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UT PGE Undergraduate Program Ranks No. 1
The Hildebrand Department’s undergraduate petroleum engineering program is once again No. 1 in the nation according to the 2022 U.S. News & World Report rankings released Sept. 13.
Keep readingProdanović Receives SPE and EAGE Awards
Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering Associate Professor Maša Prodanović earned two prestigious industry awards in July — Distinguished Member from the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and the Alfred Wegener Award from the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE).
Keep readingEnergy Sustainability Expert Joins UT PGE Faculty
Arvind P. Ravikumar joins the Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering faculty as research associate professor this fall. Ravikumar brings to UT PGE a multidisciplinary approach to solving one of science and society’s most pressing questions — how global economies can usher in sustainable energy development in the face of climate change.
Keep readingPGE Team Wins Best Paper in Geophysics Journal
Hildebrand Department PhD graduate Joshua Bautista-Anguiano and his research advisor, Professor Carlos Torres-Verdin, have won the 2020 Best Paper award in GEOPHYSICS, a journal published six times a year by the Society of Exploration Geophysicists.
Keep readingUT PGE Welcomes New Undergrads
The classes of 2024 and 2025 participated in the Hildebrand department's annual First-year Fall Retreat in August, with sessions on student organizations, academic opportunities and networking. Upperclass mentors led campus tours and icebreaker activities. Special thanks to event sponsor Chevron.
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Drilling and Completions
Drilling, well completions, and rock mechanics research includes: well bore stability in highly...
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Enhanced Oil Recovery
Enhanced oil recovery research includes topics such as how to improve oil recovery from all types...
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Formation Evaluation
Formation evaluation research understands and characterizes the physical properties of reservoir...
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Geologic Carbon Storage
CO2 storage research investigates methods for CO2 sequestration, including storage in deep saline...
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Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Geomechanics
Hydraulic fracturing produces fractures in the rock formation that stimulate the flow of natural...
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Integrated Reservoir Characterization
Integrated Reservoir Characterization research focuses on: 1. providing practical approaches for...
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Natural Gas Engineering
Natural gas engineering research includes topics such as how to extract gas and natural gas...
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Petrophysics and Pore Scale Processes
Petrophysics and pore-scale processes research develops the basics science that underlies all...
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Production Engineering
Production engineering research covers a wide range of interests while presenting front-end...
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Reservoir Engineering
Reservoir engineering research includes topics such as how to extract oil and gas efficiently from...
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Reservoir Simulation
Reservoir simulation research focuses on development and application of reservoir simulators for...
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Unconventional Resources
Unconventional resources research includes areas such as rock imaging, well monitoring, fluid...
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