OU SPE Named Outstanding Student Chapter

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 […]

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Romania: June 17-20

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, […]

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Ken Waits Presented with OU Regents Award

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 […]

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Romania: June 16

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 […]

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OU Competes in 2016 Drillbotics Competition

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 […]

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