[1] Basic research on molecular markers

Identify the molecular markers and determine the geochemical significance. The related results won the Second prize of Natural Science award of Ministry of Education (Ranked second). The representative papers are as follows:

  • Hong Xiao, Meijun Li*, Tieguan Wang, Bing You, Junying Leng, Qiuya Han, Zichao Ran, Xin Wang, Zhiwei Four series of rearranged hopanes in the Mesoproterozoic sediments, Chemical Geology, 2021, 573, 120210;
  • Zhili Zhu, Meijun Li*, Youjun Tang, Ling Qi, Junying Leng, Xiaoqiang Liu, Hong Xiao. Identification of phenyldibenzothiophenes in coals and the effects of thermal maturity on their distributions based on geochemical data and theoretical calculations. Organic Geochemistry, 2019, 138,
  • Lu Yang, Meijun Li*, -G. Wang, Xiaoqiang Liu, Weidong Jiang, Ronghui Fang, Hongfei Lai. Phenyldibenzofurans and methyldibenzofurans in source rocks and crude oils, and their implications for maturity and depositional environment. Energy & Fuels, 2017, 31, 2513-2523
  • Meijun Li*, Hui Wang, Shengbao Shi, Ronghui Fang, Qi Tang, Daowei Wang. The occurrence and distribution of phenylnaphthalenes, terphenyls and quaterphenyls in selected lacustrine shales and related oils in China. Organic Geochemistry, 2016, 95, 55-70.

[2] Organic geochemistry and molecular simulation

Combining organic geochemistry and molecular simulation to solve scientific problems of geochemistry, such as hydrocarbon generation, reservoir stability, migration fractionation effect, adsorption of shale gas and shale oil seepage mechanism. The representative papers are as follows:

  • Meijun Li*, Xiaoqiang Liu, T.-G. Wang, Weidong Jiang, Ronghui Fang, Lu Yang, Youjun Tang. Fractionation of dibenzofurans during subsurface petroleum migration: Based on molecular dynamics simulation and reservoir geochemistry. Organic Geochemistry, 2018, 115, 220-232.
  • Sibo Yang, Meijun Li*, Xiaoqiang Liu, Qiuya Han, Jia Wu, Ningning Zhong. Thermodynamic stability of methyldibenzothiophenes in sedimentary rock extracts: Based on molecular simulation and geochemical data. Organic Geochemistry, 2019, 129, 24-41.
  • Xiaoqiang Liu, Meijun Li*, Chenghua Zhang, Ronghui Fang, Ningning Zhong, Ying Xue, Yang Zhou, Weidong Jiang, Xuyang Chen. Mechanistic insight into the optimal recovery efficiency of CBM in sub-bituminous coal through molecular Fuel, 2020, 266, 117137.
  • Qiuya Han, Meijun Li*, Xiaoqiang Liu, Weiding Jiang, Shengbao Shi, Youjun Tang, Daxiang He. Fractionation of alkylated carbazoles in petroleum during subsurface migration: Evidence from molecular simulation and application in sandstone Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2020, 191, 107308.

[3] Petroleum migration and reservoir geochemistry

Determine the hydrocarbon migration direction and filling pathways based on geochemical parameters. Predict the sourcekitchen and favorable exploration areas. This technology has been successfully applied in rolling exploration of petroleum basins in China with high exploration degree, and the relevant achievements won the second prize of provincial prizes (ranked 1). The representative papers are as follows:

  • Meijun Li*, T.-G. Wang, Zhongyao Xiao, Ronghui Fang, Zhiyong Ni, Weilong, Deng, Youjun Tang, Chunming Zhang, Lu Yang. Practical application of reservoir geochemistry in petroleum exploration: a case study from a Paleozoic carbonate reservoir in the Tarim Basin (NW China). Energy & Fuels, 32(2), 1230–1241.
  • Ronghui Fang, Tieguan Wang, Meijun Li*, Zhongyao Xiao, Baoshou Zhang, Shaoying Huang, Shengbao Shi, Daowei Wang, Weilong Deng. Dibenzothiophenes and benzonaphthothiophenes: Molecular markers for tracing oil filling pathways in the carbonate reservoir of the Tarim Basin, NW China. Organic Geochemistry, 2016, 91, 68-80.
  • Meijun Li*, Tieguan Wang, Shengbao Shi, Keyu Liu, Geoffrey Ellis. Benzo[b]naphthothiophenes and alky dibenzothiophenes: molecular tracers for oil migration distances. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2014/11, 57:403-417.

[4]Sequence stratigraphic geochemistry

Combined with sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy, source rocks are evaluated under the sequence framework. The technology has been applied in hydrocarbon exploration both domestic and overseas. And the relevant achievements won the first prize of provincial prizes (ranked 1). The representative papers are as follows:

  • Hongfei Lai, Meijun Li*, Xiaolin Jian, Liaoliang Wang, Jinping Liu, Gaiyun Wang, Peng Liu, Jinhui Dai. An integrated sequence stratigraphic–geochemical investigation of the Jurassic source rocks in the North Yellow Sea Basin, eastern China. AAPG Bulletin, 2020, 104(10), 2145-2171.
  • Hongfei Lai, Meijun Li*, Jiguo Liu, Fengjun Mao, Hong Xiao, Wenxiang He, Lu Organic geochemical characteristics and depositional models of Upper Cretaceous marine source rocks in the Termit Basin, Niger. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2018, 495, 292-308.
  • Hongfei Lai, Meijun Li*, Jiguo Liu, Fengjun Mao, Zecheng Wang, Wei Liu, Hong Xiao, Lu Yang. Source rock assessment within a sequence stratigraphic framework of the Yogou Formation in the Termit Basin, Niger. Geological Journal, 2020, 55(4), 2473-2494.
  • Hong Xiao, Tieguan Wang, Meijun Li*, Hongfei Lai, Jiguo Liu, Fengjun Mao, Youjun Tang. Geochemical characteristics of Cretaceous Yogou Formation source rocks and oil-source correlation within a sequence stratigraphic framework in the Termit Basin, Niger. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2019, 172, 360-372.