From August 22to23, the 8th Complex Oil and Gas Engineering Science and Technology Innovation Forum and the First International Oil and Gas Engineering Graduate Academic Forum were held Successfully held in Qingdao.  

 Scene from the conference

The conference, themedGreen Empowerment · Intelligent Integration Symbiosis—A New Journey for High-Quality Development of Complex Oil and Gas Engineering, was jointly organized by China University of Petroleum (East China), the Youth Working Committee of the China Petroleum Society, and the National Key Laboratory of Deep Oil and Gas. The conference also featured the research institutes of China University of Petroleum (Beijing), China National Petroleum Group Engineering Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd., Sinopec Shengli Petroleum Engineering Co., Ltd., Sinopec Jingwei Co., Ltd., Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum (Group) Co., Ltd. Research Institute, Jointly co-organized by Shandong Institute of Petrochemical Technology, and organized by the School of Petroleum Engineering at China University of Petroleum (East China), theChina-SaudiPetroleum Energy Belt and Road Joint Laboratory, the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Unconventional Oil and Gas Development, the School of Petroleum Engineering at Shandong Institute of Petrochemical Technology, and Zhongyou Cube (Tianjin) Technology Co., Ltd.

Academician Gao Deli of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, former president of Southwest Petroleum University Zhao Jinzhou, former Party Secretary of Chengdu University of Technology Liu Qingyou, deputy director of the Academic Committee of China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Song Kaoping, former vice president of China University of Petroleum (East China), Yao Jun, former vice president of China University of Petroleum (East China), professor Sun Baojiang of China University of Petroleum (East China), Zhang Kai, president of Qingdao University of Technology, Gao Hui, vice president of Xi'an Shiyou University, Wang Haibo, senior expert of Sinopec Group, and Yu Yongjin, chief expert of China Petroleum Engineering Institute, More than 200 experts and scholars from universities, enterprises, and research institutions, including Yang Renfeng, Deputy Director of the National Key Laboratory for Efficient Development of Offshore Oil and Gas, and Dang Hailong, Deputy Director of the Yanchang Petroleum Group Research Institute, attended the meeting.  

Hou Jian presided over the opening ceremony

On August22, the opening ceremony of the conferencewas held, presided over by Hou Jian, Dean of the School of Petroleum Engineering at China University of Petroleum (East China).

Yu Liandong delivered a speech

Yu Liandong, Vice President of China University of Petroleum (East China), briefly introduced the university's development history and educational achievements in his speech. He pointed out that under the guidance of the dual carbon goals and the accelerated global energy transition, China's oil and gas development has entered a new stage of combining conventional and unconventional methods, onshore and offshore progress, and integrating traditional and intelligent technologies. Meanwhile, complex oil and gas resources face multiple practical challenges, including the difficulty of deep deep-water development, difficulty in utilizing the benefits of low-grade reserves, insufficient adaptability of equipment for extreme working conditions, and the urgent task of green and low-carbon transformation. Solving development bottlenecks through greening and intelligent approaches has become a key challenge. This year's forum, themed Green Empowerment · Intelligent Integration Symbiosis, emphasizes green and low-carbon leadership in full-chain technological innovation and deep intelligent technology empowerment in engineering practice, which holds significant practical significance. He hopes that through reports by academicians and experts and academic exchanges among graduate students, collaborative innovation among industry, academia, research, and application can be further promoted.  

Academician Gao Deli delivered the keynote reportonline

Invited experts and scholars delivered keynote speeches at the conference

This forum featured17conference presentations, where academicians, experts, and scholars engaged in in-depth exchanges on topics such as efficient oil and gas development and recovery improvement, deep and ultra-deep oil and gas exploration and development, intelligent and efficient drilling technologies, oil and gas engineering monitoring and evaluation, and unconventional and offshore oil and gas development. They shared the latest scientific research innovations and on-site engineering practice experiences, and analyzed the development opportunities and technical challenges facing the industry. Offering advice and inspiration for technological innovation and industrial quality and efficiency improvement in complex oil and gas engineering.  

Sub-forums of the conference

The forumhas establishedfiveacademic sub-forums andtwointernational graduate forums for oil and gas engineering. The report covers in-depth oil and gas engineering theory and technology, unconventional oil and gas engineering theory and technology, old oilfield oil and gas engineering theory and technology, intelligent oil and gas engineering theory and technology, new energy (geothermal/hydrogen energy),CCUS theory and technology, and other directions. The atmosphere of discussions at each venue was strong, with participants engaging in in-depth exchanges on key technical challenges, achieving in-depth intellectual clashes and experience sharing, and yielding fruitful research results.

This forum showcased the latest cutting-edge achievements in the field of complex oil and gas engineering, gathering broad consensus on key directions for green transformation and intelligent transformation. Looking to the future,the universitywill continue to work hand in hand with industry peers to thoroughly implement the new energy security strategy, using technological innovation as the engine to bravely shoulder the mission of serving the national energy strategic needs, and contribute greater strength to the high-quality development of complex oil and gas projects and the protection of national energy security.