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University of Wyoming

 

 

Xina Xie

Chemical and Petroleum Engineering

University of Wyoming

1000 E. University Ave.  Engineering 4046

Laramie, WY 82071

Phone:  307-766-2845

Fax:  307-766-2737

e-mail: xxie@uwyo.edu


Education
B.S. Southwestern Petroleum Institute
M.S. Sciences Academy of China
Ph.D. University of Wyoming

Professional Experience
Sr. Research Scientist at University of Wyoming
Advisory Scientist at the Idaho National Lab
Principal Investigator and the R&D Scientist of DOE projects at the Correlations Company.
Research engineer at the China National Petroleum Corporation


Areas Of Experience
Enhanced oil and gas recovery by waterflooding and chemical treatment, and physical and chemical interaction between oil, water and rock surfaces, and oil/water/rock wettability.


Current Research
Low salinity waterflooding to improve oil recovery, chemical stimulation of oil and gas wells, and CO2 related issues.


Bio
Xina Xie currently is a Research Professor at the University of Wyoming. She is also an Advisory Scientist at the Idaho National Lab. Previously she worked as a research scientist at the University of Wyoming, the Principal Investigator and the R&D Scientist of DOE projects at the Correlations Company, and a research engineer at the China National Petroleum Corporation. She received her BS from the Southwestern Petroleum Institute, MS at the Sciences Academy of China, and Ph.D. from the University of Wyoming, all in petroleum engineering. Her research interests include enhanced oil and gas recovery by waterflooding and chemical treatment, and physical and chemical interaction between oil, water and rock surfaces, and oil/water/rock wettability. She has over 30 technical publications. Her current activities include low salinity waterflooding to improve oil recovery, chemical stimulation of oil and gas wells, and CO2 related issues.


Publications

Xie, X. and Economides, M.J., “The impact of carbon geological sequestration,” Paper SPE 120333 to be presented at the 2009 SPE Americas E&P Environmental & Safety Conference held in San Antonio, TX, USA, March 23-25, 2009.

Loahardjo, N., Xie, X. and Morrow, N.R., “Oil recovery by cyclic waterflooding of mixed-wet sandstone and limestone,” Paper presented at the 10th International Symposium on Evaluation of Reservoir Wettability and Its Effect on Oil Recovery. Abu Dhabi, UAE. Oct.26-28, 2008.

Xie, X., Liu, Y., Sharma, M.M. and Weiss, W.W., “Wettability alteration to increase deliverability of gas production wells,” Paper SPE 117353 presented at the 2008 SPE Eastern Regional/AAPG Eastern Section Joint Meeting held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 11–15 October 2008.

Pu, H., Xie, X., Yin, P. and Morrow, N.R., “Application of coalbed methane water to oil recovery by low salinity waterflooding,” Paper SPE 113410 presented at the 2008 SPE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium held in Tulsa, OK, April 19-23, 2008.

Wang, W., Lu, X.G. and Xie, X., “Evaluation of intra-molecular cross-linked polymers”, Paper SPE 113760 presented at the 2008 SPE Western Regional and Pacific Section AAPG Joint Meeting held in Bakersfield, California, U.S.A., 31 March–2 April 2008.

Zhang, Y.S., Xie, X. and Morrow, N.R., “Waterflood performance by injection of brine with different salinity on reservoir cores,” paper SPE 109849 presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Nov. 11-14, 2007, Anaheim, California, USA.

Loahardjo, N., Xie, X. Morrow, N.R., “Low salinity waterflooding of a reservoir rock,” Paper SCA82 presented at the International Symposium of the Society of Core Analysts, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2007.

Xie, X., Pu, H. and Morrow, N.R., “Aspects of coalbed methane water and oil recovery,” paper presented at the 2007 National Meeting of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation, Gillette WY, June, 2-7, 2007. R.I. Barnhisel (Ed.) Published by ASMR, 3134 Montavesta Rd., Lexington, KY 40502, USA.

Weiss, W.W. and Xie, X., “Oil field surfactants improve recovery via imbibition,” SPE 106402 presented at the 2007 SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry held in Houston, TX, Feb. 28 - Mar. 2, 2007.

Xie, X., Fox, S.L. and Bala, G.A., “Spontaneous imbibition in porous basalt mediated by microbial perturbations,” J. Petr. Sci. Eng . 52(2006) 287 – 296.

Xie, X., Weiss, W.W., Tong, Z.X. and Morrow, N.R., “Improved oil recovery from carbonate reservoirs by chemical stimulation,” Paper SPE/DOE 89424, Sept. 2005 SPE journal, 276 - 285.

Xie, X., Bloomfield, K., Mines, G. and Shook, M., “Design considerations for artificial lifting of enhanced geothermal system fluids,” Geothermal Resources Council Transactions, Vol.29, September 25-29, 2005.

Xie, X., Bloomfield, K.K., Mines, G.L. and Shook, G.M., “Design considerations for artificial lifting of enhanced geothermal system fluids,” Prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under DOE Idaho Operations Office, Contract DE-AC07-05ID14517, INL/EXT-05-00533, July 2005.

Xie, X., Perkowski, J., Garcia, H. and Findikakis, A., "Carbon sequestration evaluation," INL external report, Bechtel Future-Gen CFRD project, January 2005.

Fox, S.L., Xie, X. and Bala, G.A., “Permeability Modification Using a Reactive Alkaline-Soluble Biopolymer,” paper presented at the Annual AIChE meeting, November 7 – 12, 2004, Austin, Texas.

Weiss, W.W., Xie, X., Weiss, J.W., Subramaniam, V., Taylor, A. and Edens, F., “ Artificial intelligence used to evaluate 23 single-well surfactant soak treatments,” Paper SPE/DOE 89457 presented at the SPE/DOE 14th Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, 17–21 April 2004, Tulsa, Oklahoma. June 2006 SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, 209-216.

Bala, B.A., Bruhn, D.F., Fox, S.L., Noah, K.S., Schaller,K.D., Robertson, E.P. and Xie, X., “INEEL biotechnology for oilfield application - Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery,” INEEL external report INEEL/EXT-03-01342, Nov. 2003.

Fox, S.L., Xie, X., Schaller K.D., Robertson, E.P. and Bala, G.A., “Permeability modification using a reactive alkaline-soluble biopolymer,” INEEL external report INEEL/EXT-03-01243, Oct. 2003.

Tong, Z.X., Xie, X. and Morrow, N.R., “Crude oil composition and the stability of mixed wettability in sandstones” Petrophysics 44, 4, 233-242, July - August, 2003.

Tong, Z.X., Morrow, N.R. and Xie, X., “Spontaneous imbibition for mixed-wettability states in sandstones induced by adsorption from crude oil”, JPSE, 39, 3-4, Sept. 2003, 351-361.

Xie, X. Morrow, N.R. and Buckley, J.S., “Contact angle hysteresis and the stability of wetting changes induced by adsorption from crude oil,” J. Pet. Sci. Eng , 33 (2002) 147-159.

Tong, Z., Xie, X. and Morrow, N.R., “Scaling of viscosity ratio for oil recovery by imbibition from mixed-wet rocks,” Petrophysics, Vol.43, No.4, July - August 2002, 338-346.

Wo, S., Xie, X. and Morrow, N.R., “A Statistical model of apparent pore size distribution and drainage capillary pressure,” Colloids and Surfaces, A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 187-188 (2001) 449-457.

Xie, X. and Morrow, N.R., “Oil recovery by spontaneous imbibition from weakly water-wet rocks,” Presented in International Symposium of the Society of Core Analysts, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, October 2000. Petrophysics, Vol.2, No.4, 313-322, July - August 2001.

Xie, X. and Morrow, N.R.: “Contact angles on quartz induced by adsorption of heteropolar hydrocarbons”, J. Adhesion Sci. Technol., Vol.13, No.10, 1119-1135 (1999).

Morrow, N.R. and Xie, X.: “Surface energy and imbibition into triangular pores”, Characterization and Measurement of the Hydraulic Properties of Unsaturated Porous Media, Part 1, Ed. M.The.Van Genuchten, F.J.Leij and L. Wu. U. of California at Riverside, 1999, 109-120.

Morrow N.R., Tang G., Valat M. and Xie X.: “Prospects of improved oil recovery related to wettability and brine composition,” J. Pet. Sci. Eng., 20 (June 1998), 267-276.

Xie, X. and Morrow, N.R.: “Wetting of quartz by oleic/aqueous liquids and adsorption from crude oil,” Colloids and Surfaces, A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 138 (1998), 97-108.

Xie, X. Morrow, N.R. and Buckley, J.S., “Crude oil/brine contact angles on quartz glass,” Paper SCA 9712 presented in International Symposium of the Society of Core Analysts, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 7-10, 1997.

Buckley, J.S., Liu, Y., Xie, X. and Morrow, N.R., “Asphaltene and crude oil wetting - the effect of oil composition,” Soc. Pet. Eng. J. (June 1997), 107-119.

Liu, Y., Xie, X., Buckley, J.S. and Morrow, N.R., “Static and dynamic measurements of contact angles on crude oil treated surfaces,” PRRC #96-04.

Mennella, A., Morrow, N.R. and Xie, X., “Application of the dynamic Wilhelmy plate to identification of slippage at a liquid-liquid-solid three-phase line of contact,” J. Pet. Sci. Eng., 13 (1995), 179-192.

Zhou, X.M., Torsaeter, O., Xie, X. and Morrow, N.R., “The effect of crude oil aging time and temperature on the rate of water imbibition and long-term recovery for crude oil/brine/sandstone systems,” SPE Formation Evaluation, December 1995, 259-265.

Wo, S. and Xie, X., “The three-parameter model of capillary pressure curves,” Supplement, 1991, Petroleum Exploration and Development of China, 172-177.

Huang, J.Q. and Xie, X., “Experimental research of equilibrium and non-equilibrium dynamic adsorption of cadmium ions in soil - effect of different acidities and saturation,” Ser. B, 2(1992), Journal of Hydrodynamics of China, 1-9.

Huang, J.Q. and Xie, X., “A multi-purpose apparatus used in soil science and its illustration of application,” Ser. A, vol.6, No.1, Mar. 1991, Journal of Hydrodynamics of China, 137-140.

Xie, X. and Liu, C.Q., “Alkaline consumption and its analysis under dynamic conditions,” Vol.6, No. 3, 1989, Oilfield Chemistry of China, 243-246.

Xie, X. and Liu, C.Q., “The effect of adsorption on caustic consumption in caustic waterflooding,” No. 2, 1989, Petroleum Exploration and Development of China, 67-72.

Xie, X. and Liu, C.Q., “Caustic flooding and calculation of alkali transport in porous media,” No. 1, 1987, Petroleum Exploration and Development of China, 70-75.