Dr. Boyun Guo has over 40 years of international work experience in the oil & gas industry and academia. His expertise is in the areas of development of conventional and unconventional oil and gas reservoirs, gas hydrate reservoirs, and geothermal resources. He has published over 140 papers in peer-reviewed journals and presented over 70 technical papers in international conferences. He also authored 11 books and a great number of invention patents in petroleum engineering. His computer programs associated with his books have been widely used in the oil & gas industry and academia. He received the Award for the Distinguished Contributions to the Petroleum Engineering from the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), and the Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty from the SPE. He has provided training and consulting services to his clients in a number of countries including USA, Canada, UK, Japan, India, and China.