Frist True-Triaxial Compression Tests on Cubical Shale Samples Carried Out by the Reservoir Geomechanics & Seismicity Research Group

The following post was written by student Alex Vachaparampil. For your research to be featured on the MPGE blog – please email dbrasington@ou.edu.  The reservoir rock response to stresses play an important role in various petroleum engineering applications including wellbore stability analyses, stimulation, and calibration of well logs for reservoir geomechanics modeling. Hitherto, most laboratories […]

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Romania Wrap-Up

This post is a day-by-day breakdown of the Summer 2017 Romania Study Abroad trip led by Dr. Catalin Teodoriu. The summary of the days and the pictures in the post were all written and taken by students in the program. This should provide an accurate account of what to expect from the course.   Summers […]

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Graduate Student Research: Raj Kiran

Raj Kiran is a graduate student under Dr. Saeed Salehi. Below is the abstract of his research that he will present at ATCE in San Antonio in October.   Integrating Human Factors into Petroleum Engineering’s Curriculum: Essential Training for Students   Abstract The contribution of Human Factors, in complex commercial and contractual environments like the oil […]

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