Dynamics of Hydrocarbon Migration

Introduction.- Mechanisms and processes of petroleum migration.- Carrier systems and their characterization.- Efficiencies of migration and accumulation and resources assessing.- Case study: dynamic study on petroleum migration and accumulation in the Dongying Depression, Bohaiba Basin.

Professor Xiaorong Luo is a Research Fellow in the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research interests focus on petroleum geology, numerical modeling, geopressuring, and hydrocarbon migration and accumulation. He attempts to couple migration driving force with efficient carriers in nonmarine basins and to conduct quantitative dynamics analysis on hydrocarbon migration and accumulation, aiming to aid in petroleum exploration in petroliferous basins. His research has established systematic methodologies to characterize overpressures, hydrocarbon migration and accumulation in nonmarine basins.  Likuan Zhang is an Associate Professor of Petroleum Geology at the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is engaged in fundamental research of petroleum geology, focusing on quantitative evaluation of fault opening and sealing properties for hydrocarbon migration, the analysis of abnormal pressure occurrence and evolution in sedimentary basins, dynamic mechanism of natural gas migration in the tight sandstone, and geological modeling for hydrocarbon migration and accumulation simulation in actual basins.    Dr. Yuhong Lei is a Senior Engineer of the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, where he got his Ph.D. in 2010. His research interests focus on petroleum system, characterization of clastic carrier bed, the process of petroleum migration and accumulation, and the reservoir evaluation of shale oil and gas.


Dr. Wan Yang, works in the Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri, USA.  He worked for Phillips Petroleum Company and the Bureau of Economic Geology at The University of Texas at Austin from 1995 to 1999 before joining the academia. His research focuses on sedimentology, stratigraphy, paleoclimatology, and petroleum geology.