Senior Petroleum Geologist

(501) 683-0118

peng.li@arkansas.gov

Education

Ph.D., 2007, Geology, University of Alabama
M.S., 2004, Geology, University of Alabama
M.S., 2001, Geology, Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, Beijing, China
B.S., 1998, Geology, Northwest Universtiy, Xi'an, China

Research Interests

• Conventional and unconventional gas reservoir and source rock characterization and subsurface modeling in Arkoma basin
• Coalbed natural gas, coal, and lignite resource analysis in Arkansas
• Smackover petroleum system analysis and resource assessment in the onshore interior salt basins of Gulf of Mexico
• Basin Modeling (BasinMod®, Temis®, and PetroMod®) and petroleum geochemistry
• Sequence stratigraphic analysis and application in petroleum exploration

Representative Publications

• 2016, Li, P., M. E. Ratchford, M. W. Charette, B. J. Walls, and R. P. Philp, Unconventional reservoir characterization of the Brown Dense Mudstone (Lower Smackover Formation), Gulf Coastal Plain, South Arkansas: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 66, p. 335-352.
• 2014, Godo, T.J., P. Li, and M.E. Ratchford, A geological overview of the Shell Arivett No. 1-26 well, Pike County, Arkansas: Shale Shaker, v. 65, p. 34-64.
• 2008, Mancini, E.A., P. Li, D.A. Goddard, V. Ramirez, and S.C. Talukdar, Mesozoic (Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous) Deep Gas Reservoir Play, Central and Eastern Gulf Coastal Plain, USA: AAPG Bulletin, v. 92, p.283-308.
• 2007, Mancini, E.A., D. A. Goddard, P. Li, and V. Ramirez, Gas Potential of Deeply Buried Mesozoic Facies and Reservoirs in the Onshore Interior Salt Basins, North-Central and Northeastern Gulf of Mexico: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transaction, v. 57, p. 543-555.
• 2006, Li, P., Modeling of Thermal Maturity History of Strata in the North Louisiana Salt Basin Area: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transaction, v. 56, p. 439-454.
• 2006, Li, P., Reconstruction of Burial History of Strata in the North Louisiana Salt Basin Area: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transaction, v. 56, p. 455-471.
• 2005, Mancini, E.A., P. Li., D.A., Goddard, and R.K. Zimmerman, Petroleum Source Rocks of the Onshore Interior Salt Basins, North Central and Northeastern Gulf of Mexico: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transaction, v. 55, p. 486- 504.