MPGE Alumni Ashraf Al-Tahini was awarded 2018 SPE International Award as a Distinguished Member, recognizing significant technical and professional contributions to the industry and contributions of exceptional service and leadership to the Society of Petroleum Engineers. Click here for more information.
2018 Alberta Energy Challenge
Written by Katie Mykleby The Alberta Energy Challenge is a five-day case competition event hosted in Edmonton, Alberta by the University of Alberta School of Business that Sam Infanti, Aaron Nazrini and myself, Katie Mykleby, had the opportunity to attend. During our time at AEC, we learned about the energy industry in Canada through speakers, […]
Department of Energy Awards a New Multi-Million Dollar Grant to OU MPGE Team
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of seven projects totaling nearly $11.4 million to advance geothermal energy development. The projects will focus on accelerating the research and development (R&D) of innovative geothermal energy technologies in America. https://www.energy.gov/articles/energy-department-announces-114-million-new-projects-advance-efficient-drilling-geothermal University of Oklahoma is one of the awarded universities. Project team includes Dr. Salehi (Project […]
MPGE Student and Professor Published Research in JGR-Solid Earth Journal
MPGE Ph.D. student Zhi Ye and Professor Ahmad Ghassemi published their research in the Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth. The manuscript is entitled “Injection-induced Shear Slip and Permeability Enhancement in Granite Fractures.” JGR-Solid Earth is the leading geoscience journal published by American Geophysical Union since 1896. The paper clearly demonstrates permeability increase of faults/fractures by shear […]
New Technology Aids in Student Research
Hands-on teaching and research methods are becoming the standard for the Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering thanks to the new tool kindly donated by Helmerich and Payne Inc. The tool is specially designed to detect vibrations and provides reliable information about the condition of machines. It will be used in combination with MPGE’s […]
2018 Annual OU SPE Golf Classic
After a three-year hiatus, the University of Oklahoma’s Society of Petroleum Engineers (OU SPE) brought back the annual golf tournament fundraiser. The event was hosted Friday, September 7th at Winter Creek Golf and Country Club in Blanchard, OK. Despite the all-day rain, over 70 professionals from the energy industry, stretching from OKC to Midland and […]
OU AADE Hosts Informative Tech Talks for Students
On August 23, the OU AADE section was pleased to have Mr. David Rosby-Lead, Cement Engineer; Mr. Brian Pfeiff, Senior Technical Advisor and Mr. Dillon Bellamy, Technical Professional and OU Alumni lead a tech talk for the students of MPGE. More than 70 students attended the event. The talk was about Halliburton service lines and […]
MPGE Research Continues to Make Headlines
Research from MPGE faculty and staff continues to make headlines. Team members Dr. Saeed Salehi, Dr. Catalin Teodoriu, Raj Kiran and Azeem Raza have been conducting research on human factors in safe drilling operations using eye-tracking technology. Their research was previously published in Drilling Contractor Magazine, and has now been featured in The Way Ahead, a […]
OU Reservoir Geomechanics Group Summer Research Presentations
The OU Reservoir Geomechanics & Seismicity Research group had a very busy summer with some high-impact experimental and numerical research on reservoir geomechanics. The group also attended three major conferences to present its research. The Group played an active role in the American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA) 52nd Conference held in Seattle, Washington, June 17-20. […]
Two MPGE Alumni Receive Regents’ Alumni Award
Two MPGE alumni received the Regents’ Alumni Awards for their dedication and service to OU in a ceremony on Friday, May 11, on the Norman campus. Robert S. McKenny, Sr. of Southlake, Texas, graduated from OU in 1983 with a bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering. While at OU, he was both president and vice president of […]
