Chevron Short Course Series
We had to adapt and have all of the short courses as we- binars this year. They included:
• Data Analytics , presented by Naser Erwmi, Nobel
Energy
• Hydraulic Fracturing , presented by by Pravin Patel,
NexTier, Completion Solution
• Real-time Fracture Diagnostic Tool - FracBeat , Presented
by Sattor Khakimov, Terra-Laboratories
• Cementing Technologies and Applications, Presented
by Ahmed Mansour, Field Engineer II, from BJ services
• Frac Design , Presented by Premier Oilfield Group reps
• StimPlan Hydraulic Fracturing Software , presented by
Carla De Paulo and Dante Guerra, NSI Technologies
Around 40 students, mostly seniors with a few juniors and grad students, participated in the series this year. Upon completion of the short course the students received a certificate of completion as well as additional skills, knowledge, and training to put on their resume.
Students were excited for the opportunity to learn skills that were immediately useful in classes and internships.
We are always looking for interesting and useful instruc - tors and courses, so please contact Mark Miller if you would like to participate or share an opportunity for a course students would benefit from.
A big thanks to Chevron for their continued support.
SPECIAL PROGRAMS
Distinguished Seminar Series
We has an unusual year with no seminars in the fall and going fully vir- tual in the spring. We also changed the time to every other Monday at 4 pm. The new time worked really well and we look forward to seeing how it works when we’re in person again this fall.
We are still looking for speakers for this coming spring 2022. We are especially interested in speakers who can address future opportunities (research opportunities in new techniques, future of the field, etc.), spe - cialized technical topics or related topics such as artificial intelligence or banking and its involvement in O&G.
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 SPRING 2021
• Jan 15: Ahmed Amer, Newpark Fluids Systems - New R&D Trends to
address Lost Circulation
• Feb 8: Dr. Hariprasad Janakiram, Chevron - Current trends in Flow
Assurance: from R&D to Applications
• Feb 22: Dr. Roland Horne, Stanford - Big Data and Machine Learning
in Reservoir Analysis
• Mar 8: Dr. Ding Zhu, Texas A&M University - Using Downhole
Fiberoptic Sensing Technology to Monitor, Control and Improve Well
Performance
• Mar 22: Dr. Jingjun (Zi) Zhang, ConocoPhillips - Mitigating Production
Degradation Due to Frac Hits in Unconventional Reservoirs
• Apr 5: Kyle Haustveit, Devon Energy - Making Decisions Using
Completions Diagnostics Tools in Unconventional Reservoirs
• Apr 10: Dr. Abbas Firoozabadi, Rice University - Molecular
Structure, Functional Molecules, Molecule Simulations and Classical
Thermodynamics in Relation to Efficient Hydrocarbon Energy
Production and Stewardship of the Environment
SUPPORTING PE STUDENTS
Scholarships provide much needed financial assistance to students pursuing stud - ies in the Department of Petroleum Engineering, especially to those who demon- strate a passion for learning and applying new knowledge in support of the sci- ence and engineering community.
Donations can be made to any of the petroleum engineering scholarships found on our website. You can support our students by making a gift, in any amount.
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