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About the author

Dr. Jon Jincai Zhang is a geomechanics expert. He currently is a Geoscience
and Petrophysical Advisor with a major operator, Sinopec, in Houston,
USA. Previously, he worked for 5 years as a Senior Geophysical Adviser at
Hess Corporation for worldwide projects in pore-pressure prediction,
geomechanics, and hydraulic fracturing. Before this, he had worked for
5 years as a Staff Petrophysical Engineer at Shell Exploration and Produc-
tion Company based in Houston for pore-pressure prediction and geo-
mechanics projects mainly in North and South Americas. He also had
several years of experience in consulting, JIPs, and management at Halli-
burton, USA, (KSI) as the Geomechanics Manager. His early career started
as an engineer and then a senior engineer in rock mechanics at China Coal
Research Institute in Beijing. He has been an adjunct professor at North
China Institute of Science and Technology. He has authored or coauthored
more than 100 research papers and three books.
He graduated in 1984 from the Hebei University of Engineering and
then pursued graduate study at China University of Geosciences and China
Coal Research Institute from 1984 to 1987. He holds a Ph.D. in petroleum
and geological engineering from the University of Oklahoma. He has been
an Associate Editor of Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering since
2010 and has been serving on the Publications Committee of American
Rock Mechanics Association since 2010. Dr. Zhang also served on the SPE
Special Series Committee of the Journal of Petroleum Technology from
2010 to 2012 and has been an Administrative Chairperson for SPE Geo-
mechanics Technical Section since 2018.

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