Research Areas
Has long been engaged in the research of basic theories, methods and technologies such as the stability of complex oil and gas wells and the integrity of wellbores, and the production of sand from oil and gas wells
Research Projects
[1] Research on distributed optical fiber acoustic sensing (DAS) monitoring the integrity of cement rings, National Natural Science Foundation of China
[2] Prediction of sand production mechanism of natural gas hydrate trial, top talent research fund project
[3] Research on the mechanism of dynamic borehole collapse and leakage in deep high temperature and high pressure anisotropic shale formations, National Engineering Laboratory for Oil and Gas Drilling Technology, Open
[4] Study on the failure mechanism of multi-field coupling full-life cycle cement ring integrity damage, State Key Laboratory of Shale Oil and Gas Enrichment Mechanism and Effective Development,
[5] Research on cavity morphology design and stability evaluation of double well in salt cavern gas storage, CNPC Langfang Institute of Science and Technology Co., Ltd., technical service project
Publications
[1] Xiaorong Li, Chadi S El Mohtar, and Kenneth Gray. “Modeling progressive breakouts with dynamic wellbore hydraulics.” SPE Journal. SPE-199887-PA.
[2] Xiaorong Li, Chadi S El Mohtar, and Kenneth Gray. “Modeling progressive breakouts in deviated wellbores.” Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 175 (2019): 905-918.
[3] Xiaorong Li, Yongcun Feng, and Kenneth Gray. "A hydro-mechanical sand erosion model for sand production simulation." Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 166 (2018): 208-224.
[4] Xiaorong Li, Yongcun Feng, Chadi El Mohtar, and Kenneth Gray. "Transient modeling of borehole breakouts: A coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical approach." Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 172 (2019): 1014-1024.
[5] Xiaorong Li, Hamza Jaffal, Yongcun Feng, Chadi El Mohtar, and Kenneth Gray. "Wellbore breakouts: Mohr-Coulomb plastic rock deformation, fluid seepage, and time-dependent mudcake buildup." Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering 52 (2018): 515-528.