China Study Abroad Program

by Nancy Luedke via “ATM“

From May 16-31, 11 Texas A&M University petroleum engineering students attended a study abroad program in China. The course, taught by professors Ding Zhu, Rashid Hasan and Jiajing Lin, is PETE 325, Petroleum Production Systems, and is an introduction to production operations and oil field equipment.

This was a two-week program. The first week, the students went to China Petroleum University to study production operations such as: multiphase flow in pipes, bottomhole pressure prediction, inflow and outflow performance, production systems and backpressure analysis, hydraulic fracturing fluids and equipment; downhole and artificial lift equipment, tubulars, workover, completion and procedures; produced fluids, fluid separation and metering, safety systems, pressure boosting and monitoring. The second week, the students went to Dagang Oilfield. During the oilfield trip, the students visited a rod pump, completion, and workover facility.

The students were given the opportunity to visit three places in Beijing: the Great Wall, the Forbidden City Chinese History Museum, and the Olympic Village. While staying in housing at the China Petroleum University, several Chinese students attended the class, giving the Texas A&M students the opportunity for cross-cultural exchanges and new friendships.

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In China, It Pays to Take the Early Flight

by Brittany Hite via “Wall Street Journal”

“Greg Gilligan is the vice president and managing director of the PGA Tour in China, a newly created position as the golf tour expands in Asia.

The Beijing-based American, who is also chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in China, talked to the Journal about China’s best golf course, experiencing the whole country without leaving Beijing, and why he always tries to catch an early flight.

How often do you travel?

If the first few months are any indication, it’s a fair amount. . . . .”