MPGE Ph.D. student Zhi Ye and Professor Ahmad Ghassemi published their research in the Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth. The manuscript is entitled “Injection-induced Shear Slip and Permeability Enhancement in Granite Fractures.” JGR-Solid Earth is the leading geoscience journal published by American Geophysical Union since 1896. The paper clearly demonstrates permeability increase of faults/fractures by shear […]
Month: September 2018
New Technology Aids in Student Research
Hands-on teaching and research methods are becoming the standard for the Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering thanks to the new tool kindly donated by Helmerich and Payne Inc. The tool is specially designed to detect vibrations and provides reliable information about the condition of machines. It will be used in combination with MPGE’s […]
2018 Annual OU SPE Golf Classic
After a three-year hiatus, the University of Oklahoma’s Society of Petroleum Engineers (OU SPE) brought back the annual golf tournament fundraiser. The event was hosted Friday, September 7th at Winter Creek Golf and Country Club in Blanchard, OK. Despite the all-day rain, over 70 professionals from the energy industry, stretching from OKC to Midland and […]
OU AADE Hosts Informative Tech Talks for Students
On August 23, the OU AADE section was pleased to have Mr. David Rosby-Lead, Cement Engineer; Mr. Brian Pfeiff, Senior Technical Advisor and Mr. Dillon Bellamy, Technical Professional and OU Alumni lead a tech talk for the students of MPGE. More than 70 students attended the event. The talk was about Halliburton service lines and […]
MPGE Research Continues to Make Headlines
Research from MPGE faculty and staff continues to make headlines. Team members Dr. Saeed Salehi, Dr. Catalin Teodoriu, Raj Kiran and Azeem Raza have been conducting research on human factors in safe drilling operations using eye-tracking technology. Their research was previously published in Drilling Contractor Magazine, and has now been featured in The Way Ahead, a […]