| Special Programs
Distinguished Seminar Series
It was a pleasure to be fully in person this past school year. We also implemented a discussion hour after the seminar presentation to give students and faculty an opportunity to have more in-depth and long ranging conversations with our guest speakers.
We are still looking for speakers for this coming spring 2023. We are especially interested in speakers who can address future opportuni- ties (research opportunities in new techniques, future of the field, etc.), specialized 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 FALL 2021
• Underground Storage Technology and R&D – Mr. Larry Kennedy
Jr., PG & E
• Characterizing and Controlling the Propagation of Mechanical
Discontinuity Using Unsupervised, Supervised and Reinforcement
Learning Techniques – Dr. Siddharth Misra, Texas A&M University
• Fitting Square Pegs into Square Holes: Petrotechnical Data
Analytics into the Upstream Value Chain – Mr. Zach Warren,
Velocity Insight
• Research Headwinds: Navigating R&D When Priorities Change –
Mr. Shane Siebenaler, Southwest Research Institute (SWRI)
• Well Instrumentation and Fiber Optics – Critical Information
to Understand the Interplay Between: Well, Simulation and
Subsurface – Dr. Gustavo Ugueto, Shell
• CCUS – The Need for It and Its Current Status – Dr. Rajesh J. Pawar,
Los Alamos National Lab
• Research and Opportunities for CCUS in Wyoming – Dr. J. Fred
McLaughlin, School of Energy Resources at University of Wyoming
PRESENTERS IN SPRING 2022
• Micrometer, Chalk, Chainsaw: Real World Petroleum Engineering
Applications – Dominic Spencer, Bowline Energy
• Capital Considerations in Oil & Gas Industry with Today’s Golden
ESG Standards – Osman Apaydin, KODA Resources
• The Future of Drilling: Advancing Drilling Automation, Data
Analytics, Machine Learning and AI – Dr. Eric Van Oort, University
of Texas at Austin
• Reservoir Fluid Geodynamics: A Fundamentally New Approach to
Reservoir Evaluation – Oliver C. Mullins, Schlumberger
• Integrating Multiple Diagnostic Methods to Determine Limited
Entry Treatment Effectiveness – Dave Cramer, ConocoPhilips
• Geothermal Development in the United States Past, Present, and
Future: A Personal Perspective – David D. Faulder, CYRQ Energy
• Hydraulic Fracture Geometry Characterization in Unconventional
Reservoirs: Numerical Modeling and Data Interpretation – Kan
Wu, Texas A&M University
• Geothermal Energy: Current Uses and New Possibilities – Patrick
F. Dobson, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
20 COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES
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