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College initiates petroleum innovation -- CUPB holds 1st National Petroleum Geology Competition
The 2016 National Petroleum Geology Competition was held at China University of Petroleum-Beijing(CUPB) from Oct 28 to 30.
College initiates petroleum innovation
-- CUPB holds 1st National Petroleum Geology Competition
The First National Petroleum Geology Competition opens on Oct 28 at China University of Petroleum-Beijing. [Photo/China University of Petroleum-Beijing]
The competition attracted 1,061 students from 19 colleges and universities, receiving 383 entries in total, among which 18 teams and 24 individuals from 11 colleges and universities were awarded with the outstanding award and the first, second and third prize in the comprehensive and single group in the final contest, 30 excellent papers reported on the National Petroleum Geology Academic Forum for postgraduates and 59 exhibition board were displayed.
The competition was sponsored by the petroleum geology committee of the Chinese Petroleum Society, the petroleum geology committee of the Geology Society of China, the Division Institute of Geological Education Research and China University of Petroleum-Beijing and organized by China University of Petroleum-Beijing and the Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development.
College initiates petroleum innovation
-- CUPB holds 1st National Petroleum Geology Competition
Jia Chengzao, a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, gives a speech at the opening ceremony of the competition. [Photo/China University of Petroleum-Beijing]
The competition was intended to be an earth science talents cultivation platform integrating "learning, researching and competing " that would allow students to consolidate their basic knowledge and improve technical skills as they grow into high-end petroleum geological talents devoted to technological innovation and production practice.
According to the competition, contestants were to offer comprehensive solutions to the issues set by the contest committee, including geological explanations of seismic data, solutions to geological structures, analysis of sedimentary facies, evaluation of oil and gas resource and oilfield production geology, demonstrating their masterful knowledge and innovative thinking. Several other academic activities, including academicians' lectures, a national academic forum for master’s degree candidates, a quiz on petroleum geology and academician lecture section, were also held during the competition.
Lei Yujiang, deputy secretary of the party committee of China University of Petroleum-Beijing, said at the opening ceremony that the competition aimed at cultivating petroleum geological talents and encouraging them to make full use of knowledge in their daily working lives. He hoped that participants would demonstrate their professional abilities and improve their innovative thinking abilities in the contest.
College initiates petroleum innovation
-- CUPB holds 1st National Petroleum Geology Competition
A participant defends his thesis during the National Petroleum Geology Competition. [Photo/China University of Petroleum]
Liu Dameng, the secretary of Division Institute of Geological Education Research, vice president of China University of Geosciences (Beijing), suggested that the event offered participants a platform and opportunities to show themselves, exchange ideas and learn from each other. It was an academic carnival on petroleum geology.
Jia Chengzao, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said the discovery of the Daqing Oilfield raised China the fourth largest oil producer in the world. So far, China has cooperated with more than 80 countries and regions in oil research, exploration and business, which indicates that China's presence in the oil industry is truly world-wide.
In the academician lecture section, Zhao Wenzhi, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and dean of the Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, shared his views on energy transformation and analyzed future trends in energy development.
College initiates petroleum innovation
-- CUPB holds 1st National Petroleum Geology Competition
The quiz section of the First National Petroleum Geology Competition. [Photo/China University of Petroleum-Beijing]
Deng Yunhua, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, introduced a brief history of evolutionary geology and the distribution characteristics of oil and gas resources in the South China Sea. He encouraged students to be innovative in exploring new geological areas with petroleum potential.
Jin Zhijun, head of the Sinopec Petroleum Exploration and Production Research Institute, said the petroleum and petro-chemistry industry is in a significant period of strategic opportunities and high technology will be a more and more important driving force in the industry. He reiterated that talents are the core competitiveness of a company and only through high-quality education can that excellence be brought to bear in an enterprises' development.
Wu Xiaolin, vice president of China University of Petroleum-Beijing, said that through internationalization and informationalization of petroleum higher education, the University will establish a platform for students to consolidate their basic knowledge and improve major skills. She hoped that petroleum universities will contribute more to China's petroleum geology future.
China University of Petroleum-Beijing intends to become an internationally leading research university on petroleum geology, focused on strengthening talent training, integrating innovation and entrepreneurship into major studies and forming a unique training model and education system that gradually promotes students’ innovative and entrepreneurial passions.
College initiates petroleum innovation
-- CUPB holds 1st National Petroleum Geology Competition
Winners of the competition are awarded on Oct 30. [Photo/China University of Petroleum-Beijing]
Natural gas is new growth engine
Firms seeking alternatives in new energy as traditional fossil fuels run low Huabei Oilfield Co has the world's deepest gas-storage tanks underground and has begun to provide a steady gas supply to the clean-energy thirsty region of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei province. It's part of the company's effort to develop new revenue streams, says Huang Gang, head of the company, which is headquartered in Cangzhou, Hebei province. It's a subsidiary of domestic energy giant China National Petroleum Corp. Natural gas is new growth engine Huabei Oilfield Co pumps do their work in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region. In addition to oil, the company also provides natural gas. Liu Xuezhong / China Daily "New-energy resources have become an engine of growth, which is important in light of the complicated situation of a sagging global economy and volatile oil prices in recent years," he says. Some oil companies are confronting the challenges of the dwindling nonrenewable resource, looking ahead to a time when oil may be all used up. Daqing Oilfield, one of the biggest oilfields in China, has started to see dwindling of its resources. It had maintained annual production above 50 million metric tons for 27 years, followed by a 12-year period at 40 million tons. But in 2015, annual production was reduced to 38.5 million tons, the first time below 40 million tons. It expects a further cutback to 32 million tons by 2020, according to a statement. "Low oil prices have affected Daqing city's economy, which saw GDP declines for the first time," says Lu Hao, governor of Heilongjiang province, where the oilfield is located. Provincial revenue fell by more than 10 billion yuan ($1.53 billion; 1.38 billion euros) last year, Lu says. Natural gas is new growth engine Huang at Huabei Oilfield says, "It's time for oil producers to pursue sustainable growth from other promising sources." Huabei started to diversify its energy resources during the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-15), aiming to make the oilfield a comprehensive energy supplier, he says. During the transformation process, more has been invested in the new-energy sector, especially in natural gas, from exploration to storage. And over the past five years, sales revenues in new energy has increased from 1.1 billion yuan to 6.1 billion yuan, which has facilitated the oilfield's growth in a diversified way, Huang says. The company has been exploring gas storage since 2011 and holds gas in groups of underground storage tanks in Langfang city, 90 kilometers from central Beijing, according to a company statement. "It began supplying Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei province on March 1, to meet growing regional demand - a result of changes in the consumption of energy for environmental improvement," Huang says. The tanks store 800 million cubic meters, he says, adding that they are located at a depth of 5,000 meters, the deepest in the world. Gas exploration is the wave of the future, he says. "We'll have more opportunities than challenges when facing the new normal of the economy." zhengjinran@chinadaily.com.cn (China Daily Africa Weekly 03/18/2016 page5)
For oil company, natural gas new 'engine of growth'
Businesses seeking alternatives in new energy as traditional fossil fuels run low Editor's note: Enterprise transformation has become a hot concern among many entrepreneurs at a time when the country faces the challenge of restructuring its economy. It was an important subject during the annual session of the country's top legislature, which concluded on Wednesday. Huabei Oilfield Co has the world's deepest gas storage tanks underground and has begun to provide a steady gas supply to the clean-energy thirsty region of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei province. For oil company, natural gas new 'engine of growth' Pumps belonging to Huabei Oilfield Co do their work in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region. Besides oil, the company is also providing natural gas. Liu Xuezhong / For China Daily It's part of the company's effort to develop new revenue streams, said Huang Gang, an NPC deputy and head of the company, which is headquartered in Cangzhou, Hebei province. It's a branch of domestic energy giant China National Petroleum Corp. "New-energy resources have become an engine of growth, which is important in light of the complicated situation of a sagging global economy and volatile oil price in recent years," Huang said. Some oil companies are confronting the challenges of the dwindling nonrenewable resource, looking ahead to a time when oil may be all used up. Daqing Oilfield, one of the major oil fields in China, has started to taste the bitterness of limited resources. It had maintained annual production above 50 million metric tons for 27 years, followed by a 12-year period at 40 million tons. But in 2015, annual production was reduced to 38.5 million tons, the first time below 40 million. It expects further cutbacks, to 32 million tons, by 2020, according to a statement. "Low oil prices in the world have affected Daqing city's economy, which saw GDP declines for the first time," said Lu Hao, an NPC deputy and governor of Heilongjiang, where the oilfield is located. Provincial revenue fell by more than 10 billion yuan ($1.5 billion) last year, Lu said. Huang, the head of Huabei Oilfield, said, "It's time for oil producers to pursue sustainable growth from other promising sources." Huabei started to diversify its energy resources during the 12th Five-Year Plan period (2011-15), aiming to make the oilfield a comprehensive energy supplier, he said. During the transformation process, more has been invested in the new-energy sector, especially in natural gas, from exploration to storage. And over the past five years, sales revenue in new energy has increased from 1.1 billion yuan to 6.1 billion, which has facilitated the oil field's growth in a diversified way, Huang said. The company has been exploring gas storage since 2011, and holds gas in groups of underground storage tanks in Langfang city, 90 kilometers from Tian'anmen Square, according to the company's statement. "It began supplying Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei province on March 1, to meet growing regional demand - a result of changes in the consumption of energy for environmental improvement," Huang said. The tanks currently store 800 million cubic meters, he said, adding that the tanks are located at a depth of 5,000 meters, the deepest in the world. Gas exploration is the wave of the future, Huang said. "We will have more opportunities than challenges when facing the new normal of the economy," he said. zhengjinran@chinadaily.com.cn
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1 The separator treats oil wastewater from Daqing oilfield well, and can substitute gravity and flocculation pot adopted in the current process.
2 The results show that it is hard to monitor waterflood performance by time-lapse seismic method in present conditions in Daqing oilfield.
3 The Daqing oilfield, the largest oilfield explored by China's major oil and gas producer China National Petroleum Corp, reduced cruide oil production in 2015 for the first time in seven years.