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Overview

Hongliu Zeng is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Engineering. Their work spans various subfields including Mechanics of Materials, Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes, Geology, and Mechanical Engineering.

The primary research topics covered by Hongliu Zeng focus on hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, seismic imaging and inversion techniques, geological and geophysical studies, geological formations and processes, hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis, paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, and reservoir engineering and simulation methods.

Frequent publication venues for Hongliu Zeng's work include:

  • Interpretation
  • Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Geophysics
  • Applied Sciences
  • Second International Meeting for Applied Geoscience & Energy

Collaborations are notable with coauthors such as Hongtao Zhu, Xinming Wu, Zhaohui Xu, Xiaomin Zhu, and Shangsheng Yan, indicating active engagement in joint research efforts related to their fields of study.

Selected recent publications by Hongliu Zeng demonstrate a focus on the geological and geophysical characterization of reservoirs and sedimentology, including:

  • "Oil production characteristics and CO2 storage mechanisms of CO2 flooding in ultra-low permeability sandstone oil reservoirs" (2025) published in Petroleum Exploration and Development
  • "Deep Learning for Characterizing Paleokarst Collapse Features in 3-D Seismic Images" (2020) published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Depositional and diagenetic controls on deeply buried Cambrian carbonate reservoirs: Longwangmiao Formation in the Moxi-Gaoshiti area, Sichuan Basin, southwestern China" (2020) published in Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • "Seismic sedimentology analysis of fluvial-deltaic systems in a complex strike-slip fault zone, Bohai Bay Basin, China: Implications for reservoir prediction" (2021) published in Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
  • "An alternative, seismic-assisted method of fluvial architectural-element analysis in the subsurface: Neogene, Shaleitian area, Bohai Bay Basin, China" (2020) published in Marine and Petroleum Geology

Best Publications

  • Stratal slicing, Part I: Realistic 3-D seismic model

    Hongliu Zeng;Milo M. Backus;Kenneth T. Barrow;Noel Tyler

  • Stratal slicing, Part II : Real 3-D seismic data

    Hongliu Zeng;Stephen C. Henry;John P. Riola

  • High-frequency sequence stratigraphy from seismic sedimentology: Applied to Miocene, Vermilion Block 50, Tiger Shoal area, offshore Louisiana

    Hongliu Zeng;Tucker F. Hentz

  • Interpretive advantages of 90°-phase wavelets: Part 1 — Modeling

    Hongliu Zeng;Milo M. Backus

  • Interpretive advantages of 90°-phase wavelets: Part 2 — Seismic applications

    Hongliu Zeng;Milo M. Backus

  • Seismic sedimentology and regional depositional systems in Mioceno Norte, Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela

    Hongliu Zeng;William A. Ambrose;Edgar Villalta

  • Seismic frequency control on carbonate seismic stratigraphy: A case study of the Kingdom Abo sequence, west Texas

    Hongliu Zeng;Charles Kerans

  • Three-dimensional seismic geomorphology and analysis of the Ordovician paleokarst drainage system in the central Tabei Uplift, northern Tarim Basin, western China

    Hongliu Zeng;Robert Loucks;Xavier Janson;Guizhong Wang

  • Stratal slicing of Miocene-Pliocene sediments in Vermilion Block 50-Tiger Shoal Area, offshore Louisiana

    Hongliu Zeng;Tucker F. Hentz;Lesli J. Wood

  • Mapping sediment-dispersal patterns and associated systems tracts in fourth- and fifth-order sequences using seismic sedimentology: Example from Corpus Christi Bay, Texas

    Hongliu Zeng;Robert G. Loucks;L. Frank Brown

  • Sedimentary characteristics and seismic geomorphologic responses of a shallow-water delta in the Qingshankou Formation from the Songliao Basin, China

    Xiaomin Zhu;Hongliu Zeng;Shunli Li;Yanlei Dong

  • Guidelines for seismic sedimentologic study in non-marine postrift basins

    Hongliu Zeng;Xiaomin Zhu;Rukai Zhu;Qingshi Zhang

  • Oil production characteristics and CO2 storage mechanisms of CO2 flooding in ultra-low permeability sandstone oil reservoirs

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  • Complex fluid flow revealed by monitoring CO2 injection in a fluvial formation

    Jiemin Lu;Paul J. Cook;Seyyed A. Hosseini;Changbing Yang

  • Characterizing seismic bright spots in deeply buried, Ordovician Paleokarst strata, Central Tabei uplift, Tarim Basin, Western China

    Hongliu Zeng;Guizhong Wang;Xavier Janson;Robert G Loucks

  • Geologic significance of anomalous instantaneous frequency

    Hongliu Zeng

  • Stratal slicing: Benefits and challenges

    Hongliu Zeng

  • Facies Mapping from Three-Dimensional Seismic Data: Potential and Guidelines from a Tertiary Sandstone-Shale Sequence Model, Powderhorn Field, Calhoun County, Texas

    Hongliu Zeng;Milo M. Backus;Kenneth T. Barrow;Noel Tyler

  • Seismic geomorphology-based facies classification

    Hongliu Zeng

  • Sequence stratigraphy, seismic sedimentology, and lithostratigraphic plays: Upper Cretaceous, Sifangtuozi area, southwest Songliao Basin, China

    Wenzhi Zhao;Caineng Zou;Yingliu Chi;Hongliu Zeng

  • Deep Learning for Characterizing Paleokarst Collapse Features in 3-D Seismic Images

    Xinming Wu;Shangsheng Yan;Jie Qi;Hongliu Zeng

  • What is seismic sedimentology? A tutorial

    Hongliu Zeng

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert G. Loucks
Robert G. Loucks The University of Texas at Austin
Kurt J. Marfurt
Kurt J. Marfurt University of Oklahoma
Rukai Zhu
Rukai Zhu Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development
Xinming Wu
Xinming Wu University of Science and Technology of China
Lei Jiang
Lei Jiang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Keyu Liu
Keyu Liu China University of Petroleum, Beijing
Shiguo Wu
Shiguo Wu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Sergey Fomel
Sergey Fomel The University of Texas at Austin
Tongwei Zhang
Tongwei Zhang The University of Texas at Austin
Gerard T. Schuster
Gerard T. Schuster University of Utah

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