Beijing D&P Forum Tackles Challenges of Unconventional Resources

2011 D&P Changping

The SEG Development and Production Forum, Opportunities and Challenges in Unconventional Resources, was held from 31 July to 5 Aug 2011, at the Wendu Water City Resort in Changping, a satellite town of Beijing, China. It was the first time Chinese geophysicists and geologists had the opportunity to take part in an SEG D&P Forum on unconventional resources exploration, and development.

This Forum co-chaired by Sam Z. Sun and Enru Liu attracted 104 attendees and visitors from international and domestic oil and service companies, institutes, and universities. There were 85 formal registered attendees with 38 oral presentations and 9 poster presentations given during the forum. Foreign speakers delivered 17 oral presentations and 3 poster presentations, while Chinese speakers gave 21 oral presentations and 6 poster presentations.

On the first morning, Mr. Longde Sun, Vice President of CNPC, Mr. Laibin Zhang, President of China University of Petroleum, and Mr. Chengzhao Jia, Chairman of CPS, delivered keynote speeches pertaining to Chinese industry, academia, and society.

Besides being initiated by SEG, this forum was co-organized by Chinese Petroleum Society and China University of Petroleum. Also, the forum was generously sponsored by both international geophysical service companies and domestic oil companies and academia like BGP, CGGVeritas, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), PetroChina CBM, Sinopec and SMT.

The forum herded a strong contingent of experts to share the world-leading technical knowledge on exploration and development of unconventional resources. Feedback indicated that most of the participants obtained valuable and inspiring information from this forum.  

In addition to providing regular work and services to the participants,  the organizing team offered all of the attendees one set of newly published book named "Unconventional Oil & Gas Exploration and Development," edited by Sam Sun, Chengzao Jia and Xiangfang Li.

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