Research Interests

Research directions including but not limited to Offshore Oil/Gas， and New Energy

• Flow Assurance

• Pipeline Integrity Management

• Production Optimization and Integrated Asset Modeling

• Deepwater Development, Storage and Transportation Technology

• Digital Twin Technology, Machine Learning (ML) and AI Applications

Education and Work Experience

Professor Shi obtained her Bachelor’s degree (1993) from Beijing University of Chemical Technology. Upon receiving her PhD (2001) in chemical engineering from Ohio University, she continued multiphase flow research in the department of petroleum engineering at Stanford University as a Postdoc， then became a Research Associate. She joined BP (British Petroleum) in 2005, has since accumulated over 20 years of professional experience in the oil and gas, and new energy industry. She has started to serve as a tenured professor at SCUT since March 2026.

Research Achievement

Professor Shi translated multiphase flow theory into engineering practice. Her main contribution to oil/gas industry was developing and refining two-phase (liquid-gas) and three-phase (oil-water-gas) drift-flux models for wellbore applications, which were implemented in Schlumberger’s Eclipse reservoir simulator and later incorporated into PIPESIM. Her technical excellence goes beyond flow assurance and integrity management to incorporate expertise in reservoir-riser coupling and export systems.

Over the last 20 years, Professor Shi has led and contributed to more than 30 major offshore oil/gas development projects worldwide, covering water depths up to 3000 m and involving high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT), and long-distance tieback systems. Her flow assurance and integrity management expertise spanned the entire oil/gas project lifecycle of exploration, appraisal, development, production and decommissioning. Operation experience includes Gulf of Mexico offshore start-ups, commissioning, installation, inspections; North Sea/Norway start-ups and subsea operations; and Alaska/Prudhoe Bay for corrosion monitoring and multiphase flow field trials. She has also demonstrated strong digital capabilities through developing performance tools for Tortue FPSO built in Qidong (2020-2022). 

Selected Publications

• H. Shi, L. H. Norris, and R. Berger, Benchmark of Startup of a Deepwater Well in Gulf of Mexico, SPE paper 132666, SPE ATCE 2010, Florence, Italy.

• H. Shi, L. H. Norris, and R. Berger, Case Study in Displacement Modeling Techniques from a Deepwater Field in the Gulf of Mexico, BHR, 7th North American Conference on Multiphase Technology, 2010, Banff, Canada.

• H. Shi, J. A. Holmes, L. R. Diaz, L. J. Durlofsky, K. Aziz, Drift-Flux Parameters for Three-Phase Steady-State Flow in Wellbores, SPE Journal, (June, 2005) 10, 130-137.

• H. Shi, J. A. Holmes, L. J. Durlofsky, K. Aziz, L. R. Diaz, B. Alkaya, and G.Oddie, Drift-Flux Modeling of Multiphase Flow in Wellbores, SPE Journal, (March, 2005) 10, 24-33.

• H. Shi, W. P. Jepson, and L. R. Rhyne, Segregated Modeling of Oil-Water Flows, SPE paper 84232, SPE ATCE, Denver, Colorado, 2003. 

• G. Oddie, H. Shi, L. J. Durlofsky, K. Aziz, B. Pfeffer and J. A. Holmes, Experimental Study of Two and Three Phase Flows in Large Diameter Inclined Pipes, Int. J. Multiphase Flow, (2003) 29, 527-558.

• H. Shi, H. Wang, W. P. Jepson and L. D. Rhyne, Predicting Water Film Thickness and Velocity for Corrosion Rate Calculation in Oil-Water Flows, NACE/2002, Paper 02500, Denver, CO, Apr. 2002.