On Wednesday, October 21, MPGE faculty and staff joined representatives from Mewbourne Oil Company to recognize and applaud the twenty-one Mewbourne Leadership Scholars within our program. Scholars are selected for this distinguished honor through an application and interview process as incoming freshman. Recipients receive an annual, renewable scholarship of $4,000 a year for up to four years, which […]
Month: October 2015
OU Hosts Environmental Journalism Conference
539 journalists, scientists, government officials, representatives of business and industry from around the world explored Oklahoma’s ecologically-diverse landscape during the 25th Society of Environmental Journalists annual meeting in Norman, October 7 through 11, 2015. The University of Oklahoma served as hosts for the conference, “Weather, Water and Energy: News in Every Neighborhood,” which led journalists to numerous […]
Misra on Speaking Tour
MPGE’s newest member of faculty, Siddarth Misra, will be presenting a series of talks to Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA) across the nation. He will be speaking on Petrophysical Interpretation of Electromagnetic Measurements in Clay- and Pyrite-Bearing Formations. His engagements will cover: the University of Texas, Colorado School of Mines, the Pittsburgh […]
Dr. Subhash Shah Retires
After 22 years at OU, Dr. Subhash Shah has retired. On Friday, September 18, MPGE faculty, staff and students, along with industry colleagues, friends and family, came together to honor the distinguished career of and to pay tribute to Dr. Shah. There are very few people who had Dr. Shah as a professor that didn’t […]
MPGE Senior Named to SPE International Committee
MPGE senior Bryce Fugate was named to the SPE International Section and Chapter Activities Committee. This is a three year post to a committee that adds five new members from around the world year. Bryce was nominated by 2016 SPE president Nathan Meehan.
Alberta Energy Challenge 2015
The University of Oklahoma was invited to take part in the Alberta Energy Challenge (AEC). AEC is hosted by the University of Alberta School of Business and is an international energy case competition between nine universities. Teams from the United States, Canada and Egypt were participants for this year’s competition. For the second year in […]
ATCE 2015: Houston
Registration totals exceeded expectations as 13,500 global exploration and production professionals gathered at the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) flagship event the Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE) at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston over three days 28-30 September. This year’s event, despite the challenges currently being seen in the industry, was […]