery in Alaska.
Education:
- Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering, University of Oklahoma, 1991
- M. S. in Petroleum Engineering, University of Alberta, 1986
- B. S. in Petroleum Engineering, Beijing Petroleum University, 1970
Areas of Specialization:
- Water-flood and thermal oil recovery
- Oil and Gas production and forecast
- Well test design and analysis
- Reservoir development, planning and management
Research:
- CO2 sequestration and hydrates, and methane hydrate and recovery.
- Enhanced Oil recovery technology including heavy oil and reservoir engineering information.
- Natural Gas recovery technology including coal-bed methane
- Applied reservoir engineering and reservoir simulation
Awards and Honors:
- UNAC Merit Bonus Awards 2002-2003
- Star Award from BDM Petroleum Technologies in 1997
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