Join us for a free one-day workshop for educators at the Japanese American National Museum, hosted by the USC U.S.-China Institute and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia. This workshop will include a guided tour of the beloved exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community, slated to close permanently in January 2025. Following the tour, learn strategies for engaging students in the primary source artifacts, images, and documents found in JANM’s vast collection and discover classroom-ready resources to support teaching and learning about the Japanese American experience.
Powering China’s Economic Rise
Fu Chengyu, Chairman of China National Offshore Oil Corporation discusses how China can meet its energy needs.
When:
April 5, 2011 3:00pm to 4:00pm
WHAT: Press conference
WHO: Mr. FU Chengyu, Chairman of China National Offshore Oil Corportation?
WHERE: University of Southern California
University Park Campus (UPC)
Ronald Tutor Hall, RTH 526
3710 McClintock Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90089
RSVP for PARKING INFORMATION
Contact: Michael Chung, 213-821-5808, michaedc@usc.edu
WHY: One of the most influential business leaders in the world, Mr. FU Chengyu heads one of the largest energy companies in the China. Later in the day, Mr. Fu will receive the USC Viterbi School of Engineering’s Global Leadership Award. We invite media outlets to speak with Mr. Fu about China’s rising energy needs and his company’s efforts to help meet them.
China is now the world’s largest energy consumer. Mr. Fu’s CNOOC is one of China’s three largest oil firms. It produces oil and natural gas off China’s coasts, as well as off the Indonesian coast and in Nigeria, Australia, and elsewhere.
Among CNOOC’s recent investments was a deal in February where CNOOC purchased a one-third stake in Chesapeake Energy Corporation’s field in Colorado and Wyoming. The deal involved a cash payment of $570 million and up to $697 million in drilling and completion costs. A few days ago, CNOOC purchased one-third stakes in Ugandan oil fields for $2.9 million. CNOOC had net profits of $8.3 billion in 2010 on revenues of $28 billion.
Mr. Fu Chengyu is a USC Viterbi School alum, having earned a masters degree in petroleum engineering.
The event is hosted by Dean Yannis C. Yortsos with discussion moderated by Associate Director of the USC US-China Institute, Clayton Dube.
Additional information:
http://www.cnooc.com.cn/data/html/english/channel_1.html
http://viterbi.usc.edu
http://china.usc.edu
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