Dr Qian Zhang has many years’ experience in shale oil and gas research. His previous research involved the depositional system of organic-rich shales, thermal maturation of organic matter and hydrocarbon generation, transport and storage properties of shales, and rock mechanics.
Currently, his primary research interests include but not limited to ‘radioactive waste disposal, natural hydrogen exploration, geological carbon dioxide sequestration, and geothermal utilization’.
Qian Zhang’s biography
- 2023 to present: Senior Research Scientist-Hydromechanics and Fluid Flow, British Geological Survey
- 2021 to 2023: Lecture/Postdoc Petroleum Geology, Peking University
- 2016 to 2020: PhD Applied Geoscience, RWTH Aachen University
Research interests
- Radioactive waste disposal
- Subsurface hydrogen storage/exploration
- Geological carbon dioxide sequestration
- Geothermal utilization
- Source rock characterization
- Transport and storage of unconventional hydrocarbons
- Biomarker analysis
- Depositional environment of organic-rich sediments
- Petroleum migration process
- Thermal maturity of organic matter
ORCID: 0000-0002-0718-6288
Key papers
- Zhang, Q, Fink, R, Krooss, B, Jin, Z, Zhu, R, Hu, Z, Gauss, G, and Littke, R. 2023. Effects of Light Hydrocarbons and Extractable Organic Matter on the Methane Sorption Capacity of Shales. AAPG Bulletin, 108(2), 327–349.
- Zhang, Q, Fink, R, Krooss, B, Jalali, M, and Littke, R. 2021. Reduction of shale permeability by temperature-induced creep. SPE Journal, 26(02), 750–764.
- Zhang, Q, Fink, R, Grohmann, S, Baniasad, A, and Littke, R. 2021. Molecular differences in sequential extracts obtained by core flooding of the early mature ultra-tight Posidonia Shale. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 123, 104706.
- Zhang, Q, Grohmann, S, Xu, X, and Littke, R. 2020. Depositional environment and thermal maturity of the coal-bearing Longtan Shale in southwest Guizhou, China: Implications for shale gas resource potential. International Journal of Coal Geology, 103607.
- Zhang, Q, Littke, R, Zieger, L, Shabani, M, Tang, X, and Zhang, J. 2019. Ediacaran, Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian and Permian shales of the Upper Yangtze Platform, South China: Deposition, thermal maturity and shale gas potential. International Journal of Coal Geology, 103281.
- Zhang, Q. 2024. Organic matter accumulation in organic-rich shales. Frontiers in Earth Science, 12, 1347462.
- Deng, E, Zhang, Q,* Jin, Z, Zhu, Ru, Yan, Z, Jiang, B, and Littke, R. 2022. Non-overmature equivalents confirmed a high initial hydrocarbon generation potential of the Permian Longtan Shale in southern China. International Journal of Coal Geology, 104043.
- Zheng, T, Zhang, Q, and * Deng, E. 2023. Applications of Low Molecular Weight Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) and Diamondoids Ratios/Indices on the Maturity Assessment of Coal-bearing Source Rock: Insight from Mature to Overmature Longtan Shale. International Journal of Coal Geology, 104209.
- Wang, G, Zhang, Q, Zhu, R, Tang, X, Liu, K, and Jin, Z. 2022. Geological controls on the pore system of lacustrine unconventional shale reservoirs: the Triassic Chang 7 Member in the Ordos Basin, China. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 111139.
- Wang, G, Jin, Z, Zhang, Q, Zhu, R, Tang, X, Liu, K, and Dong, L. 2022. Effects of clay minerals and organic matter on pore evolution of the early mature lacustrine shale in the Ordos Basin, China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 105516.
Google Scholar: Qian Zhang
- Porosity
- Permeability
- Gas Adsorption
- Rock Mechanics
- Optical Microscopy
- GC-FID
- GC-MS
- Rock-Eval pyrolysis
- Gas solubility
- National Scholarship
- CSC Scholarship
- Doctoral Degree Grade: Magna Cum Laude (Sehr gut)
- Honorary Advisor for “The Association of Chinese Students and Scholars at Aachen”
- Peking University Boya Postdoctoral Fellowship