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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