Qi Lianqing is a chemical flooding expert for the China National Offshore Oil Company's (CNOOC) EnerTech-Drilling and Production Company in Tianjin, China. He has led a research and development team on chemical flooding and enhanced oil recovery (EOR) for fifteen years, leading numerous projects. He graduated from Dalian University of Technology, going on to work at the Daqing Oilfield. He has published a number of monographs and papers on chemical flooding.