(1) Opening Ceremony
- Opening Ceremony
- Progress in exploration development strategies under the 15th Five-Year Plan by leading Chinese energy groups including CNPC, SINOPEC, CNOOC, and Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum (Group)
- Speeches by invited academicians and experts from home and abroad
(2) Topics
The conference topics include, but are not limited to, the following 15 themes:
- Strategic positioning of oil & gas exploration amid the global energy transition and latest progress in domestic reserve and production growth
- Latest advances in tectonics and geodynamics of petroliferous basins
- Innovation in geological theories for deep and ultra-deep oil & gas reservoirs and key exploration technologies for extreme high-temperature and high-pressure environments
- Deepwater and ultra-deepwater offshore oil & gas exploration engineering, localization of equipment, and safe and efficient development technologies
- Efficient exploration and large-scale development technologies for unconventional oil & gas resources, including shale oil & gas, tight oil & gas, and coalbed methane
- Integrated technologies for fine exploration in mature exploration areas, remaining resource potential evaluation, and enhanced oil recovery (EOR)
- Theoretical breakthroughs, major discoveries, technological advances, and case studies in frontier exploration areas worldwide
- Advances in Full Waveform Inversion (FWI)
- Broadband, wide-azimuth, and high-density seismic technologies, integrated seismic and non-seismic exploration, and high-precision imaging technologies
- Measurement while drilling (MWD), extreme-environment sensing, intelligent drilling, and integrated engineering technologies
- Large-scale applications of artificial intelligence (AI), big data, digital twins, and quantum computing in oil & gas exploration
- Integration of CCUS with exploration and development, green exploration technologies, ESG governance, and low-carbon operational solutions
- Sweet spot prediction and exploration risk management for complex structures, subsalt and igneous rock-covered areas, and low-porosity and low-permeability reservoirs
- Mineral rights management, mineral rights transfer, and integrated and efficient operational models for exploration and development
- International oil & gas exploration cooperation, technology benchmarking, and global resource deployment strategies
(3) Promotion and Application of New Technologies and Achievements in Oil & Gas Exploration
To further promote theoretical innovation and critical technological breakthroughs in China’s oil & gas exploration sector, accelerate the evaluation, commercialization, promotion, and large-scale application of the latest scientific and technological achievements, and ultimately enhance reserve and production growth, oil (gas) field companies, research institutes, and higher education institutions are invited to systematically summarize managerial and technological achievements since the launch of the 14th Five-Year Plan that are replicable, transferable, scalable, and commercially viable. These achievements may include leading-edge hardware equipment, software systems, technical services, and integrated solutions in key exploration fields such as seismic acquisition, well logging, drilling engineering, and data analytics, for further promotion and application.
