As a traditional major,the development of oil and gas field requires a large number of highly qualified engineers with innovative and practical skills.Heuristic education is the key point to cultivate such engineers.Taking the major of oil and gas field development engineering as an example,this paper discusses deeply how to stimulate scientific research and innovation ability of postgraduate from aspects of experimental teaching,practice base teaching,theoretical teaching and the teacher's demonstration.It is proposed to make full use of current experimental equipment and to establish various experimental teaching modes.Meanwhile the guiding role of on-and-off campus practice bases should be fully exploited,and the characteristics of students should be considered when theoretical teaching and the demonstration of teachers are conducted.
oil and gas field developmentheuristic educationpostgraduateengineering teachingscientific research and innovation ability