The following post was written by student Alex Vachaparampil. For your research to be featured on the MPGE blog – please email dbrasington@ou.edu. The reservoir rock response to stresses play an important role in various petroleum engineering applications including wellbore stability analyses, stimulation, and calibration of well logs for reservoir geomechanics modeling. Hitherto, most laboratories […]
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Romania Wrap-Up
This post is a day-by-day breakdown of the Summer 2017 Romania Study Abroad trip led by Dr. Catalin Teodoriu. The summary of the days and the pictures in the post were all written and taken by students in the program. This should provide an accurate account of what to expect from the course. Summers […]
Graduate Student Research: Raj Kiran
Raj Kiran is a graduate student under Dr. Saeed Salehi. Below is the abstract of his research that he will present at ATCE in San Antonio in October. Integrating Human Factors into Petroleum Engineering’s Curriculum: Essential Training for Students Abstract The contribution of Human Factors, in complex commercial and contractual environments like the oil […]
Graduate Student Research: Wei Tian
Wei Tian is a graduate student under Dr. Xingru Wu. Below is an abstract of his research that he will be presenting at ATCE in San Antonio, TX this October. Abstract The residual oil saturation obtained from SWCTT is critical for designing enhanced oil recovery (EOR). However, a key assumption in conventional SWCTT is that […]
Graduate Students Research: Shiv Prakash Ojha
Shiv Prakash Ojha is a graduate student under Dr. Siddharth Misra. Below is an abstract of his research that he will be presenting at ATCE in San Antonio, TX this October. SPE-187398-MS Relative Permeability and Residual Saturation Estimates for Organic-Rich Shale Samples from Bakken, Wolfcamp, Eagle Ford and Woodford Formations Shiv Prakash Ojha, Siddharth […]
2017 Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTeC) Summary
The 2017 Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTeC) was held in Austin, Texas, July 24-26. Attending the conference was seven members of the MPGE faculty, including, Dr. Chandra Rai, Dr. Carl Sondergeld, Dr. Ahmad Ghassemi, Dr. Deepak Devegowda, Dr. Faruk Civan, Dr. Rouzbeh Moghanloo and Dr. Ali Tinni. In addition to the faculty who attended the […]
51st US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium Summary
The American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA) held their 51st U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium in San Francisco, California, June 25-28. MPGE Professor Ahmad Ghassemi and some other members of the Reservoir Geomechanics & Seismicity Research Group attended the meeting and presented a total of 11 papers. Professor Ghassemi helped organize the second ARMA Technical Committee on […]
Dr. Teodoriu Appointed Visiting Professor at Cranfield University
Dr. Teodoriu has been appointed Visiting Professor of Cranfield University, with the approval of the Senate and on the recommendation of the Pro-VC School of Cranfield. The appointment is effective from 01/06/2017 and is for an initial period of one year, renewable annually. Cranfield is an exclusively postgraduate university located at the heart of the […]
MPGE Participates in Big Event
Each year, the University of Oklahoma campus comes together to take part in the Big Event, a day set aside to give back to our community through service. This year, OU SPE and faculty and staff from the Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy volunteered their time to make this effort a success. 19 members of […]
Drilling & Well Completion Group Receives Research Award
A new project has been awarded to MPGE’s Drilling and Completion Group. The project, funded by the U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), will study failure in wellbore cements and elastomer liner hanger in conjunctions with loss of well control incidents. The aim is to develop new testing protocols for sealing assemblies and […]