Dr. Kewen Li

Senior Scientist and Research Manager
Department of Petroleum Engineering
Green Earth Science Building
Stanford University
367 Panama Street
Stanford, CA 94305-2220

Research Interests:

1.     Improved oil recovery

2.     Prediction of production performance

3.     Multi-phase fluid flow in porous media

4.     Up-scaling of experimental data

5.     Numerical simulation

6.     Fractal characterization of heterogeneity

7.     Renewable and clean energy

List of Publications in Journals:

  1. Li, K., Chow, K., and Horne, R.N.: “Influence of Initial Water Saturation on Recovery by Spontaneous Imbibition in Gas-Water-Rock Systems and the Calculation of Relative Permeability,” SPEREE (accepted, in press, 2006).
  2. Li, K. and Horne, R.N.: “Generalized Scaling Approach for Spontaneous Imbibition: An Analytical Model,” SPEREE (in press, 2006).
  3. Li, K. and Horne, R.N.: “Comparison of Methods to Calculate Relative Permeability from Capillary Pressure in Consolidated Water-Wet Porous Media,” Water Resources Research (in press, 2006).
  4. Li, K. and Williams, W.: “Determination of Capillary Pressure Function from Resistivity Data,” Transport in Porous Media (in press, 2006).
  5. Li, K. and Horne, R.N.: “Fractal Modeling of Capillary Pressure Curves for The Geysers Rocks,” Geothermics (in press, 2006).
  6. Li, K. and Horne, R.N.: “Computation of Capillary Pressure and Global Mobility from Spontaneous Water Imbibition into Oil-Saturated Rock,” SPEJ (December 2005), 458-465.
  7. Li, K. and Horne, R.N.: “An Analytical Model for Production Decline Curve Analysis in Naturally Fractured Reservoir,” SPEREE (June 2005), 197-204.
  8. Li, K. and Horne, R.N.: “Experimental Study of Gas Slippage in Two-Phase Flow,” SPEREE (December 2004), 409-414.
  9. Li, K. and Horne, R.N.: “An Analytical Scaling Method for Spontaneous Imbibition in Gas-Water-Rock Systems,” SPEJ (September 2004), 9(3), 322-329.
  10. Li, K. and Horne, R.N.: “Steam-Water and Air-Water Capillary Pressures: Measurement and Comparison,” J. of Canadian Petroleum Technology (July 2004), V.43, No. 7, 24-30.
  11. Li, K. and Horne, R.N.: “An Experimental and Theoretical Study of Steam-Water Capillary Pressure,” SPEREE (December 2001), p.477-482.
  12. Li, K. and Horne, R.N.: “Characterization of Spontaneous Water Imbibition into Gas-Saturated Rocks,” SPEJ (December 2001), 6(4), p.375-384.
  13. Li, K. and Firoozabadi, A.: “Experimental Study of Wettability Alteration to Preferential Gas-Wetness in Porous Media and its Effect,” SPEREE (April 2000), 139-149.
  14. Li, K. and Firoozabadi, A.: “Phenomenological Modeling of Critical Condensate Saturation and Relative Permeabilities in Gas Condensate Systems,” SPEJ (June 2000), 138-147.
  15. Li, K., Dai, Z., and Jiang, Y.: “A Comparison of Water-Oil Relative Permeabilities Using Steady-State Flow and Unsteady-State Flow Techniques,” J. of Petroleum Exploration and Development, V. 22, No.1, p.77-82, 1995.
  16. Li, K., Luo, M., and Wang, J.: "A Modified JBN Method and the Software for Calculating Oil/Water Relative Permeabilities,” J. of Petroleum Exploration and Development, V. 21, No. 2, p.45-51, 1994.
  17. Li, K., Shen, P., and Qing, T.: “A New Method for Calculating Oil-Water Relative Permeabilities with Capillary Pressure Included,” J. of Mechanics and Practice, V. 16, No. 2, p.46-48, 1994.
  18. Li, K.: “Coal/Water Slurry Used in Diesel Engines and Its Rheology,” J. of Procession and Application of Coal, V. 7, No. 5, p.31-34, 1991.
  19. Li, K. and Qing, T.: “Fractal Geometry and Its Application in Petroleum Engineering,” J. of Petroleum Exploration and Development, V. 17, No. 5, p.109-114, 1990.
  20. Li, K.: “An Optimistic Method for Calculating Oil-Water Relative Permeability Curves from Dynamic Displacement Data,” J. of Jianghan Petroleum Institute, V. 11, No. 3, p.45- 54, 1989.
  21. Li, K., Qing, T., and Shen, P.: “A New Steady-State Method for Measuring Oil-Water Relative Permeabilities,” J. of Petroleum Exploration and Development, V. 16, No. 4, p.41-46, 1989.
  22. Li, K., Qing, T., and Shen, P.: “Calculation of 3-Phase Relative Permeabilities from Pore Size Distribution,” J. of Chinese Petroleum, V. 10, No. 4, p.65-73, 1989.
  23. Li, K.: “Theoretical Method for Calculating Oil-Water Relative Permeability by Effective Medium Theory,” J. of Jianghan Petroleum Institute, V.10, No. 3, p.55-65, 1988.

Books:

1.     Li, K., and Shen, P.: “Rheology of Crude Oil and Slurry,” Chinese Petroleum Industry Press, ISBN 7-5021-1246, 1994.

2.     Shen, P., Li, K., and Li, B.: “Technical Handbook of Petrophysical Experiments,” China Petroleum Industry Press, ISBN 7-5021-1367, 1995.

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Links:

PE Department

PKU

Stanford Geothermal Program



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