Join SSG on Friday (2/10) from 12:00pm-12:50pm in MZ235! We will have a speaker from the Oil and Gas industry to share their experiences and answer questions from all of you. Will provide a tasty lunch, so come hungry!
RUI QIAO Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech Abstract: Oil from tight reservoirs has grown to dominate the liquid petroleum production in the U.S., which greatly benefits the petroleum industry. The industry, however, faces challenges in improving oil recovery from these reservoirs and reducing its carbon footprint. CO2 injection for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and CO2 sequestration […]
PETER M. MUELLER Co-Founder, EcoVapor Recovery Systems Emissions of methane, VOCs, NOx, and CO2 from oil and gas production facilities are coming under increased scrutiny by Federal, State, and even local jurisdictions, as well as the general public. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, while VOCs and NOx are precursors to ozone formation. CO2 concentrations […]
Join SSG on Friday (12/2) for our last meeting of the Fall semester! We will meet from 12:00pm-12:50pm in MZ 335. We will be having a Potluck lunch, so bring drinks, snacks, or side dishes! We will provide the main dish. Hope to see you all there!
Millions of wells will need to be abandoned in the coming decades, at a phenomenal expense to the oil & gas industry with zero return on investment (ROI). A sizeable […]
When you write about real people, sometimes they get mad at you. Erika Krouse’s memoir, Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation, is about Erika’s experience as a private […]
Join SSG on Friday (11/11) from 12:00pm-12:50pm at MZ 335. We will have a presentation from Ben Murphy on MT testing of Colorado's Mineral Belt! We will be having D-deli […]
Join SSG this Friday (10/28) in MZ 335 from 12:00pm-12:50pm for a Professor panel! Get to know your current and future professors on a more personal level. They are excited to meet you all as well! We will be having donuts, coffee, and hot coco to help warm everyone up! Mines welcomes individuals with disabilities. […]
Maša Prodanović Professor, Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering The University of Texas at Austin Computing properties such as (relative) permeability, diffusion coefficients or electrical resistivity of rocks based […]
Please join SSG on Friday (10/21) for a Graduate Student panel. We will meet in MZ 335 at 12:00pm - 12:50pm. We will be having Dominoes pizza, so come hungry! Mines welcomes individuals with disabilities. If you require an accommodation in order to participate in this event, please contact Dani vonLembke by 10/20/22 vonlembke@mines.edu. Advance […]
George Moridis Professor and holder of the Robert L. Whiting Chair in Petroleum Engineering Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering Texas A&M University We investigate by means of numerical simulation a planned […]
Mohammad Aljasser PhD Thesis Defense Multiphase flow is a term used to express a flow that deals with two or more immiscible phases. In the oil and gas production system, multiphase flow can occur in the wellbore and pipelines, and gas-liquid two-phase flow is one of the most common ones. The term flow pattern describes […]
Kagan Kutun PhD Thesis Defense Distributed temperature sensing (DTS) is a valuable diagnostic method that provides insight into the completions design efficiency and production performance of unconventional assets. The temperature profiles obtained from these surveys are used to qualitatively and quantitatively assess the multi-stage hydraulic fracture placement efficiency and determine subsequent production profiles in horizontal […]
Asm Kamruzzaman PhD Thesis Defense The experimental study presented in this thesis was designed and conducted to determine the mechanisms of gas injection enhanced oil recovery (EOR) at the pore-scale level in low permeability shale reservoirs. Two separate sets of experiments were conducted. The first set pertained to depletion drive and second set pertained to […]
With the current transition in energy sources from fossil fuels to renewable energy to address the world's climate change crisis, new attention is being paid to the uses and potential of geothermal energy. Geothermal energy has been used by humankind for millennia, but it has been overshadowed by faster growing renewable energy sources such as […]
Hydraulic Fracture Geometry Characterization in Unconventional Reservoirs: Numerical Modeling and Data Interpretation Multi-stage hydraulic fracturing with horizontal drilling is a key technique to economically unlock hydrocarbon in unconventional reservoirs. Despite their successful applications, accurate characterization of the complex hydraulic fracture geometry that is created in unconventional reservoirs remains challenging due to the complexities of stress […]
Geothermal development in the United States Past, Present, and Future: A personal perspective The presentation will review United States geothermal development over the last forty years. This will cover the first development at The Geysers steam field in the 1960’s through today, on a decade-by-decade basis. The author started working in the geothermal industry in […]
This presentation covers the essential elements of limited entry treatment design and reviews a case study of plug-and-perf horizontal well treatments in an unconventional shale play. In the case study, […]
There has been a large gap in the modeling and understanding of reservoir fluids; this deficiency has led to major inefficiencies in field development planning. Petroleum system modeling provides the […]
Presentation from 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm, Group Discussion from 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Oil and Gas industry is going through an enormous transition after the recent collapse of the commodity prices due to COVID 19. Massive consolidation in the industry will inevitably lead to cost control but the industry still needs new capital […]
Presentation from 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm, Group Discussion from 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Oil and Gas industry is going through an enormous transition after the recent collapse of the commodity prices due to COVID 19. Massive consolidation in the industry will inevitably lead to cost control but the industry still needs new capital […]
Presentation from 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm, Group Discussion from 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Oil and Gas industry is going through an enormous transition after the recent collapse of the commodity prices due to COVID 19. Massive consolidation in the industry will inevitably lead to cost control but the industry still needs new capital […]
Micrometer, Chalk, Chainsaw: Real World Petroleum Engineering Applications Not all of us will land engineering roles in an R&D department, in fact most will land roles where we must find […]
Micrometer, Chalk, Chainsaw: Real World Petroleum Engineering Applications Not all of us will land engineering roles in an R&D department, in fact most will land roles where we must find a balance between engineering precision, real world application, and capital discipline. Knowing when and how to utilize and apply precise engineering, in light of the […]
Swing by to get free lunch and SWAG, play some of our fun activities, and look at the cool stuff we’ve found of the department’s history.
Swing by to get free lunch and SWAG, play some of our fun activities, and look at the cool stuff we’ve found of the department’s history.
Join award-winning poet and translator Wayne Miller for an evening of poetry and an investigation of translation as art form Please join the Hennebach Program as we launch our Spring 2022 season of events with award-winning poet and translator Wayne Miller as he reads from his new poetry collection, We the Jury, and talks about […]
Research and Opportunities for CCUS in Wyoming The energy industry is transitioning to low-carbon energy fuels and technologies. Undoubtedly, Wyoming, the largest fossil energy producing state within the Rockies, will experience large impacts during the low-carbon energy transition. These impacts, though, could be as positive in the long term for Wyoming. One of the most […]
Join Author Elisa Gabbert for a discussion of the mysterious locus of control, exploring bias and competing interests, failings of memory and perceptions, the unconscious, parasitic mind control, the problem […]
Dr. Hassan Alkandari, Kuwait Education Attaché in US Dr. Alkandari arrived in the US 34 years ago from Kuwait when he was 18 years old with an intense desire to […]
CCUS – The need for it and its current status Capture of Carbon dioxide (CO2) and its storage or utilization (CCUS) is one of the technologies that will be part of the portfolio of solutions needed to reduce anthropogenic emissions of CO2 in response to climate change. There have been extensive research, development and demonstration […]
HB Lecture Series presents Education in Afghanistan: Promoting Local Solutions to Address Complex Realities Education in Afghanistan, particularly girls’ education, is making headlines again as education policies and structures are […]
Well Instrumentation and Fiber Optics – Critical Information to Understand the Interplay Between: Well, Stimulation and Subsurface Monitoring the creation and geometry of hydraulically induced fractures using a variety of diagnostic tools is a relatively expensive but necessary step to achieve the successful development of unconventional reservoirs. In recent years, downhole instrumentation using a combination […]
This three-part interactive workshop unpacks implicit/unconscious bias, invites participants to consider their own biases and the ways biases manifest in an organization. Specific strategies and skill-building are offered for minimizing […]
UNDERGROUND STORAGE TECHNOLOGY AND R&D The storage of natural gas in underground formations has played a key role in providing a reliable and affordable source of gas to meet the demands for electric generation and heating. Over the two decades R&D and application of the resulting technology has played a key role in providing a […]