Two exchange students spend 2.5 months in China University of Petroleum in Beijing
Sofya Sitdikova, student of complex data analysis in geosciences, and Almaz Murtazin, student of petroleum engineering, are both enrolled in English-language programs.
“After receiving a bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering, I decided that I wanted to specialized in geophysical data interpretation and geological and hydrodynamic modeling of hydrocarbon deposits. Having an opportunity to study abroad was a key moment in choosing the program. In China University of Petroleum, we studied three subjects – interpretation of seismic data with the utilization of AI, characteristics of reservoirs, and Chinese culture. It was interesting to know how teaching is approached in another country,” shares Sofya.
She and Almaz visited the Russia-China Symposium on Energy Education during their stay in the capital of China.
Almaz comments, “We could compare the courses in CUP and KFU because we attended them in both institutions. We found out that there are more lectures in the Chinese university and fewer practice classes, so we were able to thoroughly acquire the theory. There were few people in the group, so we were able to ask the lecturer everything we needed. It’s important to note that we could work with the data obtained from Chinese deposits. In addition, I found a second supervisor for my master’s thesis.”
His thesis is titled Research of Hydrate Formation in a Reservoir to Create a Screening Hydrate Containing Layer (Blocking Gas Inflow), and his first supervisor is Lead Research Associate of the Laboratory of Utilization and Storage of Greenhouse Gases Matvey Semyonov.
During the stay, the young people toured such famed places as the Summer Palace, the Forbidden City, the Yonghe Temple, and the Great Wall, which gave them a rich picture of Chinese traditions, architecture, and history. They were most impressed by how the great power combines tradition and new technology.
