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Lixing Lin

Personal Website: https://www.llin.ca

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Faculty of Engineering - Civil and Environmental Engineering Dept
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lixing1@ualberta.ca

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Area of Study / Keywords

Unconventional oil recovery; Enhanced oil recovery; CCUS; UHS; Steam injection; Chemical EOR; Heavy oil recovery; Thermodynamics; Phase behavior modeling.

About

Lixing Lin is a petroleum engineering researcher who has made significant contributions to fluid flow in porous media. His research area includes thermal and solvent-based heavy oil recovery, enhanced oil recovery in unconventional reservoirs, CCUS and underground hydrogen storage (UHS). 

Research

PUBLICATIONS

Journal papers

  • Lin L., Babadagli T., Li H., 2026. Pore-Scale Investigation of Boundary and Gravity Effects on Chemical-Assisted Spontaneous Imbibition Using Microfluidics. Langmuir. 42 (25): 18289–18301. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.6c01981.
  • Lin L., Babadagli T., Li H., 2025. Using Visual Aids to Clarify the Matrix-Fracture Fluid Interaction in Enhanced Unconventional Oil Recovery with Chemical Additives. SPE Journal. 30 (09): 5783–5795. https://doi.org/10.2118/223984-PA.
  • Lin L., Babadagli, T., Li H., 2025. Matrix-Fracture Interaction Dynamics in Carbonates and Tight Sandstones when Different Chemicals are Used as Fracturing Fluids and Oil Recovery Additives. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 64 (9): 4905–4916. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.4c04458.
  • Lin L., Babadagli T., Li H., 2025. An Empirical Model for Predicting Saturation Pressure of Pure Hydrocarbons in Nanopores. Fluid Phase Equilibria. 588: 114232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fluid.2024.114232.
  • Ogunkunle T., Jang H.W., Syed A.H., Billings R., Lin L., Zhang Y., Dandekar A., 2025.  Experimental Investigation of Hybrid Enhanced Oil Recovery techniques for Ugnu Heavy Oil on Alaska North Slope. Petroleum Science, 22 (2): 710 –723. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petsci.2024.11.005.
  • Hu K., Wang Z., Wang Fei, Pang Y., Lin L., Chen Z., Shi J., 2025. Fractal Analysis of the Pore Structure of Marine Shale in the Sichuan Basin. Energy & Fuels. 39 (30): 14572–14588. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5c02244.
  • Du X., Xi C., Zhou Y., Shen D., Wang B., Liu T., Zhao F., Shi L., Lin L.*, Istratescu G., Babadagli T., Li H., 2025. Organic Alkalis as Additives in Hot Water Flooding for Enhancing Heavy Oil Recovery. Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering. 103 (8): 3955–3970. https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.25585.  *Corresponding author.
  • Lin L., Babadagli T., Li H., 2024. Understanding the Dynamics of Matrix-fracture Interaction: The First Step for Suitable Fracturing Fluid Design and Chemical EOR in Unconventional Oil/Gas Recovery. SPE Journal. 29 (11): 6251–6269. https://doi.org/10.2118/218032-PA.
  • Du X., Liu T., Xi C., Wang B., Qi Z., Zhou Y., Xu J., Lin L.*, Istratescu G., Babadagli T., Li H., 2023. Can Hot Water Injection with Chemical Additives be an Alternative to Steam Injection: Static and Dynamic Experimental Evidence. Fuel. 331: 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2022.125751.*Corresponding author.
  • Mohammedalmojtaba M., Lin L., Istratescu G., Babadagli  T., Zadeh A., Anderson M., Patterson C., 2020. Underlying Physics of Heavy Oil Recovery by Gas Injection: An Experimental Parametric Analysis When Oil Exists in The Form of Oil Based Emulsion. Chemical Engineering Research and Design. 163:192–203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cherd.2020.09.003.
  • Lin L., Zeng F., Gu Y., 2014. A Circular Solvent Chamber Model for Simulating The VAPEX Heavy Oil Recovery Process. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. 118 (6): 27–39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2014.03.010.
  • Liu S., Sang S., Zhu Q., Zhang J., Gao H., Liu H., Lin L., 2015. Triple Medium Physical Model of Post Fracturing High-Rank Coal Reservoir in Southern Qinshui Basin. Journal of Earth Science. 26 (23): 407–415. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12583-014-0501-z.
  • Wang H., Lin L.*, Du Z., Zhang M., 2012. Signal Processing in Liquid Level Detection with Acoustic Method Using Spectral Subtraction. Journal of Oil and Gas Technology. 34 (1): 118–122. http://dianda.cqvip.com/Qikan/Article/Detail?id=40284346.  *Corresponding author.
  • Wang H., Lin L.*, 2011. Signal denoising in Liquid Level Detection with Acoustic Method Using Wavelet Transform. Industrial Instrumentation & Automation. 6: 56–58. http://dianda.cqvip.com/Qikan/Article/Detail?id=40344788. *Corresponding author.

Conference papers

  • Lin L., Babadagli T., Li H., 2025. Using Visual Aids to Clarify the Matrix-Fracture Fluid Interaction in Enhanced Unconventional Oil and Gas Recovery with Chemical Additives. SPE Canadian Energy Technology Conference and Exhibition. March 12-13, Calgary, AB. SPE-223984-MS. https://doi.org/10.2118/223984-MS.
  • Lin L., Babadagli T., Li H., 2024. Understanding the Dynamics of Matrix-fracture Interaction for Suitable Fracturing Fluid Design and Chemical EOR in Unconventional Oil/Gas Recovery. SPE Canadian Energy Technology Conference and Exhibition. March 13-14, Calgary, AB. SPE-218032-MS. https://doi.org/10.2118/218032-MS.
  • Lin L., Babadagli T., Li H., 2023. Accurate Prediction of the Saturation Pressures of Hydrocarbons in Unconventional Reservoirs: A Modified Alpha-function for the Peng-Robinson Equation of State. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. October 16-18, San Antonio, TX. SPE-214983-MS. https://doi.org/10.2118/214983-MS.
  • Lin L., Ma H., Zeng F., Gu Y., 2014. Experimental and Numerical Studies of The Reservoir Permeability And Drainage Height Effects on The Solvent-Diluted Heavy Oil Gravity Drainage. Paper SPE 170096. SPE Heavy Oil Conference Canada. June 10–12, Calgary, Alberta. https://doi.org/10.2118/170096-MS.
  • Lin L., Ma H., Zeng F., Gu Y., 2014. A Critical Review of The Solvent-Based Heavy Oil Recovery Methods. Paper SPE 170098. SPE Heavy Oil Conference Canada. June 10–12, Calgary, Alberta. https://doi.org/10.2118/170098-MS.