StimPlan Workshop and Seminar Presented by Mike Smith

On March 4, A Hydraulic Fracturing and StimPlan Workshop was given by Michael Smith of NSI Technologies. The one day workshop, hosted by MPGE Assistant Professor Saeed Salehi, emphasized the multi-disciplinary nature of the StimPlan software by integrating reservoir engineering aspects with fracture mechanics and operational considerations, including state of the art fracturing concepts and practices, […]

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Development of the Next Level Drilling Simulator – A Hardware in the Loop Concept for Classroom and Research

Catalin Teodoriu, Associate Professor of Petroleum Engineering, has been appointed as the Director of the Drilling Simulation Center at OU. The National Oilwell Varco (NOV) drilling simulator, donated to OU’s Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering, is an industrial standard simulator used to create unique virtual experiences that allow students to safely apply their […]

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