On October 23, 2021, sponsored by China Petroleum Education Society, Petroleum Geology Professional Committee of China Petroleum Society, Petroleum Geology Professional Committee of China Geological Society, Geological Education Research Branch of China Geological Society, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), andjointly organized by Southwest Petroleum University and PetroChina Southwest Oil and Gas Field Branch, the award ceremony and closing ceremony of the Fifth National Petroleum Geology Competition was held at Southwest Petroleum University (Chengdu Branch). The competition was conducted by using a combination of online and offline methods. Gao Hongfeng, the vice president of our school, and the relevant person in charge of the School of Geosciences were invited to attend offline.

The competition lasted 4 months. The School of Geociences of our school selected 3 comprehensive teams and 7 individual teams to participate in the finals. After fierce competition in the parts of reviews from universities and corporate experts and online on-site defenses, our school won 1 first prize and 2 second prizes in the undergraduate group, and 2 first prizes and 5 second prizes in the postgraduate group, and won 1 outstanding paper award at the Graduate Academic Forum. After discussion and decision by the competition organizing committee, our school will host the next competition.

representative team of our school participated in the final defense online

Gao Hongfeng, the vice president of the school, delivered a speech at the closing ceremony. He expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the sponsors and organizers of this competition, warm congratulations to the winners and individuals of the competition, and highly affirmed the promotion and leading role played by the competition in the cultivation of high-quality oil and gas geology professionals. He also introduced our school’s characteristics of educating people with the Daqing Spirit and casting the soul with the Iron Man Spirit, the sincere feelings of "working hard on this black soil to provide China with more oil and energy" and the "three-step" development strategy of "Strengthen the discipline of onshore petroleum, expand the discipline of offshore petroleum, and strengthen the discipline of new energy.". He said that the school will gather the hearts of the whole school, gather the wisdom of the whole school, and use the strength of the whole school to successfully run the competition, and sincerely invite all brother colleges and universities to participate in the next competition.

It is reported that the National Petroleum Geology Competition has been held in 2016. It aims to promote the comprehensive reform of national oil and gas geology education and teaching, and cultivate more oil and gas geology professionals for the society. It has formed a wide range of influence and appeal among oil and gas geology professionals in petroleum companies, universities, students and society. The competition is included in the "Excellent Talent Program" of PetroChina, and those who have won the first prize or above can be exempted from the General Ability Exam for PetroChina Talent Recruitment.