IADC Drilling Contractor Magazine recently interviewed Raj Kiran, a graduate research assistant working with Dr. Saeed Salehi, about his research. His research assessed the situational awareness and cognitive response in real-time of drilling professionals in the field using eye-tracking technology. The data generated is used to gain more insight into drilling operations and, ultimately, will use […]
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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 […]
Frist True-Triaxial Compression Tests on Cubical Shale Samples Carried Out by the Reservoir Geomechanics & Seismicity Research Group
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 […]
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 […]
Drillbotics Team: Now Accepting Resumes

We are in the process of forming a team that is going to participate in the fourth drillbotics competition, which is organized by Drilling Systems Automation Technical Section (DSATS) of SPE, for more information visit drillbotics.com. The team representing the University of Oklahoma will be consisting of five students (undergraduate seniors and graduate (MS) […]
MPGE Undergrad Receives Research Award
MPGE undergraduate student Rodrigo Rivera Reyes is recipient of an Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) grant from OU Honors College. The program offers financial assistance for scholarly and creative projects under the mentorship of a faculty member. Dozens of research projects are funded each year so that undergraduates may undertake ambitious and exciting research endeavors. […]