-Ph.D., Petroleum Geology , China University of Geoscience , 2002

-M.S., Petroleum and Natura Gas Engineering, Graduate School of RIPED, 1995

-B.S., Reservoir Engineering, Daqing Petroleum Institute, 1992

Research Interests:
Dr. Bai's research focuses on methods to reduce surfactant loss in foam flooding processes, conformance-control technology studies and field applications. He has authored or coauthored 28 papers on improved oil recovery, including gel system development and evaluation, core-flooding experiments, reservoir simulation, software development, and some field applications involving water control technology.

Selected Publications:
1. Bai, B. , Grigg, R., “Adsorption Kinetics of Surfactant Used in CO 2 -Foam Flooding onto Berea Sandstone,” Paper SPE95920 accepted to be presented at 2005 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held in Dallas, TX, U.S.A. Oct 2005.

2.  Bai, B ., Grigg,R., “Equilibria and Kinetics of Calcium Lignosulfonate Adsorption and Desorption onto Limestone,” paper SPE93098 presented at the SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry held in Houston , TX , U.S.A. February 2005.

3. Grigg, R., and Bai, B ., “Sorption of a CO2-Foaming Agent onto Five minerals and Three Porous Media,” paper,” paper SPE93100 presented at the SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry held in Houston , TX , U.S.A. February 2005.

4. Liu,Y.Z., Grigg, R. a1nd Bai, B. , “Salinity, pH, and Surfactant Concentration Effects on CO2-Foam,” paper SPE93095 accepted for presentation at the SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry held in Houston, TX, U.S.A. February 2005.

5. Grigg, R., Bai, B ., “Calcium Lignosulfonate Adsorption and Desorption on Berea Sandstone,” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science , 279(1), November 2004.

6. Grigg, R., Bai, B .,and Y. Liu, “Competitive Adsorption of a Hybrid Surfactant System onto Five Minerals, Berea Sandstone, and Limestone,” paper SPE90612 presented at the SPE ATCE held in Houston , Texas , U.S.A. , September 26–29, 2004 .

7.  Bai, B ., et al, “Preformed Particle Gel for Conformance Control: Transport through Porous Media and IOR Mechanisms,” paper SPE89468 presented at the 2004 SPE/DOE 14 th Symposium on IOR held in Tulsa, OK, U.S.A., April 17–21, 2004.

8.  Bai, B. , et al, “Preformed Particle Gel for Conformance Control: Factors Affecting its Properties and Applications” paper SPE 89389 presented at the 2004 SPE/DOE 14 th Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery held in Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.A., April 17–21, 2004.

9.  Bai, B . , Li, L., “Intrinsic Factor Analysis of Influencing Pre-Gelled Particles Property,” Petroleum Exploration and Development , 29(2), 2002.

10. Bai, B ., Tang, X., “Weak Gel RNJ-L as Flooding Fluid for In-depth Permeability Control in Low Temperature Reservoirs,” Oilfield Chemistry , 18(4), 2001.

11. Liu, Y.Z., Bai, B ., Li, Y., etc, “Optimization Design for Conformance Control Based on Profile Modification Treatments of Multiple Injectors in a Reservoir," paper SPE64731 presented at the 2000 SPE International Symposium held in Beijing, China, October 15-20, 2000.

12. Bai, B ., and Han, M., etc, "Selective Water Shutoff Technology Study and Application of W/O Emulsions", paper SPE59320 presented at the 2000 SPE/DOE 12 th Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery held in Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.A., April 3-5, 2000.

13. Bai, B. ,Liu, Y.Z., “Design Methods of Water Shutoff,” Oil drilling & Production Technology , 22 (5), 2000.

14. Bai, B. , Liu, Y.Z., Li, Y., “How to Prevent Profile Control Agent from Damaging Non-target Zones,” ACTA , 19 (3), 1998.