About Speaker

Mr. GUAN Linhua, CEO of Surge Energy, is a corporate executive who has been dedicated diligently of his entire career to the energy industry. He previously worked for CNPC, Chevron, and Statoil. While at Statoil, he was the president of the company’s Asian technology company after served as a manager of corporate strategy, business development project manager, and principal engineer at Statoil. As a registered petroleum engineer in Texas, Mr. GUAN has served on various technical and management committees and published more than 40 professional papers & research reports in the past 30 years. He has given more than 20 keynote speeches to many associations, such as the Chinese American Petroleum Association (CAPA) and other Chinese American organizations, greatly contributed to the international investment and development of China’s oil and gas industry. Mr. GUAN received a BE degree in Petrophysics and an MS degree in Geology from China Petroleum University. He also received a MS degree in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University and an MBA from Rice University. In August, 2021, Mr. GUAN became the only CEO from oil companies in Houston to have won the “2021 Most Admired CEO Award” by the Houston Business Journal. Most recently, he was awarded the “2021 Global Outstanding CEO – CEO of the U.S. Oil and Gas Industry Award” by the UK’s “CEO Monthly” magazine.