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- Degree: Ph.D.
- Year: 1988
- Institution and Location
  The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
- Major Discipline
  Petroleum Engineering
- Degree: M.S.
- Year: 1983
- Institution and Location
  University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
- Major Discipline
  Petroleum Engineering
- Degree: B.S.
- Year: 1979
- Institution and Location
  Tamkang University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
- Major Discipline
  Applied Chemistry

Jenn-Tai Liang

Professor, John E. & Deborah F. Bethancourt Professor, Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering

Department(s): Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering
Campus: Texas A&M University

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Phone: 979-845-0173
E-mail: jenn-tai.liang@pe.tamu.edu

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Research Topic(s)

Petroleum exploration and production; Conventional/unconventional reservoirs; Natural/shale gas production

Research Summary

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.

Professional Background

2019-Present	Professor, John E. & Deborah F. Bethancourt Professor, Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
2014-Present	Professor, Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
2007-2014	Director, Tertiary Oil Recovery Program, KU Center for Research, The University of Kansas
2011-2014	Professor, Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering, The University of Kansas
2003-2011	Associate Professor, Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering, The University of Kansas
2001-2003	Program Manager/Group Lead, Upstream Fossil Energy and Environmental Technologies, U.S. Department of Energy Idaho National Laboratory
1988-2001	Research Associate, Petroleum Recovery Research Center, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM

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