Research Areas
Multiphase Flow
Steady unified and transient drift-flux models for wellbore multiphase flow; liquid-loading prediction in gas wells.
Steady unified model
Transient drift-flux
Liquid loading
Artificial Lift
Gas–liquid boosting models and diagnosis of electrical submersible pumps; transient modeling and optimization of plunger lift; mechanisms and design of jet pumps.
ESP
Plunger lift
Jet pump
Intelligent Production
Oilfield production big-data analytics and risk-aware decision-making; physics–data fusion diagnosis of ESP and plunger wells; MFL defect recognition.
Oilfield big data
Intelligent diagnosis
MFL defect recognition
Principal Investigator
Jianjun Zhu (PI) is Associate Professor, Ph.D. supervisor and Vice Dean of the College of Mechanical and Transportation Engineering, China University of Petroleum (Beijing). The group co-supervises students with Prof. Jianli Wang (co-PI) of Southeast University.
News
- Oct 2026 Jianjun Zhu gave an industry talk on advances in gas-well deliquification research.
- Sep 2026 Jianjun Zhu joined the Third Young Editorial Board of China Petroleum Machinery (2027–2028).
- Sep 2026 Jianjun Zhu chaired a session at the 2nd High-End Oil and Gas Equipment Technology Forum.
- Mar 2026 Software “Horizontal Gas Well Transient Simulator V1.0” registered (2026SR0412776).
- Dec 2025 Jianjun Zhu named Honorary Young Editorial Board Member of Petroleum Science.
- Nov 2025 “Intelligent ESP Management System V1.0”, commissioned by PetroChina Dubai Research Institute, passed acceptance.