CPE Faculty and Staff

Jenn-Tai Liang

Associate Professor

B.S., Chemistry, Tamkang University, Taipei, Taiwan (1979)
M.S., Petroleum Engineering, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (1983)
Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering University of Texas at Austin (1988)
Director, Tertiary Oil Recovery Project

Room: 4148A Learned Hall
Phone: (785) 864-2669
Fax: (785) 864-4967
E-mail: jtliang@ku.edu

Research Interests

Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery: Biosurfactants produced from high-starch agriculture process waste stream to improved oil recovery in fractured carbonate reservoirs.
Wax Deposition Wax deposition and its control in crude oils.
CO₂ Sequestration in Geologic Formations - Simulation and experimental studies of the sequestration of CO₂ in depleted oil and gas reservoir, unminable coal seams, EOR applications.
Water Shutoff and Conformance Control - Develop next-generation crosslinking agents with built-in controlled-release mechanisms for water shutoff and conformance control in both fractured and unfractured reservoirs.

Coalbed Methane Recovery

Study methods for enhanced coalbed methane recovery, evaluate the environmental impacts of water disposal options for CBM produced water.

Journal And Peer-Approved Publications:

Alhajeri, M.M., Green, D.W., Liang, J., Pancake, R.E.: "Gel-Polymer Extends Arbuckle High-Water-Cut Well Life", Oil & Gas Journal 104.2 (Jan. 9, 2006) 39-43
Wo, S. and Liang, J.T. and Myer, L.R.: "Chapter 32 - CO₂ Storage in Coalbeds: Probabilistic Risk Assessment of CO₂ and Methane Leakage", the CO₂ Capture and Storage Project (CCP) Technical Summary Volume 2 Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide with Monitoring and Verification, Elsevier, Oxford, 2004.
Wo, S. and Liang, J.T.: "Chapter 15 - CO₂ Storage in Coalbeds: CO₂/N₂ Injection and Outcrop Seepage Modeling", the CO₂ Capture and Storage Project (CCP) Technical Summary Volume 2 Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide with Monitoring and Verification, Elsevier, Oxford, 2004
Seright, R.S., Liang, J., Lindquist, W.D., and Dunsmuir, J.H.: "Use of X-Ray Computed Microtomography to Understand Why Gels Reduce Permeability to Water More Than That to Oil," Journal of Petroleum Science & Engineering 39 (2003) 217-230.
Seright, R.S., Liang, J., Lindquist, W.D., and Dunsmuir, J.H.: "Characterizing Disproportionate Permeability Reduction Using Synchrotron X-Ray Computed Microtomography," SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, 5(5), (Oct. 2002) 355-364.
Liang, J. and Seright, R.S.: "Wall-Effect/Gel-Droplet Model of Disproportionate Permeability Reduction," SPE Journal (Sept. 2001) 268-272.
Liang, J. and Seright, R.S.: "Further Investigations of Why Gels Reduce kw More than ko," SPE Production & Facilities (Nov. 1997).

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Professional Meeting Papers:

Salehi, M, Johnson, S, Fox, S., Bala, G, Liang, J.T.: "Wettability Alteration of Carbonate Rock Mediated by Biosurfactant Produced from High-Starch Agricultural Effluents", to be presented at the 9^th International Symposium on Evaluation of Wettability and Its Effect on Oil Recovery, Bergen, Norway, September 18-19, 2006
Saeedi, A., Camarda, K.V., Liang, J.T.: "Using Neural Networks for Candidate Selection and Well Performance Prediction in Water-Shutoff Treatments Using Polymer Gels - A Field-Case Study", Paper SPE 101028 to be presented at the 2006 SPE Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition held in Adelaide, Australia, September 11-13.
Barati, R., Green, D.W., and Liang, J.T.: "Simulation of Gelled Polymer Treatments in the Arbuckle Formation, Kansas", Paper SPE 100067 presented at the 2006 SPE/DOE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Tulsa, OK, April 22-26
Liang, J., K.T. Raterman, and Robertson, E.P.: "A Mechanistic Model for CO2 Sequestration in Tiffany Coal Bed Methane Field," 2003 International Coalbed Methane Symposium, Tuscaloosa, AL, May 7-8, 2003.
Wo, S and Liang, J.T.: "Simulation Assessment of N2/CO2 Contact Volume in Coal and Its Impact on Outcrop Seepage in N2/CO2 Injection for Enhanced Coalbed Methane Recovery", Paper SPE 89344 presented at the 2004 SPE/DOE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Tulsa, OK, April 17-21.
Liang, J., K.T. Raterman, and Robertson, E.P.: "A Mechanistic Model for CO₂ Sequestration in Tiffany Coal Bed Methane Field", 2003 International Coalbed Methane Symposium, Tuscaloosa, AL, May 7-8, 2003.
Liang, J. and Christopher, C.A.: "Methodology for Conducting Probabilistic Risk Assessment of CO2 Storage in Coal Beds," Risk Assessment Workshop, Nottingham, UK, May 29, 2002.

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Liang, J.: "Methodology for Conducting Probabilistic Risk Assessment of CO2 Storage in Coal Beds," Geologic Storage & Verification Technology Conference, Potsdam, Germany, Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 2001.
Liang, J. and Seright, R.S.: "Disproportionate Permeability Reduction By Gels," paper 59344 presented at the 2000 SPE/DOE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Tulsa, OK, April 3-5.
Liang, J: " Where Are Water-shutoff Treatments Most Likely To Work?" paper presented at 5th International Conference on Reservoir Conformance, Profile Control, Water and Gas Shut off, Houston, Nov.8-9, 1999.
Liang, J.: "Disproportionate Permeability Reduction By Polymers and Gels," paper presented at 20th Annual workshop & Symposium, Collaborative Project on Enhanced Oil Recovery, International Energy Agency, Paris, Sept. 21-24, 1999.
Liang, J: " Where Will the Disproportionate Permeability Reduction Be Most Useful in Field Applications?" paper presented at 4th International Conference on Reservoir Conformance, Profile Control, Water and Gas Shut off, Houston, Aug. 10-12, 1998.
Liang, J: " The Importance of Reducing Water Permeability More Than Oil Permeability Through the Use of Gels," paper presented at 3rd International Conference on Reservoir Conformance, Profile Control, Water and Gas Shut off, Houston, Nov.6-8, 1997.
Seright, R.S., Seldal, M., and Liang, J.: "Sizing Gelant Treatments in Hydraulically Fractured Production Wells," paper SPE 38835 presented at the 1997 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Oct. 5-8.
Seright, R.S. and Liang, J.: "A Comparison of Different Types of Blocking Agents," paper SPE 30120 presented at the 1995 SPE European Formation Damage Control Conference, The Hague, The Netherlands, May 15-16.
Liang, J., Sun, H., and Seright, R.S.: "Reduction of Oil and Water Permeabilities Using Gels," Proc., SPE/DOE Eighth Symposium on Enhanced Oil Recovery, Tulsa (1992), 409-418.
Martin, F.D., Seright, R.S., and Liang, J.: "Gels for Profile Modifications," paper presented at the 12th IEA Collaborative Project on Enhanced Oil Recovery, Bath, UK, Oct. 28-30, 1991.
Liang, J., Tsau, J.S., Hill, A.D., and Sepehrnoori, K.: "Laboratory Study of Polymer Gel Behavior," Proc., SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry, Houston (1989), 455-471.

Research Grants:

Using Surfactants Produced from Agriculture Process Waste Streams for Improve Oil Recovery in Fractured Carbonate Reservoirs, $1,000,000, US DOE Contract No. DE-FC26-04NT15523, Oct. 2004 Sept. 2007.
Evaluation of Wax Deposition and its Control during Production of Alaska North Slope Oils, $300,000 (Subaward No. UAF 06-0031), US DOE Contract No. DE-FC26-01NT41248, Oct 2005 Sept. 2008.