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Mohamed Selected as SPWLA Distinguished Speaker
Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering (UT PGE) doctoral candidate Tarek S. Mohamed (PhD PE 2024) has been selected as a 2023–2024 Distinguished Speaker for the Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA). The distinction is given to authors of the top technical papers presented at the annual SPWLA international symposium. Among the 10 researchers awarded the distinction this year, Mohamed is the only student among industry experts and academic professionals.
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EEMDL Hosts Inaugural Conference
The Energy Emissions Modeling and Data Lab (EEMDL) — a $50 million initiative specializing in improved greenhouse gas emissions accounting across energy supply chains — held its first-ever conference in October at The University of Texas at Austin’s J.J. Pickle Research Campus. Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering (UT PGE) Research Associate Professor Arvind Ravikumar co-directs EEMDL with Dave Allen, a professor in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering.
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Lake Announces Retirement After Four Decades in UT PGE
Professor Larry Lake announced this month that he is retiring after 45 years in the Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering (UT PGE). Even as Dr. Lake slowly scales back his teaching load over the next three years, his legacy in the department and the industry will remain ever present.
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Espinoza and Livescu Awarded $5 Million ARPA-E Grant
Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering (UT PGE) Associate Professors Nicolas Espinoza and Silviu Livescu are key team members of a new $5 million grant from the Mining Innovations for Negative Emissions Resource Recovery (MINER) program run by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E).
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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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