Xianzheng ZhaoXianzheng Zhao is President of PetroChina Dagang Oilfield Company, and a well-recognised expert designated by the Hebei Provincial Government. He is an adjunct professor at the China University of Petroleum in Beijing, China University of Petroleum i East China, and Yangtze University. He obtained his masters and PhD degrees from the China University of Petroleum in Beijing, and was awarded the title of Professorial Engineer in 2005. Zhao is a member of AAPG, SEG, SPE, the Geological Society of China, and is co-chair of the Petroleum System and Reservoir Panel of the Petroleum Committee of the Chinese Petroleum Society. He is deputy editor of China Petroleum Exploration, and on the editorial board of Petroleum Exploration and Development and Marine Oil and Gas Geology. He has published 15 monographs, and co-authored 131 papers. He has devoted himself to the study of oil and gas exploration and development in faulted depressions, weakly formed structural slopes, subtle buried hills and coal bed methane in continental rift basins. Read More Read Less