Faculty

Sept 2005-July 2015       China University of Petroleum (East China)      Bachelor and Ph. D           

Sept 2013-Oct 2014        Pennsylvania State University                           Visiting Scholar                   

Mar 2023 – present      Shanghai Jiao Tong University                Assistant Professor

Aug 2019 – Aug 2022          The University of Warwick                Marie Curie Research Fellow

Sep 2017 – Jul 2019          SINOPEC Research Institute of Petroleum Engineering (SRIPE)     Associate Research Fellow

Aug 2015 – Sep 2018        SRIPE & China University of Petroleum (Beijing)    Postdoctoral Fellow

• CO2 Capture, Utilization and Storage
• Underground H2 storage
• AI-based fundamental research
• Application of AI algorithm to field engineering
• Low carbon geo-energy exploitation

• 2024-2027 National Natural Science Foundation of China: A cross-scale study of proppant filling and pressure response mechanism in shale artificial fractures
• 2019-2022 H2020-MSCA-IF: Carbon fracturing and storage in shale with wellbore infrastructure monitoring (No. 846775)               320,000 EUR                        In-charge
• 2017-2019 SINOPEC Key Project of Ministry of Science and Technology: Multi-scale fracturing technique for deep shale gas reservoir (P17014-6)    8,000,000 RMB            In-charge
• 2012-2014 The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities: Fundamental study of particle settling and flowing in supercritical CO₂               In-charge
• 2016-2019 National major science and technology projects: Demonstration project of normal pressure shale gas exploration in Pengshui area (No. 2017ZX05005)             Participate
• 2013-2016 Major Projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China: Supercritical CO₂ fracturing engineering in the unconventional natural gas reservoir (No. U1262202)            Participate
• 2011-2014 Major Projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China: Fundamental research on supercritical CO₂ utilization in the unconventional reservoir (No. 51034007)              Participate

1. Hou, L.*, Ren, J., Zhang, L., Bian X., Sun H., Cheng Y., Wang W. (2024). A data-driven strategy for pre-fracturing design of pump rate in deep shale gas fracturing. Gas Science and Engineering.
2. Hou, L.*, Elsworth, D.; Gong, P.; Bian, X.; Zhang, L. (2024). Integration of Real-Time Monitoring and Data Analytics to Mitigate Sand Screenouts During Fracturing Operations. SPE Journal.
3. Hou, L.*, Zhou, L., Elsworth, D., Wang S., Wang W. 2024). Prediction of fracturing pressure and parameter evaluations at field practical scales. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering.
4. Hou, L.*, Elsworth, D., Zhang, L., Gong, P., Liu, H. (2024). Recalibration of CO2 storage in shale: prospective and contingent storage resources, and capacity. Energy, 290.
5. Hou, L., Elsworth, D., Wang, J., Zhou, J., Zhang, F. (2024). Feasibility and prospects of symbiotic storage of CO2 and H2 in shale reservoirs. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 189: p. 113878.                               (IF: 15.9)
6. Hou, L, et al (2023). Post-Fracturing Evaluation of Fractures by Interpreting the Dynamic Matching Between Proppant Injection and Fracture Propagation. in 57th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium.
7. Zhang, J., Zhang, N., Sun, X., Zhong, J., Wang, Z. *, Hou, L. **, Li, S., & Sun, B. (2023). Pore-scale investigation on methane hydrate formation and plugging under gas–water flow conditions in a micro-model. Fuel, 333.
8. Hou, L, Elsworth, D.*, Zhang, F., et al (2023). Evaluation of proppant injection based on a data-driven approach integrating numerical and ensemble learning models, Energy, 264.                                           
9. Hou, L.*, Ren, J., Fang, Y., et al. (2022) Data-driven optimization of brittleness index for hydraulic fracturing, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 159.            
10. Hou, L.*, Wang, X., et al. (2022) Evaluating essential features of proppant transport at engineering scales combining field measurements with machine learning algorithms, Journal of Nature Gas Science and Engineering, 107.  
11. Hou, L., Elsworth, D., Xiaoyu, W. (2022) An indirect method of fracturing pressure interpretation based on data-driven workflows, Paper presented at 83rd EAGE Annual Conference & Exhibition, Madrid, Spain.
12. Hou, L.*, Cheng, Y., Elsworth, D, et al. (2022). Prediction of the continuous probability of sand screenout based on a deep learning workflow, SPE Journal, 27.
13. Hou, L.*, Cheng, Y., Wang, X., et al (2022). Effect of slickwater-alternate-slurry injection on proppant transport at field scales: A hybrid approach combining experiments and deep learning, Energy, 242.
14. Hou, L.*, Zhang, S., Elsworth, D., et. Al. (2021). Review of fundamental studies of CO₂ fracturing: fracture propagation, propping and permeating. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 205.   
15. Hou, L.*, Elsworth, D. (2021). Mechanisms of tripartite permeability evolution for supercritical CO₂ in propped shale fractures. Fuel, 292. 
16. Hou, L.*, Elsworth, D.*, Geng, X. (2020). Swelling and embedment induced by sub- and super-critical-CO₂ on the permeability of propped fractures in shale. International Journal of Coal Geology, 225.  
17. Hou, L., Bian, X., Geng, X., Sun, B., Liu, H., et. Al. (2019). Incipient motion behavior of the settled particles in supercritical CO₂. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 68.                   
18. Hou, L., Jiang, T., Liu, H., Geng, X., Sun, B., et. Al. (2017). An evaluation method of supercritical CO₂ thickening result for particle transporting. Journal of CO2 Utilization, 21.                  
19. Hou, L., Sun, B., Geng, X., Jiang, T., & Wang, Z. (2017). Study of the slippage of particle/supercritical CO₂ two-phase flow. The Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 120. 
20. Hou, L., Sun, B., Wang, Z., & Li, Q. (2015). Experimental study of particle settling in supercritical carbon dioxide. The Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 100.     

Carbon Resources Circular Technology, Postgraduate, 2024 spring/autumn

1. A method for the up-scaling of indoor experiments                                      Patent No. 201810057365.6
2. Apparatus for evaluating thickened CO₂ for proppant transport                   Application No. CN110132959A
3. A V-shape fracturing curve technic for deep-shale fracturing                       Patent No. 201710493684.7
4. A method of multi-scale fracture stimulation                                                 Patent No. 201710498818.4
5. A high energy arc composite fracturing technique for deep shale gas          Patent No. 201711209998.6
6. Apparatus for Proppant Transport Research Using CO₂                                 Patent No. 201210172246.8
7. A method of complex deep shale gas volumetric fracturing                          Patent No. 201711210031.X

• Academic Member of UK Carbon Capture and Storage Research Centre
• Registered expert for EU fundings
• Advisor at WSS Energy Consulting Limited (Part-time)
• Youth Editorial Board Member of Carbon Neutrality
• Member of Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
• Member of European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers (EAGE)
• American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA）
• Reviewer for Fuel, Int J Rock Mech Min Sci, among others.

• European Commission Marie Curie Individual Fellowship Award                              2019
• First prize of technology advancement award at SRIPE (SINOPEC)                           2018
• Second Prize in innovation project competition at SRIPE (SINOPEC)                        2017