PE_Newsletter_2020_Online, Page 16

PE_Newsletter_2020_Online, Page 16

Distinguished Seminar Series

We continue to work on strengthening and expanding our seminar series and invited local and out of state speakers from industry and academia to come and speak to our graduate students on a variety of topics. The presentations were an hour long on Friday mornings every two weeks.

We are still looking for speakers for this coming spring 2021. We are especially interested in speakers who can address future opportuni- ties (research opportunities in new techniques, future of the field, etc.), technical topics or related topics such as artificial intelligence or banking and its involvement in O&G.

We want to continue building interest and momentum. To do so, we need to continue getting compelling and distinguished presenters who can cover topics ranging from technical issues to developing soft skills.

Please contact the department at (303) 273-3740 or petroleum@ mines.edu with speaker referrals or to volunteer to speak on these or related topics.

PRESENTERS IN AY 19-20

Fall 2019

• Dr. Mehdi Salehi, Surtek. Challenges of New Technology

Development and Deployment in the Oil & Gas Industry - An

overview of a new technology development: Next Generation

Mobility and Sweep Improvement with Excelceor Technology

• John de Wardt, De Wardt and Company. Drilling Systems

Automation is Here — Propagation, Pitfalls, Profits

• Dr. Kumar Ramurthy, Halliburton. Well Interference Mitigation and

Parent/Child Optimized Development

• Thanh Nguyen, CMG. Initiation and Growth of Hydraulic Fracture

& Proppant Transport Modeling using CMG

• Dr. Hui-Hai Liu, Aramo Research Center. Aramco Nano

Permeameter (ANP): A new laboratory method to measure stress-

dependent source rock permeability

• Dr. Mahood Ahmedi, MI3 Petroleum Engineering. EOR Workflow

in Conventional and Unconventional Reservoirs with Case Studies

• Dr. Rick Sarg, Mines Geology & Geol. Engineering. Organic-Rich

Lacustrine Rocks – The Green River Formation, Colorado/Utah and

the Pre-Salt of Brazil – A Story of Beaches, Microbes, and Chemical

Precipitates

Spring 2020

• Linda Mohammed, Aera Energy. Case Study on the Performance of

Slotted vs Precision Punched vs Wire Wrapped Liners

• Dr. Osman Apaydin, KODA Resources. Role of Reservoir Engineers

in Unconventional Era

• Dr. Mike Mayerhofer, Liberty Oil Services. Shale Frac Designs Move

to Just-Good-Enough Proppant Economics

• Juan David Estrada Benavides, Shclumberger OneStim. Challenges

of Unconventional Infill Development

Tentatively rescheduled for next spring due to Covid-19

• Dr. Abbas Firoozabadi, Reservoir Engineering Institute. New

Opportunities from Use of Functional Molecules and Molecular

Simulations in Hydrocarbon Energy Production

• Clayton Radke, UC Berkeley. Reservoir Mixed Wettability and Low

Salinity Improved Oil Recovery

• Dr. Roel Snieder, Mines Geophysics. Driving Research by Creatively

Asking Questions

• Dr. Benjamin Ramires, ExxonMobil Upstream Integrated Solution

Company. Dynamic Characterization of Hydrocarbon Reservoirs –

An Overview

SUPPORTING PE STUDENTS

Scholarships provide much needed financial assistance to stu - dents pursuing studies in the Department of Petroleum Engi- neering, especially to those who demonstrate a passion for learning and applying new knowledge in support of the science and engineering community.

Donations can be made to any of the petroleum engineering scholarships found on our website. You can support our stu- dents by making a gift, in any amount.

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