On June 23, 2019, Duan Menglan, Dean of Institute of Safety and Marine Engineering of CUPB, accompanied Professor Segen, Academician of Brazilian Academy of Engineering and Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, to visit SINOPEC Institute of Petroleum Engineering Technology, and discussed the tripartite cooperation.
Duan Menglan introduced the development of cooperation between CUPB and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as well as the key work currently carried out. Professor Segen briefly introduced the development status and scientific research system of Brazil's deepwater oilfield, and put forward the idea and general idea of further strengthening cooperation between China and Brazil in the deepwater field.
Lu Baoping, president of SINOPEC Petroleum Engineering Research Institute, welcomed Duan Menglan and Segen's visit. He said that this meeting could promote and strengthen mutual understanding, which was of great significance. He agreed with Professor Segen's idea of cooperation. The Academy would actively promote and strengthen cooperation and exchanges with China University of Petroleum (Beijing) and Brazil. Ding Shidong, Vice President, introduced the general situation of SINOPEC Engineering and Technology Research Institute, its main business scope and corresponding key technologies, and put forward specific suggestions for the cooperation mode between China and Brazil.
The three sides also exchanged views on how to carry out technical cooperation, personnel training, international exchanges and market development on the platform of China-Brazil Joint Research Institute of Deepwater Technology, and discussed the feasibility of establishing joint research institutes around key technical fields such as deepwater development and downhole tool development.
(Edited by Lu Ji)