OU’s Petrobowl team competed at the regional qualifier in Denver, Col. After competing against Tulsa University, University of Texas Permian Basin, Missouri Science & Technology, University of Toronto and Colorado School of Mines, the team secured its place in the international finals, which will be held during SPE ATCE in San Antonio later this fall. […]
Internships play a crucial role in the success of any degree program by allowing students to apply knowledge gained within the classroom to a real-world, hands-on industry setting. The Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering (MPGE) at OU believes so strongly in the importance of internship experiences that it has embedded them into the required curriculum. […]
MPGE Industry Advisory Board member and 1999 petroleum engineering alumnus Oleg Tolmachev has been appointed to executive vice-president and chief operations officer for Eclipse Resources. Tomachev has assumed full responsibility for the company’s operations in the Utica and Marcellus shale while, also, continuing his previous oversight of the drilling and completion operations.
Assistant Professor Saeed Salehi has been selected to showcase his research at this year’s Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, Tex., May 1-4. OTC is the largest oil and gas event, featuring more than 2,300 exhibitors and attendees representing one-hundred nations. Universities selected to present their research receive exposure from 70,000 industry professionals. Salehi will […]
Xingru Wu, Associate Professor, has been awarded a $45,000 project by Ballard Petroleum, Phase I of Gaither Draw Units Well Spacing Optimization Study Wu has also received funding in the amount of $40,000 from Yangtze University for his project Using Molecular Dynamics Simulation to Study Gas Phase and Flow Behaviors in Shale Formations Associate Professors […]