Three MPGE students presented papers at the AADE 2018 National Fluid Conference on March 11 in Houston, TX. Fatemah Saleh presented her paper entitled “Mixing Energy of Well Cements: The Gap Between Laboratory Testing and Field Job” with her faculty advisor, Dr. Catalin Teodoriu. Saket Srivastava, also presenting with Dr. Teodoriu, presented his paper entitled ” […]
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Student Day at the 2018 SPE Improved Oil Recovery Conference
Written by Sarah Zink Thank you to the students of TU and to Mid-Continent SPE for hosting the first Student Day as part of the 2018 SPE Improved Oil Recovery Conference! This Student Day was an opportunity for our students to tour TU’s research facilities, compete in the the 2018 SPE Mid-Continent North American Regional […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
MPGE Research to be Showcased at Conference
MPGE has been selected to showcase research at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) to be held in Houston, TX on May 1-4, 2018. MPGE faculty members, Dr. Salehi and Dr. Teodoriu, will lead the students to showcase research conducted over the Study of Human Factors in Drilling Operations. In 2017, OU was selected as the […]
MPGE Professors on Conference Organizing Committee
Dr. Salehi and Dr. Teodoriu are part of the organizing committee for the 2018 Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering Conference (OMAE). The conference will be held by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) in Madrid, Spain on June 17-22, 2018. The conference is one of the biggest ASME conferences with more than 2,000 participants. Several […]
ATCE 2017: San Antonio
ATCE 2017 in San Antonio, Texas has just ended and the University of Oklahoma was there in full force. Here are some of the highlights from the conference, and a student perspective. See more pictures on our Facebook. Our PetroBowl team took 3rd place overall in the international competition. OU was the highest placed team […]
A Report from the U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium

The American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA) held their 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium in Houston, Texas, June 26-29. This was a special year for OU faculty and students in attendance because MPGE Professor Emeritus Jean-Claude Roegiers not only served as a keynote speaker but was recognized with a lifetime achievement award for his contributions to the field […]
Romania: A Report from the Black Sea

Faculty sponsor, Catalin Teodoriu, and graduate student Adonis Ichim brought the group to the FOREN2016 conference, which is the annual meeting of the Romanian National Committee of World Energy Council, in Costinesti, located on the shores of the Black Sea. Teodoriu and Ichim presented two papers together and Teodoriu was a round table presenter, as […]