Eric Noguez wraps up our journey to Romania by telling us about their last day of class and the wonderful feast they had at Dr. Teodoriu’s house. I wonder if he would be willing to cater the next MPGE function? On our final day of class, we began the morning by visiting OMV Petrom in […]
Congratulations to OU SPE for being selected to receive the 2016 Outstanding Student Chapter Award form SPE International. This prestigious award recognizes SPE student chapters with exceptional programming in industry engagement, operations and planning, community involvement, professional development and innovation. The award will be presented during the Student Awards Luncheon at SPE’s Annual Technical Conference and […]
Amanda Knaup tells us about the groups visit to the Black Sea. You may notice an additional person in the pictures. That is Adonis Ichim, one of Teodoriu’s graduate students who met up with the group while presenting with Dr. Teodoriu at the conference. We traveled to Constesti on the coast of the Black Sea in order […]
Our students have returned from their conference by the Black Sea, and have provided us with some wonderful reports and photos on their cultural activities in addition to their coursework. Alex Romanyuk tells us: Today (June 17) we visited the Oil Museum in Ploiesti. Housed in a beautiful building near the center of the city, […]
Fourteen exceptional University of Oklahoma alumni and friends received Regents’ Alumni Awards for their dedication and service to OU. Presented by the OU Board of Regents and OU Alumni Association, the Regents’ Alumni Award honors the important roles of OU alumni and supporters to the life of the university. A committee formed by the Alumni Association […]
Today’s update is by Erik Noguez: Today we visited with two company representatives from Timken, a company that specializes in making bearings for a wide range of industries including oil and gas. The representatives explained the products they offer. A common bearing used in the oil and gas industry are those used in a rotary […]
The Drilling Systems Automation Technical Section (DSATS) of SPE International was established in 2008 to help accelerate the uptake of automation in the drilling industry. Their goal is to link surface machinery with downhole machines, tools and measurements through drilling systems automation (DSA) in order to improve safety and efficiency. To encourage new entrants into the drilling […]
Faculty sponsor, Catalin Teodoriu, and graduate student Adonis Ichim brought the group to the FOREN2016 conference, which is the annual meeting of the Romanian National Committee of World Energy Council, in Costinesti, located on the shores of the Black Sea. Teodoriu and Ichim presented two papers together and Teodoriu was a round table presenter, as […]
For those of you who have been following our course in Romania, the students are currently attending a conference at the Black Sea, but have promised to provide us with extra blog entries and photos when they return.
As reported to the editor by Jerry Lessley: Before attending their classroom lectures for the day, the group visited the university’s drilling simulator where they learned to operate a rig’s control panels and how to handle a gas kick. They also observed a much larger simulator in use at the university that mimics an actual […]