SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

— Over 3 years of reservoir simulation experience.
— Thorough knowledge of reservoir engineering fundamentals.
— Expertise in CO2 sequestration in deep saline aquifer.
— Research experience in wax, hydrate, and asphaltene deposition in well bore and pipelines.
— Strong ability to build geologic model and perform simulations with skills of completing the whole workflow.
— Persistent curiosity in learning new technologies and software.
— Excellent communication skills –written, verbal, presentation, and teaching skills.
— Customer service experience in providing reservoir simulation solutions for the oil and gas industry clients.
— Highly self-motivated, great team player and team builder.
— Strong sense of responsibility.

Objective:

To obtain a full time career as a reservoir engineer in the field of reservoir simulation, EOR, geological modeling, reservoir characterization, and well completion, etc.

Work Experience:

University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA, Oct. 2009 — present
Research Associate Scientist II, with the geological modeling and simulation group of the Dept. of Geol. & Geoph.
— Perform numerical simulations for CO2 sequestration into the deep saline aquifer.
— Verify a novel permeability upscaling technique.
— Apply Design of Experiment into the CO2 sequestration project and identify the most important factors which impact the storage efficiency and security of CO2 in deep saline aquifer.
Schlumberger Information Solution, Houston, TX, USA, Sep. 2007 – Jan. 2009
Reservoir Engineer
— Worked as technical support for clients who have various problems in using ECLIPSE and Petrel RE, such as the Coal Bed Methane Model, the polymer flood model, the asphaltene option, LGR, multi-segment wells, the network options, gas lift, compositional simulation, CO2 storage, CO2 flood, endpoint scaling, tracer tracking, licensing issue, convergence issue, parallel option, flexible and fast restart, dual porosity and dual permeability model.
— Created technical workflows to achieve special purposes in using ECLIPSE and Petrel RE.
— Identified business opportunities, such as technical consultancy, license sales, ect.
— Assisted in teaching black-oil simulation course.
— Cooperated with geologist and petrophysist in solving client's technical problem.
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, USA, Sep. 2005 – May 2007
Research Assistant, with the Department of Petroleum Engineering
— Conducted research in compositional simulation of viscosity reduction EOR method on the Schrader Bluff Reservoir in the Alaskan North Slope
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, USA, Sep. 2001 – Aug. 2005
Research Assistant, with the Water and Environmental Research Center
— Conducted research in arctic water resources and climate changes
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China, Sep. 1997 – Aug. 2001
Research Assistant, with the Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute
— Participated in ice core drilling on the glacier of Mount. Everest in the summer of 1998

Henan Petroleum and Chemistry Department, Zhengzhou, China, Jul. 1996, – Aug. 1997
Intern

Education & Certification:

Master of Science, Petroleum Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Sep. 2005 – May 2007
Overall GPA: 4.0
Thesis Title: Compositional Simulation of a Viscosity Reduction Enhanced Oil Recovery Method for Schrader Bluff Heavy Oil Reservoir
Relevant Coursework:

— Applied Petroleum Reservoir Engineering
— Petroleum Production Engineering
— Advanced Phase Behavior
— Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics
— Waterflooding
— Advanced Petroleum Economic Analyses
— Reservoir Geology for Petroleum Engineers
— Drilling Engineering

Master of Science, Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Sep. 2001 – Dec. 2004
Overall GPA: 3.25
Thesis Title: Siberian Lena River Thermal Regimes and Changes
Ph.D. Student, CAREERI of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China, Sep. 2000 – Aug. 2001 (terminated and then came to U. S.A. in pursuit of graduate studies)
Master of Science, CAREEI of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China, Sep. 1997 – Aug. 2000
Thesis Title: The Study on Surface Chemistry of the Mineral Dust in Snow and Ice
Bachelor of Science, Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China, Sep. 1992 – Jul. 1996

Additional Information:

Software Skills

— Expert level in using ECLIPSE and its pre- and post-processors.
— Expert level in using Petrel.
— Proficient in using OFM to conduct decline curve analysis, production data management, and plotting.
— Proficient in using PipeSim to conduct Nodal Analysis, design gas-lift and ESP system, and general VFP table.
— Able to use PEEP to conduct economic and risk analysis.
— Good user of CMG WinProp, GEM, and Builder.
— Proficient in using JMP 8 for Experimental Design.
— Good user of Linux cluster in conducting parallel simulations.

Publications

— Liu, B. and Zhang, Y, 2010. Acid gas storage in deep saline aquifers: a numerical sensitivity study, Journal of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste, dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.1944-8376.0000061.
— Zhang, Y., B. Liu, and C. W. Gable, 2010. Homogenization of Three-Dimensional Sedimentary Deposits at Multiple Scales: a Comparison of Numerical and Analytical Upscaling Techniques, Transport in Porous Media, accepted.
— Liu, B. and Y. Zhang, 2010. CO2 Modeling in A Deep Saline Aquifer: a Predictive Uncertainty Analysis using Design of Experiment. Environmental Science and Technology, in Review.
— Yang D., B. Liu, B. Ye, 2005. Stream temperature changes over Lena River Basin in Siberia, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L05401, doi:10.1029/2004GL021568
— Liu, B., D. Yang, B. Ye, S. Berezovskaya, 2005. Long-term open-water season stream temperature variations and changes over Lena River Basin in Siberia, Global and Planetary Change, doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2004.12.007

Citizenship

U. S. Permanent resident