Han Dakuang (Chinese: 韩大匡; 26 November 1932 – 23 October 2023) was a Chinese oilfield development engineer, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
Han Dakuang | |||||||
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韩大匡 | |||||||
| Born | 26 November 1932 | ||||||
| Died | 23 October 2023 (aged 90) Beijing, China | ||||||
| Alma mater | Tsinghua University | ||||||
| Spouse | Li Shuqin | ||||||
| Scientific career | |||||||
| Fields | Oil Field development engineering | ||||||
| Institutions | Sinopec Petroleum Exploration and Development Research Institute | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 韩大匡 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 韓大匡 | ||||||
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Biography
editHan was born in Shanghai, on 26 November 1932, while his ancestral home in Hangzhou, Zhejiang.[1][2] His father was an editor at Zhonghua Book Company.[1] He attended Jinyuan High School (晋元中学). In 1950, he enrolled at the Department of Petroleum, Tsinghua University.[1][2] In 1953, with the nationwide adjustment of university and college departments, he and his petroleum department was transferred to the newly created Beijing Institute of Petroleum (now China University of Petroleum), which is the first petroleum university in China.[1][2] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in December 1951.
After University in 1953, he stayed at the university and worked as deputy director of the Department of Petroleum Development and director of the Development Research Office.[1] In 1960, he was transferred to Northeast China to participate in oilfield analysis and scheme calculation work in the Daqing Oilfield Production Experimental Zone.[1] During the Cultural Revolution, he was sent to the May Seventh Cadre Schools to do farm works.[1] He moved up the ranks to become director of the Development Research Office of the Sinopec Petroleum Exploration and Development Research Institute in December 1972 and chief engineer in April 1985.[1][2]
On 23 October 2023, he died of an illness in Beijing, at the age of 90.[3][4]
Personal life
editHan married Li Shuqin (李淑勤).[1]
Honours and awards
edit- 2001 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i 科技人物韩大匡：“榨取”油田潜力的人. thepaper (in Chinese). 19 July 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ a b c d e Li Yuan (李苑) (24 October 2023). 油田开发工程专家韩大匡院士逝世. sciencenet.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ 韩大匡院士逝世. cae.cn (in Chinese). 10 November 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ Wang Nannan (王楠楠) (23 October 2023). 痛别！巨星陨落. qq.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 11 February 2024.