(1) Oil and gas geochemistry
(2) Shale oil and gas

Ph.D., Organic Geochemistry,  Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, 2003-2006

M.S.and B.S., Geology, China University of Petroleum (East China), 1996-2003

Visiting scholar, The University of Texas at Austin, 2014-2015;

Research Associate Prof., Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, 2008-present

Research Assistant Prof., Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, 2006-2008

1.      Cheng, P., Liu, B., Tian*, H., Xiao, X., Gai, H., Zhou, Q., Li, T., Liu, D., 2021. Fluorescence lifetime evolution of crude oils during thermal cracking: Implications from pyrolysis experiments in a closed system. Organic Geochemistry 159, 104273.

2.      Wu, Y., Tian*, H., Li, T., Li, Z., Ji, S., Xiao, X., Xie, L., 2021. Enhanced terrestrial organic matter burial in the marine shales of Yangtze platform during the early Carboniferous interglacial interval. Marine and Petroleum Geology 129, 105064.

3.      Wu, Y., Tian*, H., Li, J., Li, T., Ji, S., 2021. Reconstruction of oceanic redox structures during the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition in the Yangtze Block of South China: Implications from Mo isotopes and trace elements. Precambrian Research 359, 106181.

4.      Wang, X., Tian*, H., Zhou, Q., He, C., 2021. Origin and formation of pyrobitumen in Sinian-Cambrian reservoirs of the Anyue gas field in Sichuan Basin: Implications from pyrolysis experiments of different oil fractions. Energy & Fuels 35, 1165-1177.

5.      Wang, X., Tian*, H., Xiao, X., Liu, D., Min, Y., Li, T., Ji, S., Peng, P., 2021. Methane-dominated gaseous inclusions in the Sinian carbonate reservoirs in central Sichuan Basin and their implications for natural gas accumulation. Marine and Petroleum Geology 125, 104871.

6.      Gai, H., Li, T., Wang, X., Tian*, H., Xiao, X., Zhou, Q., 2020. Methane adsorption characteristics of overmature Lower Cambrian shales of deepwater shelf facies in Southwest China. Marine and Petroleum Geology 120, 104565.

7.      Gai, H., Tian*, H., Cheng, P., He, C., Wu, Z., Ji, S., Xiao, X., 2020. Characteristics of molecular nitrogen generation from overmature black shales in South China: Preliminary implications from pyrolysis experiments. Marine and Petroleum Geology 120, 104527.

8.      Wu, Y., Tian*, H., Gong, D., Li, T., Zhou, Q., 2020. Paleo-environmental variation and its control on organic matter enrichment of black shales from shallow shelf to slope regions on the Upper Yangtze Platform during Cambrian Stage 3. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 545, 109653.

9.      Cheng, P., Tian*, H., Xiao, X., Liu, D., Zhang, Y., Huang, B., Zhou, Q., Gai, H., Li, T., 2019. Fluorescence lifetimes of crude oils and oil inclusions: A preliminary study in the Western Pearl River Mouth Basin, South China Sea. Organic Geochemistry 134, 16–31.

10.  Gai, H., Tian*, H., Cheng, P., Zhou, Q., Li, T., Wang, X., Xiao, X., 2019. Influence of retained bitumen in oil-prone shales on the chemical and carbon isotopic compositions of natural gases: Implications from pyrolysis experiments. Marine and Petroleum Geology 101, 148–161.

11.  Gai, H., Tian*, H., Xiao, X., 2018. Late gas generation potential for different types of shale source rocks: Implications from pyrolysis experiments. International Journal of Coal Geology 193, 16–29.

12.  Cheng, P., Tian*, H., Xiao, X., Zhou, Q., Gai, H., Li, T., Wang, X., 2017. Water Distribution in Overmature Organic-Rich Shales: Implications from Water Adsorption Experiments. Energy and Fuels 31, 13120–13132.

13.  Li, T., Tian^*, H., Xiao, X., Cheng, P., Zhou, Q., Wei, Q., 2017. Geochemical characterization and methane adsorption capacity of overmature organic-rich Lower Cambrian shales in northeast Guizhou region, Southwest China. Marine and Petroleum Geology 86, 858–873.

14.  Huang, B.J., Zhu, W.L., Tian*, H., Jin, Q., Xiao, X., Hu, C., 2017. Characterization of Eocene lacustrine source rocks and their oils in the Beibuwan Basin, offshore South China Sea. AAPG Bulletin 101, 1395–1423.

15.  Pan, L., Xiao, X.M., Tian*, H., Zhou, Q., Cheng, P., 2016. Geological models of gas in place of the Longmaxi shale in Southeast Chongqing, south China. Marine and Petroleum Geology 73, 433–444.

16.  Huang, B.J., Tian*, H., Li, X., Wang, Z., Xiao, X., 2016. Geochemistry, origin and accumulation of natural gases in the deepwater area of the Qiongdongnan Basin, South China Sea. Marine and Petroleum Geology 72, 254–267.

17.  Tian, H., Li, T., Zhang, T., Xiao, X., 2016. Characterization of methane adsorption on overmature Lower Silurian–Upper Ordovician shales in Sichuan Basin, southwest China: Experimental results and geological implications. International Journal of Coal Geology 156, 36–49.

18.  Huang, B.J., Tian*, H., Huang, H., Yang, J., Xiao, X., Li, L., 2015. Origin and accumulation of CO₂ and its natural displacement of oils in the continental margin basins, northern South China Sea. AAPG Bulletin 99, 1349–1369.

19.  Tian, H., Pan, L., Zhang, T., Xiao, X., Meng, Z., Huang, B., 2015. Pore characterization of organic-rich Lower Cambrian shales in Qiannan Depression of Guizhou Province, Southwestern China. Marine and Petroleum Geology 62, 28–43.

20.  Tian, H., Pan, L., Xiao, X.M., Wilkins, R.W.T., Meng, Z.P., Huang, B.J., 2013. A preliminary study on the pore characterization of Lower Silurian black shales in the Chuandong Thrust Fold Belt, Southwestern China using low pressure N₂ adsorption and FE-SEM methods. Marine and Petroleum Geology 48, 8–19.

21.  Tian*, H., Cheng, P., Zhou, Q., Xiao, X.M., Wilkins, R.W.T., 2013. Abnormal elevations of C₃₄ 2α-methylhopane and C₃₄ 2α-methylbenzohopane in a Lower Triassic mudstone sample, NW Sichuan Basin. Organic Geochemistry 63, 139–144.

22.  Huang, B.J, Tian*, H., Wilkins, R.W.T., Xiao, X., Li, L., 2013. Geochemical characteristics, palaeoenvironment and formation model of Eocene organic-rich shales in the Beibuwan Basin, South China Sea. Marine and Petroleum Geology 48, 77–89.

23.  Tian, H., Xiao, X.M., Wilkins, R.W.T., Tang, Y.C., 2012. An experimental comparison of gas generation from three oil fractions: Implications for the chemical and stable carbon isotopic signatures of oil cracking gas. Organic Geochemistry 46, 96–112.

24.  Tian*, H., Cheng, P., Zhou, Q., Xiao, X.M., Wilkins, R.W.T., 2012. A complete series of C₃₁-C₃₄ 25-norbenzohopanes in the Devonian and Jurassic bitumen sands, NW Sichuan Basin. Organic Geochemistry 45, 1–6.

25.  Tian, H., Xiao X.M., Wilkins R.W.T., Gan, H., Guo, L., Yang, L., 2010. Genetic origins of marine gases in the Tazhong area of the Tarim basin, NW China: Implications from the pyrolysis of marine kerogens and crude oil. International Journal of Coal Geology 80, 17–26.

26.  Tian, H., Xiao, X.M., Gan, H.J., Yang, L., Guo, L., Shen, J., 2010. A comparative experimental study on gas generation from saturated and aromatic hydrocarbons isolated from a Cambrian oil in Tarim basin. Geochemical Journal 44, 151–158.

27.  Tian, H., Xiao, X.M, Yang, L.G., Xiao, Z., Guo, L., Shen, J., Lu, Y., 2009. Pyrolysis of oil at high temperatures: Gas potentials, chemical and carbon isotopic signatures. Chinese Science Bulletin 54, 1217–1224.

28.  Tian, H., Xiao, X.M., Wilkins, R.W.T., Gan, H., Xiao, Z., Liu D., Guo L., 2008. Formation and evolution of Silurian paleo-oil pools in the Tarim Basin, NW China. Organic Geochemistry 39, 1281–1293.

29.  Tian, H., Xiao, X.M., Wilkins, R.W.T., Tang, Y.C., 2008. New insight into the volume and pressure changes during the thermal cracking of oil to gas in reservoirs: implications for the in-situ accumulation of gas cracked from oils. AAPG Bulletin 92, 181-200.

30.  Tian, H., Xiao, X.M., Wilkins, R.W.T., Li, X.Q., Gan, H.J., 2007. Gas sources of the YN2 gas pool in the Tarim Basin—Evidence from gas generation and methane carbon isotope fractionation kinetics of source rocks and crude oils. Marine and Petroleum Geology 24, 29–41.

31.  Tian, H., Wang, Z.M., Xiao, Z.Y., Li, X.Q., Xiao, X.M., 2006. Oil cracking to gases: Kinetic modeling and geological significance. Chinese Science Bulletin 51, 2763–2770.

(1) Petroleum and source rock geochemistry;

(2) Organic-rich shales and unconvential oil and gas;

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