Recently, the 10th Shandong Province Student Science and Technology Innovation Competition came to a close. Our college's projects Key Technologies and Equipment for Efficient Heavy Oil Recovery Based on Flue Gas Resource Utilization and High-Precision Digital Core Technology Platform for Unconventional Oil and Gas won two first prizes.

    The project Key Technologies and Equipment for Efficient Heavy Oil Recovery Based on Flue Gas Resource Utilization was created by our graduate students Zhang Jingyu, Li Boliang, Wang Hao, with guidance from teacher Li Binfei. The team discovered that in the process of heavy oil recovery using steam injection, steam boilers generate a large amount of flue gas—the main source of oilfield pollutant emissions. Utilizing flue gas for assisting steam injection can enhance the thermal recovery of heavy oil, reduce steam consumption, achieve resource utilization of flue gas, and promote green, low-carbon, and efficient development of heavy oil. Against the backdrop of the dual-carbon policy, the team researched the mechanism of flue gas-assisted steam injection, developed an optimized design method for flue gas components throughout the entire recovery cycle, and innovated an integrated equipment for mobile steam injection boilers with leveraged flue gas capture and reinjection, significantly advancing the green extraction and cost-effectiveness of heavy oil.

   The project High-Precision Digital Core Technology Platform for Unconventional Oil and Gas was created by our graduate students Wang Jinlei, Liu Ziwei, Liu Junming, Zhang Hongfeng, Tong Chunyu, with guidance from teachers Yang Yongfei and Wang Wendong. Unconventional oil and gas reservoirs have minimal storage space and face challenges of high temperature, high pressure, and high stress. Digital core technology accurately predicts oil and gas flow processes, providing crucial guidance for potential tapping decisions in oilfield development. Addressing the three major pain points of difficult core reconstruction, low computational efficiency, and poor simulation accuracy in digital core technology for unconventional oil and gas development, the team made significant breakthroughs after processes of investigation, technical discussions, defect identification, and software debugging. They integrated and innovated in the field of digital core technology for unconventional oil and gas, contributing soft power to China's energy industry and offering theoretical guidance and technical support for efficient development of unconventional oil and gas.

   This competition was organized by the Shandong Provincial Department of Education and hosted by Qilu Industrial University (Shandong Academy of Sciences). The competition was divided into two tracks: the Top Ten Industry Transformation track and the Green, Low-Carbon, High-Quality Development track. Upholding the philosophy of advocating science, forging ahead, exploring innovation, and facing the future, the competition aimed to cultivate a strong atmosphere for university students to actively engage in scientific and technological innovation activities, nurture students' innovative spirit, exploratory consciousness, and practical abilities, and discover and support a group of talented individuals with innovative potential and research capabilities.

   In the future, the college will continue to promote innovation and entrepreneurship education for university students, implement the requirements of the new era's talent cultivation system construction, closely integrate research education, practice education, and organizational education, focus on enhancing students' research level and innovation capabilities, nurture a sense of patriotism, effectively implement entrepreneurship education, promote the improvement and optimization of entrepreneurial achievements.