MPGE student Mr. Harshkumar Patel was awarded the prestigious Nancy L. Mergler Dissertation Completion Fellowship for the academic year of 2019-2020. Mr. Patel is a Ph.D. candidate in Petroleum Engineering. He conducts research on well integrity under the supervision of Dr. Saeed Salehi. The fellowship is awarded to top Ph.D. candidates as determined by a […]
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MPGE Students Bagged All Awards at 2019 AADE Graduate Student Poster and Presentation Contest
The American Association of Drilling Engineers (AADE), one of the active organizations for petroleum engineers organizes the Student Poster and Presentation Contest to recognize the role of academic endeavors in the future development of the petroleum industry, where university students highlight their research work. Several graduate (MS and Ph.D.) students from top petroleum engineering programs […]
OU Faculty Senate Honors MPGE Professor with Prestigious Award
The OU Faculty Senate recognized Dr. Siddharth Misra by awarding him the Ed Cline Faculty Development Award for his project Machine-Learning for Geoscience Research and Teaching. The faculty development fund was created by President Boren to provide support to enhance the professional development of the faculty. In 2008, the awards were named after Prof. Ed Cline […]
OU Reservoir Geomechanics and Seismicity Research Group has been recognized for research excellence by DOE Geothermal Technologies Office:
Ph.D. candidate, Lianbo Hu, and the RGSRG’s rock mechanics lab technologist, Steve Dwyer, played a key role in the success of this effort which also involved participation and contributions from undergraduate students (e.g., Lei Han, Weiqi Yu, Kyle Bolyard, Bey Westcott). Investing in EGS technologies could eventually lead to more than 100 gigawatts of economically […]
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 Alumni name SPE Distinguished Member
MPGE Alumni Ashraf Al-Tahini was awarded 2018 SPE International Award as a Distinguished Member, recognizing significant technical and professional contributions to the industry and contributions of exceptional service and leadership to the Society of Petroleum Engineers. Click here for more information.
2018 Alberta Energy Challenge
Written by Katie Mykleby The Alberta Energy Challenge is a five-day case competition event hosted in Edmonton, Alberta by the University of Alberta School of Business that Sam Infanti, Aaron Nazrini and myself, Katie Mykleby, had the opportunity to attend. During our time at AEC, we learned about the energy industry in Canada through speakers, […]
Department of Energy Awards a New Multi-Million Dollar Grant to OU MPGE Team
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of seven projects totaling nearly $11.4 million to advance geothermal energy development. The projects will focus on accelerating the research and development (R&D) of innovative geothermal energy technologies in America. https://www.energy.gov/articles/energy-department-announces-114-million-new-projects-advance-efficient-drilling-geothermal University of Oklahoma is one of the awarded universities. Project team includes Dr. Salehi (Project […]
MPGE Student and Professor Published Research in JGR-Solid Earth Journal
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 […]
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 […]