Qianyou Wang

Address: Department of Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Jane Herdman Building, 4 Brownlow Street, Liverpool, Merseyside L69 3GP, UK

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Research Interests

I am a PhD student with interests in sedimentary petrography, sediment geochemistry, reservoir geology, and clay mineralogy. My graduate research mainly focuses on multi-scale sedimentological and reservoir geological analysis on fine-grained clastic sediments in terrestrial and marine settings. My current research interests include:

  • Depositional process and diagenesis of the fine-grained clastic sediments;

  • Organic matter enrichment and hydrocarbon generation in terrestrial and marine settings;

  • Geological evaluation on the unconventional oil & gas reservoirs, e.g., tight sandstones, mudstones, and shales;

  • Machine learning (random forest regression algorithm) and its application in reservoir geology.

Education

University of Liverpool Oct. 2020 – Present

  • PhD student in Sedimentary Geology

China University of Petroleum‑Beijing Sep. 2016 – Jun. 2019

  • Geological Resources and Geological Engineering, Master of Engineering

  • Thesis: Depositional Facies Controls on the Characteristic Differences of Tight Reservoir Space in the Yanchang Formation, Ordos Basin

Wuhan University Mar. 2014 – Jun. 2016

  • English, Bachelor of Arts

  • Thesis: Comparative Studies on the Painted Veil and Its Adapted Film from a Narrative Perspective

China University of Geosciences‑Wuhan Sep. 2012 – Jun. 2016

  • Coal and Coalbed Methane Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering

  • Thesis: Occurrence Relationship Between Pyrites and Carbonaceous Fragments Inside the Uranium Reservoir Sandbodies, Northern Ordos Basin, NW China

Research Experience

PhD project funded by China Scholarship Council (Grant No. 202009110097) Jan. 2021 – Jan. 2025

Coevolution of Organic Matter and Clay Minerals in Shales with Burial and its Implications for Pore Development supervised by Professor Richard Worden and Dr. Iris Verhagen

  • Experimental Confirmation of Rock-Based Deduction

  • Investigating the changes in clay fabrics and OM along a full-range maturation gradient

  • Assessing the impact of clay-organic coevolution on pore development in shale

Open foundation of State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting (Grant No. PRP/open-2217) Jun. 2022 – Jun. 2024

Astrochronology of a Lower Cretaceous Shahezi Formation shales from Songliao Basin and its constaints on lacustrine organic carbon burial, collaborated with Professor Richard Worden and Dr. Yaohua Li

Science Foundation for top-notch innovative talents of CUP (Grant No. 2462017BJB07) Jun. 2018 – Jun. 2019

Influence of Contemporaneous Volcanic Activity on Hydrocarbon Generation and Organic Maturation in Tuffaceous Shale in the Ordos Basin, NW China supervised by Professor Wei Yang, Yan Song and Dr. Yaohua Li

  • Diagenesis during organic-inorganic interactions in tuffaceous shales (FE-SEM; Major and trace element analysis; Gaussian elimination algorithm)

  • Influences of diagenetic element migration on hydrocarbon generation potential in tuffaceous shales (Rock pyrolysis; Major and trace element analysis; LA-ICP-MS zircon U-Pb dating)

  • Wettability and oil movability of tuffaceous shales (Spontaneous imbibition; Contact angle)


The National Science and Technology Major Project of China (Grant No. 2017ZX05035002-007) Sep. 2017 – Jun. 2019

Detailed Reservoir Description and Gas Accumulation Mechanism of the Ordovician-Silurian Wufeng and Longmaxi Shale in the Sichuan Basin, SW China supervised by Professor Zhenxue Jiang and Wei Yang

  • Sedimentary geochemical controls on the primary productivity and organic matter enrichment (TOC; X-ray diffraction; Major and trace element analysis)

  • Influences of shale lithofacies on microscopic pore structure (FE-SEM; FIB-SEM; N2 and CO2 adsorption; High-pressure mercury intrusion)

  • Sealing mechanism of the roof and floor for the shale gas and the effects of tectonism on the gas-bearing property of shale (Burial history restoration; δ13C; δ18O; Breakthrough pressure testing)


The Scientific Research Project of Yanchang Oilfield in China (Grant No. ycsy2015ky-B-01-09) Sep. 2016 – Jun. 2019

Study on Controlling Factors and Enrichment Rules of Tight Oil Accumulation in Yanchang Oilfield, Ordos Basin, NW China supervised by Professor Zhenxue Jiang, Yan Song, and Wei Yang

  • Spatio-temporal variation of dominant depositional microfacies (Petrographic analysis; Geophysical well logging)

  • Pore-throat structure characterization of tight oil sandstones (FE-SEM; High-pressure mercury intrusion; Micro-CT)

  • The diagenetic and pore characteristic responses to depositional microfacies (Digital image analysis; Multi-fractal geometry theory)

  • Numerical simulations on the multi-scale bedding fractures (Finite element simulation;Triaxial compression tests)

Employment & Internship Experience

MDPI – Publisher of Open Access Journal Jun. 2019 – Oct. 2020

Research Institute of Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum (Group) Co., Ltd. Mar. 2019 - Jun. 2019

  • Intern for tight oil exploration

Geological Team No. 208, Bureau of Geology, China National Nuclear Co., Ltd. Jun. 2015 – Sep. 2015

  • Intern for sandstone-type uranium deposit prospecting

Geological Team No. 208, Bureau of Geology, China National Nuclear Co., Ltd Jun. 2014 – Jul. 2014

  • Sedimentary Geological Intern

First/Corresponding Author Publications

  1. Qianou Wang, Wei Yang*, Yaohua Wang, et al., 2021. In-situ fluid phase variation along the thermal maturation gradient in shale petroleum system and its impact on well production performance. Under review

  2. Qianyou Wang, Yaohua Li, Wei Yang*, et al., 2020. Finite element simulation of multi-scale bedding fractures in tight sandstone oil reservoir. Energies 13(1), 131. [Link] (included in the Special Issue "Development of Unconventional Reservoirs 2020")

  3. Wei Yang*, Qianyou Wang**, Yaohua Wang, et al., 2020. Pore characteristic responses to categories of depositional microfacies of delta-lacustrine tight reservoirs in the Upper Triassic Yanchang Formation, Ordos Basin, NW China. Marine and Petroleum Geology 118, 104423. [Link]

  4. Wei Yang*, Qianyou Wang**, Yan Song, et al., 2020. New scaling model of the spontaneous imbibition behavior of tuffaceous shale: constraints from the tuff-hosted and organic matter-covered pore system. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering 81, 103389. [Link]

  5. Yaohua Li1, Wei Yang1,*, Qianyou Wang1,*, et al., 2019. Influence of the actively migrated diagenetic elements to the hydrocarbon generation potential in tuffaceous shale. Fuel 256, 115795. [Link]

  6. Yaohua Li1,*, Qianyou Wang1, Xingyou Xu*, et al., 2019. Permeability Evolution of the Lamina Induced Fcractures (LFs) during the Triaxial Compression Rupture Phase. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 188, 106870. [Link]

  7. Qianyou Wang, Wei Yang, Ge Yunjin, et al., 2020. Diagenetic Responses to Delta Front-Lacustrine Depositional Microfacies and Implications for Tight Reservoir Quality Differences in the Yanchang Formation, Western Ordos Basin. Acta sedimentologica sinica, 39(4), 841-862 (in Chinese with English abstract, included in the Special Issue “Unconventional Oil and Gas Sedimentology”). [Link]

王乾右, 杨威, 葛云锦等, 2020. 不同沉积微相致密储层的成岩响应及其控储机理——以鄂尔多斯盆地西部延长组为例. 沉积学报, 39(4), 841-862. (收录于“非常规油气沉积学”专辑) [Link]

  1. Qianyou Wang, Wei Yang, Rusi Zuo, et al., 2019. Quantitative evaluation of pore-throat network structure differences in tight reservoirs with combined micro-CT and high pressure mercury. China Energy and Environmental Protection 41(7), 80-85 (in Chinese with English abstract). [Link]

王乾右, 杨威, 左如斯等, 2019. 联合微米CT和高压压汞的致密储层孔喉网络结构差异定量评价. 能源与环保 41(7), 80-85. [Link]

International Journal Papers

  1. Yaohua Li, Yan Song, Shu Jiang, Qianyou Wang, et al., 2019. Influence of Gas and Oil State on Oil Mobility and Sweet Spot Distribution in Tight Oil Reservoirs from the Perspective of Capillary force. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering. 23(3), 824-842. [Link]

  2. Dan Liu, Yaohua Li, Qun Luo, Qianyou Wang, et al., 2018. Dynamic mechanism of lamina-induced fracture propagation in tight oil-sand Formations. Interpretation 7(1), T179-T193. [Link]

  3. Wei Yang, Yan Song, Zhenxue Jiang, Qun Luo, Qianyou Wang, et al., 2018. Whole-aperture characteristics and controlling factors of pore structure in the Chang 7th continental shale of the Upper Triassic Yanchang Formation in the southeastern Ordos Basin, China. Interpretation 6, T175-T190. [Link]

  4. Yaohua Li, Yan Song, Shu Jiang, Zhenxue Jiang, Wei Yang, Qianyou Wang, et al., 2018. Tight Reservoir Oiliness Numerical Simulation Based on a Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) Method: A Case Study of the Upper Triassic Yanchang-6 Formation (T3ch6 Fm.) Outcrop of Ordos Basin. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 175, 1150-1159. [Link]

  5. Liang Yue, Yangquan Jiao, Liqun Wu, Hui Rong, Huili Xie, Qianyou Wang, et al., 2018. Selective Crystallization and Precipitation of Authigenic Pyrite during Diagenesis in Uranium Reservoir Sandbodies in Ordos Basin. Ore Geology Reviews 107, 532-545. [Link]

  6. Xiangye Kong, Jianhui Zeng, Xianfeng Tan, Kun Ding, Qun Luo, Qianyou Wang, et al., 2021. Natural tectonic fractures and their formation stages in tight reservoirs of Permian Lucaogou Formation, Jimsar Sag, southern Junggar Basin, NW China. Marine and Petroleum Geology 133, 105269. [Link]

  7. Wei Yang, Rusi Zuo, Zhenxue Jiang, Dongxia Chen, Yan Song, Qun Luo, Qianyou Wang, et al., 2018. Effect of lithofacies on pore structure and new insights into pore-preserving mechanisms of the over-mature Qiongzhusi marine shales in Lower Cambrian of the southern Sichuan Basin, China. Marine and Petroleum Geology 98, 746–762. [Link]

  8. Wei Yang, Rusi Zuo, Xu Wang, Yan Song, Zhenxue Jiang, Qun Luo, Jixuan Zhai, Qianyou Wang, et al., 2018. Sensitivity of lacustrine stromatolites to Cenozoic tectonic and climatic forcing in the southern Junggar Basin, NW China: New insights from mineralogical, stable and clumped isotope compositions. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 514(15), 109-123. [Link]

  9. Zhiyuan Chen, Yan Song, Zhuo Li, Shaobo Liu, Yaohua Li, Guoheng Liu, Wei Yang, Qianyou Wang, et al., 2019. The occurrence characteristics and removal mechanism of residual water in marine shales: a case study of Wufeng-Longmaxi shale in Changning-Weiyuan area, Sichuan basin. Fuel 253, 1056-1070. [Link]

  10. Xin Wang, Zhenxue Jiang, Kun Zhang, Ming Wen, Zixin Xue, Wei Wu, Yizhou Huang, Qianyou Wang, et al., 2020. Analysis of Gas Composition and Nitrogen Sources of Shale Gas Reservoir under Strong Tectonic Events: Evidence from the Complex Tectonic Area in the Yangtze Plate. Energies 13(1), 281. [Link]

  11. Wei Yang, Dongxia Chen, Zhenxue Jiang, Ziya Zhang, Bin Hao, Rusi Zuo, Qianyou Wang, et al., 2021. How argillaceous reservoirs exhibit better quality than silty mudstones? Anomalous behavior of shale gas-bearing properties of continental fine-grained sediments in Southwest China and its possible forcing mechanisms. Petroleum Science In press. [Link]

  12. Xiangye Kong, Jianhui Zeng, Xianfeng Tan, Xinglu Gao, Yu Peng, Qun Luo, Qianyou Wang, et al., 2021. Pore Structure Characteristics of Tight Carbonate Reservoir in Qingxi Sag, Jiuquan Basin. Lithosphere 2021 (Special 1), 5524247. [Link]

  13. Xiangye Kong, Jianhui Zeng, Xianfeng Tan, Haowei Yuan, Dan Liu, Qun Luo, Qianyou Wang, et al., 2021. Genetic Types and Main Control Factors of Microfractures in Tight Oil Reservoirs of Jimsar Sag. Geofluids 2021, 5558551. [Link]

  14. Fan Zhang, Zhenxue Jiang, Hanmin Xiao, Bin Hu, Peng Chen, Xianglu Tang, Wei Sun, Lin Zhu, Qianyou Wang, 2022. Testing origin of reservoir quality difference of tight sandstones in the Yanchang Formation, Ordos Basin, China. Marine and Petroleum Geology 2022, 105507. [Link]

  15. Xin Wang, Jianhui Zeng, Kunyu Wu, Xiangcheng Gao, Yibo Qiu, Tongzhi Lu, Kunkun Jia, Chen Zhang, Juncheng Qiao, Zixin Xue, Qianyou Wang, et al., 2021. Pore Structure and Connectivity of Mixed Siliciclastic-Carbonate Tight Reservoirs in the Palaeogene from Qaidam Basin, NW China. Geofluids 2021, 8348773. [Link]

  16. Wei Yang, Rusi Zuo, Dongxia Chen, Zhenxue Jiang, Lishuang Guo, Ziyi Liu, Rong Chen, Yunpeng Zhang, Ziya Zhang, Yan Song, Qun Luo, Qianyou Wang, et al., 2019. Climate and tectonic-driven deposition of sandwiched continental shale units: New insights from petrology, geochemistry, and integrated provenance analyses (the western Sichuan subsiding Basin, Southwest China). International Journal of Coal Geology 211, 103227. [Link]

Chinese Journal Papers


  1. Xin Wang, Jianhui Zeng, Xiangye Kong, Hengyuan Qiu, Qianyou Wang, Kunkun Jia, 2022. Controlling effect of shale pore wettability on spontaneous imbibition. Journal of Central South University(Science and Technology) 53(9), 3323–3336 (in Chinese with English abstract).

王鑫, 曾溅辉, 孔祥晔, 仇恒远, 王乾右, 贾昆昆, 2022. 页岩孔隙润湿性对自发渗吸的控制作用. 中南大学学报(自然科学版) 53(9), 3323–3336.

  1. Yaohua Li, Xingyou Xu, Junfeng Zhang, Shan Chen, Jing Bai, Weibin Liu, Qianyou Wang, 2022. Hybrid Sedimentary Conditions of Organic-Rich Shales in Faulted Lacustrine Basin during Volcanic Eruption Episode: A Case Study of Shahezi Formation (K1sh Fm.), Lishu Faulted Depression, South Songliao Basin. Earth Science 47(5), 1728-1747 (in Chinese with English abstract).

李耀华, 徐兴友, 张君峰, 陈珊, 白静, 刘卫彬, 王乾右, 2022. 火山活动期断陷湖盆富有机质混积页岩形成条件：以松辽盆地南部梨树断陷沙河子组富有机质页岩为例. 地球科学 47(5), 1728-1747.

  1. Jiankang Lu, Bin Hao, Chengshan Li, Weibin Wang, Qianyou Wang, et al., 2021. Permeability prediction of tight sandstone reservoirs based on flow unit classification. Petroleum Science Bulletin 6(3), 369–379 (in Chinese with English abstract). [Link]

鲁健康, 郝彬, 李程善, 王维斌, 王乾右等, 2021. 基于流动单元分类的致密砂岩储层渗透率预测. 石油科学通报 6(3), 369-379. [Link]

  1. Zhongwen Zheng, Qianyou Wang, Yunjin Ge, et al., 2018. Differences of microscopic pore characteristics among the Yanchang Formation Chang 8 – Chang 6 tight reservoirs in the western Ordos Basin. Science Technology and Engineering 18(15), 69–80 (in Chinese with English abstract). [Link]

郑忠文, 王乾右, 葛云锦等, 2018. 鄂尔多斯盆地西部延长组长8~长6段致密储层微观孔隙特征差异. 科学技术与工程 18(15), 69–80. [Link]

  1. Zhiye Gao, Yupeng Fan, Qinhong Hu, Zhenxue Jiang, Zhilong Huang, Qianyou Wang, et al. 2020. Differential development characteristics of organic matter pores and their impact on reservoir space of Longmaxi Formation shale from the south Sichuan Basin. Petroleum Science Bulletin 5(1), 1-16. (in Chinese with English abstract). [Link]

高之业, 范毓鹏, 胡钦红, 姜振学, 黄志龙, 王乾右等, 2020. 川南地区龙马溪组页岩有机质孔隙差异化发育特征及其对储集空间的影响. 石油科学通报 5(1), 1-16. [Link]

  1. Wei Yang, Jianfeng Cai, Qianyou Wang, et al., 2020. The controlling effect of organic matter coupling with organic matter porosity on shale gas enrichment of the Wufeng-Longmaxi marine shale. Petroleum Science Bulletin 5(2), 148–160 (in Chinese with English abstract). [Link]

杨威, 蔡剑锋, 王乾右等, 2020. 五峰—龙马溪组海相页岩生—储耦合演化及对页岩气富集的控制效应. 石油科学通报 5(2), 148–160. [Link]

  1. Zhe Cui, Wei Yang, Qianyou Wang, et al., 2020. Sealing property of roof and floor of Wufeng Formation-Longmaxi Formation and its influence on shale gas differential enrichment in Sichuan Basin and its surrounding areas. Marine Origin Petroleum Geology 25(3), 243-252 (in Chinese with English abstract).

崔哲, 杨威, 王乾右等, 2020. 顶底板封闭性对四川盆地及周缘五峰组—龙马溪组页岩气差异富集的影响. 海相油气地质 25(3), 243-252.

  1. Rusi Zuo, Wei Yang, Qianyou Wang, et al., 2019. Lithofacies-Control Microscopic Reservoir Characterization of the Continental Shale in the Xujiahe Formation of western Sichuan Depression. Special Oil and Gas Reservoirs 26(6), 22–28 (in Chinese with English abstract).

左如斯, 杨威, 王乾右等., 2019. 川西坳陷须家河组陆相页岩岩相控制下的微观储集特征. 特种油气藏 26(6), 22–28.

  1. Lin Wei, Wenguo Xu, Cang Yang, Yizhou Huang, Qianyou Wang, et al., 2017. Sedimentary boundary markers and geochemical indexes of shale sequence stratigraphy. Oil & Gas Geology 38(3), 524–533 (in Chinese with English abstract). [Link]

魏琳, 许文国, 杨仓, 黄一舟, 王乾右等, 2017. 页岩层序划分的界面沉积标志及地球化学指示. 石油与天然气地质 38(3), 524–533. [Link]

Conferences

  1. Qianyou Wang and Richard H. Worden, 2022. The barium-based bioproductivity estimates of the Early Silurian ocean: Constraints from petrologic, geochemical and time-series analysis. Postgraduate Research Conference 2022, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK, Poster presentation.

  2. Qianyou Wang, Yaohua Li, Xingyou Xu, Richard H. Worden, 2021. A terrestrial record of palaeoevironment and organic carbon burial during the Early Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Events (OAE1a-b): insights from geochemistry and sequence stratigraphy. BSRG Annual General Meeting 2021, Hull, UK, Oral presentation.

  3. Qianyou Wang, 2021. Hyalophane identified using backscatter and secondary electron images and EDS. SEM-SRF User Forum of University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK, Oral presentation.

  4. Qianyou Wang, Wei Yang, Zhenxue Jiang, et al., 2018. How do the depositional microfacies control the pore characteristics of tight reservoirs? The case of the Upper Triassic Yanchang Formation in the Southwestern Ordos Basin, China. 130th Annual Meeting of The Geological Society of America (GSA), Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, Oral presentation. [Link]

  5. Qianyou Wang, Wei Yang, Yan Song, et al., 2018. Depositional microfacies controls on the pore characteristics in tight sandstone reservoirs: a case study from the Upper Triassic Yanchang Formation, Southwest Ordos Basin, China. 35th Annual Meeting of The Society of Organic Petrology (TSOP), Beijing, CHINA, Poster presentation. [Link]

Awards & Scholarships

  • 2014 Outstanding Intern Award, Field Geological Practice in Zhoukoudian Area

  • 2014 First prize for Coal Sample Description, “Looking for Li Siguang” The Cultivation Project of Excellent Geologist

  • 2014 Third prize for Professional English Test, “Looking for Li Siguang” The Cultivation Project of Excellent Geologist