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SINOPEC provides a £11,000,000 GBP grant to Imperial College London for Resource Geophysics Academy

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$14,516,122
Commitment Year•2019Country of Activity•United KingdomDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•United KingdomSector•EducationFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

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Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Nov 27, 2019
Start (actual)
Nov 27, 2019
End (actual)
Nov 27, 2019

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SINOPEC provides a grant to Imperial College London for Resource Geophysics Academy. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/12233221

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

State-owned companies

  • China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec Ltd.)

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Imperial College London

Loan description

SINOPEC provides a £11,000,000 GBP grant to Imperial College London for Resource Geophysics Academy

Narrative

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Project narrative

On November 27, 2020, Dai Houliang, Chairman of SINOPEC Corporation, and Alice Garst, President of Imperial College London, jointly inaugurated a new Resource Geophysics Academy at Imperial College London during a special ceremony in Beijing. The Academy trains PhD students undertaking original research into geophysics and its applications in the hydrocarbon sector. At the inauguration, SINOPEC pledged £11,000,000 GBP to establish the Academy. So far, between £10,000,000 GBP and £10,500,000 GBP was been disbursed.