Dr. Hong-Sen Liang is a distinguished Reservoir Research Engineer, technical executive, and energy transition leader with over 15 years of experience across petroleum engineering, environmental engineering, and applied computational modeling. He currently serves as Deputy Director of the Exploration and Development Research Institute (EDRI) at CPC Corporation, Taiwan, where he plays a pivotal role in leading the institute’s strategic transformation toward geothermal energy, carbon capture and storage (CCS), and artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled engineering applications.

Dr. Liang is widely recognized for his ability to integrate rigorous numerical modeling with practical engineering execution. His professional career spans advanced reservoir engineering, overseas oil and gas field development support, and the systematic transfer of petroleum technologies into low-carbon energy systems.

Professional Background

Dr. Liang’s expertise lies at the intersection of reservoir engineering, environmental remediation, and applied mathematics. He has consistently translated theoretical models into field-ready engineering solutions, ranging from laboratory experiments and pilot studies to full-scale production development and operational optimization.

In addition to his technical leadership, Dr. Liang actively supports corporate-level strategy, including the technical evaluation and production development planning of overseas oil and gas acreage, assisting CPC Corporation in acquiring and developing international upstream assets under complex geological and operational conditions.

Education and Research Foundation

Dr. Liang earned his Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering (Resource Engineering) from National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan, in 2008. His doctoral research focused on in-situ cometabolic air sparging, integrating mathematical modeling with pilot-scale experiments for subsurface contaminant remediation.

After completing his military service, he returned to NCKU as a Postdoctoral Researcher, where he specialized in numerical code development and reservoir-scale simulation. He joined CPC Corporation in 2009, marking the beginning of a career that expanded from research into technical and executive leadership.

In 2016, Dr. Liang served as a Visiting Scholar at Curtin University, Australia, collaborating on low-salinity brine flooding EOR research and applying advanced mathematical programming techniques to enhance model robustness and predictive capability.

Leadership in Overseas Oilfield Development

African Oilfield Development – Chad

Dr. Liang’s most significant field leadership experience was with the Overseas Petroleum and Investment Corporation (OPIC) in Chad, Africa: