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Energy expert Yang Tao returns from Norway to China University of Petroleum

Yang looks to cooperation with Europe in areas such as low-carbon technologies, digital energy and emerging sustainable solutions

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Yang Tao has been appointed as a distinguished professor at China University of Petroleum-Beijing. The university held a distinguished professorship appointment ceremony on June 13. Photo: Handout
Shi Huang
An engineer who spent decades in Norway’s energy industry has returned as distinguished professor at the China University of Petroleum-Beijing, a post he says will build a bridge with Europe to help create sustainable energy solutions.

In a ceremony on June 13, university president Jin Yan handed a letter of appointment to Yang Tao, a member of both the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences and the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters, for a position at the Chinese institution where he had first earned his chemical engineering degrees.

Yang was chief professional and senior specialist at Equinor, Norway’s state-controlled energy company, and was the founding co-chair of the World CCUS Council, which covers carbon capture, use and storage.

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Yang confirmed the China University of Petroleum appointment on his LinkedIn account: “I see this appointment not as the culmination of a career, but as the beginning of a new mission.

“I hope to serve as a bridge between China and Europe, promoting deeper cooperation in low-carbon technologies, carbon management, digital energy, hydrogen, bioenergy and emerging sustainable solutions.”

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