Our students have returned from their conference by the Black Sea, and have provided us with some wonderful reports and photos on their cultural activities in addition to their coursework. Alex Romanyuk tells us: Today (June 17) we visited the Oil Museum in Ploiesti. Housed in a beautiful building near the center of the city, […]
Today’s update is by Erik Noguez: Today we visited with two company representatives from Timken, a company that specializes in making bearings for a wide range of industries including oil and gas. The representatives explained the products they offer. A common bearing used in the oil and gas industry are those used in a rotary […]
The Drilling Systems Automation Technical Section (DSATS) of SPE International was established in 2008 to help accelerate the uptake of automation in the drilling industry. Their goal is to link surface machinery with downhole machines, tools and measurements through drilling systems automation (DSA) in order to improve safety and efficiency. To encourage new entrants into the drilling […]
As reported to the editor by Jerry Lessley: Before attending their classroom lectures for the day, the group visited the university’s drilling simulator where they learned to operate a rig’s control panels and how to handle a gas kick. They also observed a much larger simulator in use at the university that mimics an actual […]
Today’s contributor is Alex Romanyuk: We started early today, driving to the neighboring town of Negoiesti, to visit two service companies. Local industry professionals met us at the first location, John Crane Production Solutions Inc. They are a leader in artificial lift systems (rod pump, PCP, and ESP) here in Romania, and they explained to us […]
Throughout their time in Romania, students are required to write about their experiences that day. Today’s narration comes from Erik Noguez: Today we started class by visiting the material sciences laboratory to have a better understanding of how the hardness of a material is measured. We were introduced to equipment used in previous years to […]
Today the students visited the welding lab at the university, and learned how the industry performs face-hardening processes and detects cracks in metal components. Romanian faculty, with the help of Dr. Teodoriu as translator, presented the different welding techniques used in their lab. They, also, demonstrated how to detect cracks in metal components by using ultraviolet light and a special set […]
As part of OU’s commitment to preparing students to operate in our global society through international learning, MPGE has launched its newest study-abroad course under the direction of Associate Professor Catalin Teodoriu. This week, a group of OU petroleum engineering students arrived in Ploiesti, Romania, a little over an hour north of the nation’s capitol […]
Since joining the faculty of MPGE last year, associate professor Catalin Teodoriu has been transformative in his classroom techniques. Rather than using straight lecture, Teodoriu encourages his students to explore through hands-on projects that enhance their learning, and has even added a gaming element to it by obtaining corporate sponsorship for in-class contests. This past […]
Following another successful Relay for Life, OU SPE celebrated with another tradition, the annual crawfish boil. This year’s event, held on the Brian and Sandra O’Brien Plaza of Sarkeys Energy Center, was co-hosted by Baker Hughes whose team tirelessly cooked and served 400 pounds of crawfish straight from Louisiana. The annual crawfish boil is the largest […]