The following post is written by Zhi Ye, a Ph.D. student in MPGE. Invited by OU Chinese Petroleum Association (OCPA), SPE Distinguished Lecturer Dr. Tao Yang visited OU MPGE on Sep. 21, 2017. Dr. Yang is a world-known and recognized reservoir technology specialist and has global reservoir engineering consulting experience for more than 200 […]
Month: September 2017
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 […]
Summer 2017 Externship Program
The summer of 2017 brought the first ever MPGE Externship program for students to gain valuable internship experience with our industry friends and partners, all while on campus here in Norman. The program was truly a huge success with 20 projects being completed over the course of the two month program. All in all, 12 […]
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 […]
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 […]