130余家机构成都对接 四川数赋油气专场发布数字化转型需求清单Over 130 organizations connected in Chengdu; Sichuan Shufu Oil & Gas Special Event Releases Digital Transformation Demand List

On November 1, the Sichuan Province Digital Transformation Promotion 'City and Prefecture Tour' Oil and Gas Special Event and the 2026 Global Alumni Entrepreneur Development Alliance Conference of Southwest Petroleum University were held in Chengdu. Nearly 300 representatives from local energy regulatory departments, more than 130 enterprises covering the entire oil and gas industry chain, research institutes, and other organizations attended the event, with over 5,000 participants joining online.

The conference focused on how to effectively implement digital achievements from universities, how companies can turn frontline data into tangible productivity on their ledgers, and how local governments can use digital technology to meet real-world needs. During the meeting, demand lists from multiple enterprises and localities were released.

Five units, including CNPC Southwest Oil & Gas Field Company, Sinopec Southwest Oil & Gas Branch, Sinopec Exploration Company, CNOOC Research Institute, and National Pipeline Southwest Company, introduced the progress of their digital transformation in core business areas such as smart gas field deployments, intelligent oilfield construction, and mountainous pipeline operations. They also proposed multiple scenario-based needs, including smart shale gas extraction, well drilling and completion engineering services, and petroleum equipment manufacturing.

Xindu District and Neijiang City simultaneously posted recruitment notices, focusing on innovation in the energy equipment manufacturing technology service industry and digital applications in the oil and gas industry, with demands covering key scenarios such as intelligent production of sustainable aviation fuel and intelligent R&D of oil and gas production additives.

Once the demands were highlighted, solutions immediately followed. At the meeting, Southwest Petroleum University released 26 typical cases of technology achievement transformation, covering areas such as complex natural gas reservoir development, green hydrogen production through photovoltaic green power consumption, smart oil and gas pipelines, and intelligent processing of imaging data, showcasing the university's achievements in building its energy discipline system in "oil and gas, renewable energy, and energy AI." Representatives from private enterprises demonstrated real-world applications of digital practices, such as building enterprise digital assets and production systems with intelligent equipment, allowing demand parties to match the required technology on-site.

Xu Juan, a representative from Chengdu Easton Filter Co., Ltd., quickly noted the demand topics on-site and discussed the next steps for technical improvements with her team, believing that these application scenarios have high value for R&D and help enterprises better grasp market demands.

To make the scenario plans replicable and promotable, platform building is key. The conference released the "Development Cooperation Initiative of the Southwest Petroleum University (Oil and Gas Industry) Sichuan Province Digital Transformation Promotion Center," with representatives from the university, local government, and enterprises jointly building a digital collaborative ecosystem for the oil and gas industry. As a provincial-level digital transformation promotion center, the Southwest Petroleum University (Oil and Gas Industry) Sichuan Province Digital Transformation Promotion Center will address common needs across the oil and gas industry chain, promoting the productization of scientific research achievements, standardization of services, and cross-enterprise replication. It is expected that in the first year it will serve 20 enterprises, form 3 benchmark demonstration projects, and achieve an operational transformation amount of over 30 million yuan.

Zhang Liehui, Party Secretary of Southwest Petroleum University, stated that the university's co-hosting of this conference with multiple parties on its anniversary day is a vivid practice of continuously strengthening the innovation and development community among the school, local government, and enterprises. The university will seize development opportunities to create a platform for matching supply and demand in the digital transformation of the oil and gas industry, contributing wisdom and strength to Sichuan's construction of a natural gas production base with a capacity of 100 billion cubic meters and to building China's "Gas Daqing." On that day, more than 100 enterprise representatives were also invited to participate in the city and state enterprise park visit activities to carry out supply and demand matching. The event was guided by the Sichuan Provincial Development and Reform Commission (Sichuan Provincial Data Bureau) and the Sichuan Provincial Department of Education, hosted by Southwest Petroleum University, the People's Government of Xindu District, Chengdu, the Sichuan Digital Transformation Promotion Center of Southwest Petroleum University (Oil and Gas Industry), and the Sichuan Digital Economy Research Center, and co-organized by seven units including the China-Iran Oil and Gas Energy "Belt and Road" Joint Laboratory.

[Source: Sichuan News Network]

[Editor: Xiao Neng]