Two MPGE Emeritus professors have made contributions to the petroleum engineering industry this year. Emeritus professor, Dr. Djebbar Tiab, has signed a multi-year contract with the Algerian national oil company, Sonatrach, to assist with the establishment of educational/training programs in basic and advanced petroleum engineering. He is also assisting the Algerian Petroleum Institute (API) to establish, in association with a U.S. […]
MPGE Students Present at the IADC SPE Drilling Conference
Two MPGE students published technical papers at the 2018 International Association of Drilling Contractors/Society of Petroleum Engineers Drilling Conference and Exhibition this month. The conference was held at the Forth Worth Convention Center in Forth Worth, Texas from March 6-8. Chinedum Peter Ezeakacha and Raj Kiran, both Ph.D. candidates under the supervision of Dr. Saeed […]
MPGE Welcomed Visiting Delegates from China University of Petroleum
A group of professors and officials from China University of Petroleum (East China) visited MPGE on Feb. 25. The visiting delegates included Prof. Chengyan Lin (Dean of School of Geoscience), Prof. Baojing Sun (Dean of School of Petroleum Engineering), Ms. Xiaomei Wang (Director of Department of Collaboration and Development), Prof. Kai Zhang (Director of Office […]
2018 SPE North American Student Symposium and PetroBowl Qualifier
Written by Sarah Zink, OU SPE President The 2018 SPE North American Student Symposium was held at Louisiana State University’s campus this year, and was hosted by representatives of LSU, Penn State and the Colorado School of Mines. This conference is a four-day event held annually that brings together roughly 400 Society of Petroleum Engineer’s […]
Students Present at Stanford Geothermal Workshop
Six current and former students of MPGE professor, Dr. Catalin Teodoriu, and three students from the Reservoir Geomechanics and Seismicity research group lead by Dr. Ahmad Ghassemi, had the opportunity to travel across the country to California this month for the Stanfod Geothermal Workshop held on Feb. 12-15. The students on the trip included Mi Chin […]
MPGE Students Presented at the 2018 SPE International Conference and Exhibition on Formation Damage Control
OU MPGE was represented at the 2018 SPE International Conference and Exhibition on Formation Damage Control. The conference was held in Lafayette, Louisiana on Feb. 7-9. The publication How Does Mixing Water Quality Affect Cement Properties (F. Salehi, R. Rivera, S. Salehi, C. Teodoriu, University of Oklahoma; A. Ghalambor, Oil Center Research Intl.) from the […]
MPGE Professor Involved in Department of Energy Study
Dr. Saeed Salehi is a co-investigator in a $9.7 million Department of Energy grant to conduct a study to better understand how to recover oil in the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale, a geological formation that covers 28 parishes in central and south Louisiana, and several southwestern Mississippi counties. This region holds an estimated 7 billion barrels […]
2018 SPWLA Spring Topical Conference
MPGE Assistant Professor, Dr. Siddharth Misra, will be serving on the steering committee for the SPWLA 2018 Spring Topical Conference on Petrophysical Data-Driven Analytics: Theory and Applications. The conference will be held April 16- 18 in Houston, Texas. All MPGE faculty and graduate students are encouraged to submit an abstract to the conference. The deadline […]
Study Abroad: Romania – Day 8
Once upon a time, in a land far, far away from Norman, Oklahoma, 12 people embarked on a journey to Rasnov, Romania. These people include Sergio Gomez, Thai Phi, Nate Johnson, Landon Wright, Steve Reiley, Andrew Boremann, Cameron Devers, Dennys Cifuentas, Lavinia Teodoriu, Catalin Teodoriu, Allen the tour guide and myself. Upon arrival in Rasnov […]
December Graduation 2017
We would like to congratulate all of our Fall 2017 graduates! Last semester 55 of our students earned their degrees: 43 Bachelor’s degrees 1 PE BS/MBA 9 MS Petroleum Engineering 1 MS Natural Gas Engineering and Management 1 Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering As of Nov. 9, 2017, 14 of the graduating seniors reported having jobs already […]