Congrats to Drs. Salehi, Teodoriu and Ahmed! Their research was featured in the front page of the business section of the Oklahoman! The member are working with shape memory polymers that have smart lost circulation materials. The polymers expand into rock fractures near the bore of a well that is being drilled to tap that […]
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Dr. Teodoriu Sponsors “Safety Moment” for Drilling and Completion II Class
Implementing a safety moment as part of the Drilling and Completion II class culture. Oil and gas industry have worked hard to implement a state-of-the-art safety culture among all its sectors. But safety starts with the individuals accepting and embracing a positive safety attitude. As a teacher, I believe that this attitude must be […]
Innovative New Program Provides Real-World Experience to OU Students
Petroleum engineering students at the University of Oklahoma will now have an opportunity to gain real-world experience working on projects for companies in the industry. Starting over the summer and officially kicking off in November of 2018, the Ronnie K. Irani Center for Energy Solutions was made possible by an investment from Mr. Irani and […]
MPGE Faculty Member Honored with Two Prestigious Awards
Dr. Siddharth Misra was awarded the Early Career Award by the Department of Energy and the Petroleum Research Fund granted by the American Chemical Society. Dr. Misra is one of only 84 scientists from around the nation selected for the Early Career award that will fund his research for the next five years. According to the […]
AADE Field Trip to Oklahoma Corporation Commission
On April 10, AADE organized a trip to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission accompanied by Judge Keith Thomas, MPGE adjunct professor. The group attended several court proceedings which involved pooling order, permit to drill, spacing order, and density order. After the hearing, they proceed to meet and discuss with several members of the Oil & Gas […]
MPGE Alumnus Speaks at AADE Tech Talk
Christopher Shea, an OU alumnus of H&P company, accepted an invitation from the OU AADE section to come and speak at the last tech talk of the academic year on April 5. The presentation was focused on the different types of rigs and operation techniques that the company provides. Mr. Shea elaborated on the different […]
Student Day at the 2018 SPE Improved Oil Recovery Conference
Written by Sarah Zink Thank you to the students of TU and to Mid-Continent SPE for hosting the first Student Day as part of the 2018 SPE Improved Oil Recovery Conference! This Student Day was an opportunity for our students to tour TU’s research facilities, compete in the the 2018 SPE Mid-Continent North American Regional […]
2018 SPE North American Student Symposium and PetroBowl Qualifier
Written by Sarah Zink, OU SPE President The 2018 SPE North American Student Symposium was held at Louisiana State University’s campus this year, and was hosted by representatives of LSU, Penn State and the Colorado School of Mines. This conference is a four-day event held annually that brings together roughly 400 Society of Petroleum Engineer’s […]
Students Present at Stanford Geothermal Workshop
Six current and former students of MPGE professor, Dr. Catalin Teodoriu, and three students from the Reservoir Geomechanics and Seismicity research group lead by Dr. Ahmad Ghassemi, had the opportunity to travel across the country to California this month for the Stanfod Geothermal Workshop held on Feb. 12-15. The students on the trip included Mi Chin […]
December Graduation 2017
We would like to congratulate all of our Fall 2017 graduates! Last semester 55 of our students earned their degrees: 43 Bachelor’s degrees 1 PE BS/MBA 9 MS Petroleum Engineering 1 MS Natural Gas Engineering and Management 1 Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering As of Nov. 9, 2017, 14 of the graduating seniors reported having jobs already […]
