This post was written by Alexander Freeman, a Petroleum Engineering Senior. He recently traveled to Bolivia with MCEE International Programs as a part of a study abroad component students can take. These students take an OU PE course, taught by an OU PE faculty member and earn credit towards their degree. Our two-week trip to […]
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MPGE Faculty Collaborate with Energy Institute of the Americas
Faculty of the Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering (MPGE) at the University of Oklahoma (OU) have been collaborating with the Energy Institute of the Americas (EIA) to bring their expertise to partner universities in South America. Founded in in 1995, EIA mission to to bring together universities in the Western Hemisphere to share […]
Improved Recovery Techniques in Mexico
For the sixth year, the Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy was able to organize an Improved Recovery Techniques summer, study abroad course. Led by Dr. Deepak Devegowda, thirteen MPGE students stayed and studied in beautiful Puebla, Mexico from May 14 through 29 through OU’s newest Study Abroad Center on the campus of Universidad Popular Autonoma del Estado […]
Romania: The End
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 […]
Romania: A Weekend at the Black Sea
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Romania: A Report from the Black Sea
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 […]
Update on Romania
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.
Romania: Day 5
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 […]