Component Flow Key to Boosting China’s Shale Oil Recovery

China’s terrestrial shale oil output is rising, but recovery remains low due to the poor mobility of heavy hydrocarbons in nano-scale pores. Professor Zhao Wenzhi introduces the concept of “component flow,” where light and intermediate hydrocarbons help mobilize heavy components through miscibility.

China Oil Output Tech China Shale Oil 2025-04-04

Key Lab for Deep CBM Development Approved in Inner Mongolia

A key lab focused on deep coalbed methane (CBM) development has been approved in Inner Mongolia. Led by Peking University and joined by two other major universities, the lab will develop technologies and theories for efficient, large-scale CBM exploitation, supporting China’s dual carbon goals and r

China Coalbed methane (CBM) Carbon Neutrality China Shale Gas 2025-04-03

CNPC Launches 1-Million-Ton CCUS Project in Xinjiang Oilfield

CNPC has launched construction of its first million-ton CCUS project at the Xinjiang Oilfield, aimed at capturing 1 million tons of CO₂ annually from a coal power plant. As part of China's low-carbon push, the project will support enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and help transition Xinjiang’s energy mix

China Oilfield Services CCS/CCUS Carbon Neutrality 2025-04-03

Southwest Oil & Gas Field Advances Digital Fracturing Strategy with Huawei and CNPC

Southwest Oil & Gas Field collaborated with CNPC's research arm and Huawei to advance digital fracturing. The team assessed intelligent systems like TFOC and discussed data governance, 3D modeling, and domestic software integration. Plans include normalizing remote intelligent support, improving dat

Digital Energy China Gas China Oilfield Services 2025-03-31

Xinjiang Party Chief Urges Accelerated Energy and Resource Development in Hami

Xinjiang Party Secretary Ma Xingrui visited Hami to push forward key energy, resource, and infrastructure projects, emphasizing new energy development, digital construction, private investment support, and the transformation of Xinjiang’s resource advantage into national strategic capacity.

Digital Energy China Policy Wind Power 2025-03-21

Inventory 2024: (Deep) Coalbed Methane Becomes an Industry Hotspot! Strong policy support!

We have selected 10 hot tweets (categories) for the annual ECF International Shale Gas Forum based on the 2024 reading volume.

ECF 2025-01-01

ECF & CCOP Names The 9th ECF Energy Tech Award

Energy China Forum and CCOP on Oct. 16, 2024 unveiled the honorees of The 9th ECF Energy Tech Award program. The 9th ECF Energy Tech Award (ECFs) is Initiated by Shanghai United Institute for Unconventional Resources and the Coordinating Committee for Geoscience Programmes in East and Southeast Asia (CCOP). The awards aim to recognize and reward innovative technologies and products that has the potential to make significant contributions towards the oil and gas industry.The ECF experts awarded certificates to the 2024 ECFs winners, and the winning technologies were showcased in the ECF2024

ECF 2024-11-11

How to Promote the Digital Transformation and Development of Oilfield by PetroChina Analysis

China Petroleum Science is orderly promoting the digital transformation and intelligent development of oil and gas field enterprises, creating a unified business scenario template for oil and gas new energy business

Digital Energy CNPC PetroChina 2024-02-16

Happy Chinese New Year!

To celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year, the English news on the ECF official website will be suspended until February 15th. Thank you!

2024-02-10

How can oil and gas companies transform? Sinopec provides suggestions

A major challenge currently facing the world is how to reduce carbon emissions while providing more energy.

China Environmental Protection China Policy 2024-02-09

Ouyang Ming, academician of the CAS Member, talks about how to develop oilfield new energy business

On February 1, Zhang He, General Manager and Deputy Secretary of the CPC Committee of Daqing Oilfield, had a discussion with Ouyang Minggao, an academician of the CAS Member and a professor of Tsinghua University

Digital Energy China Policy 2024-02-04

ECF & CCOP Names The 8th ECF Energy Tech Award

Energy China Forum and CCOP on Oct. 18, 2023 unveiled the honorees of The 8th ECF Tech Award program. The 8th ECF Tech Award (ECFs) is Initiated by Shanghai United Institute for Unconventional Resources and the Coordinating Committee for Geoscience Programmes in East and Southeast Asia (CCOP).

ECF 2023-12-07

Daqing Oilfield "Nano Scissors" Technology Assists Oil Displacement

Nanotechnology, as an emerging industry, is "emerging" in the field of petroleum industry technology and has become a new direction for Daqing oil professionals to explore.

2023-11-19

Digital Transformation and Intelligent Development of CNPC

PetroChina promotes digital transformation and intelligent development, and supports high-quality development of the company with high-level digital transformation.

Tech CNPC 2022-12-25

ECF & CCOP Names ECF2022 Awards for Tech Innovation

Energy China Forum and CCOP on Oct. 19, 2022 unveiled the honorees of the ECF 2022 Awards for Tech Innovation (ECFs) program. ECF Energy Tech Innovation Awards is Initiated by Shanghai United Institute for Unconventional Resources and the Coordinating Committee for Geoscience Programmes in East and

ECF 2022-10-31

Call for Speakers & Papers: Energy China Forum 2022-Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Sub-Forum

Call for Speakers and Papers: Energy China Forum 2022-Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Sub-Forum

ECF China Shale Oil China Shale Gas 2022-06-04

Call for Speakers & Papers: ECF2022-12th Asia-Pacific Shale & Unconventional Resources Summit

Call for Speakers & Papers! Energy China Forum 2022 -12th Asia-Pacific Shale & Unconventional Resources Summit will be held on Oct 19-21, 2022 in Shanghai China.

ECF China Shale Oil China Shale Gas 2022-06-04

ECF & CCOP Names ECF2021 Awards for Tech Innovation

Energy China Forum and CCOP on Oct. 20, 2021 unveiled the honorees of the ECF 2021 Awards for Tech Innovation (ECFs) program. ECF Energy Tech Innovation Awards is Initiated by Shanghai United Institute for Unconventional Resources and the Coordinating Committee for Geoscience Programmes in East and Southeast Asia (CCOP). The awards aim to recognize and reward innovative technologies and products that has the potential to make significant contributions towards the oil and gas industry.The ECF experts awarded certificates to the 2021l ECFs winners, and the winning technologies were showcased

Tech ECF ECF Weekly 2021-12-08

National Development and Reform Commission, National Energy Administration and other two departments: actively promote 5G application scenarios in the energy sector

Recently, the National Development and Reform Commission, the National Energy Administration, the Central Network Information Office, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology jointly issued the "Energy Field 5G Application Implementation Plan" to actively promote 5G applications in the energy field.

Digital Energy China Oil 2021-06-18

CCTV: the largest digital technology platform of China's oil and gas industry has been built to boost the digital transformation and intelligent development of the oil and gas industry

CCTV news: on November 27, China's largest independent intellectual property digital technology platform dream cloud platform was officially completed. The platform integrates cloud computing, artificial intelligence, blockchain and other new generation of information technology to boost the digital transformation and intelligent development of the oil and gas industry.Jiang Tongwen, deputy general manager of PetroChina exploration and production company: through five years of continuous R & D and iteration, we first solved the sorting of the historical data of our oil industry in the past 60

Digital Energy CNPC 2020-11-30