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Welcome to The Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering
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Mewbourne Oil Company Offers OU Workover Site Opportunity
Mewbourne Oil Company offered Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering students an opporunity they will never forget.
The Mewbourne Oil Well Workover took place at the Well Construction Technology Center (WCTC) in Norman, Oklahoma. Students observed in outdoor, real time activities with Mewbourne Oil Company operations team on hand for live explanation of activities.
Workover Schedule:
- Rig up, nipple down wellhead, & pull all tubing and rods out of hole
- Rig up wireline in the AM, set bridge plug, dump cement. Trip in hole and circulate mud.
- Trip out of hole, pick up tubing set cement retainer.
- Run tubing, set retainer, circulate clean fluid, run pump and rods in hole, hang rods off on wellhead.
- Move in and set up pumping unit.
The WCTC was established to aid the oil and gas industry in solving well-bore problems and conducting research projects. Using advanced technology and both field and lab scale equipment, the research carried out focuses on the flow of various fluids within differing environments of pressure and temperature through assorted pipe configurations. Mr. Curtis Mewbourne wanted the well workover to be a learning opporunity due to the decrease of internships and job opportunities for students.
Established in 1965, Mewbourne Oil Company has grown into one of the more prominent independent oil and natural gas producers in the Anadarko and Permian Basins of Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico. With over 50 years of experience operating in the Anadarko and Permian Basins, the Company has developed an organization with extensive knowledge of the operations and opportunities which exist in these two producing areas.
OU SPE Team Win 2021 Petrobowl Competition
The SPE University of Oklahoma PetroBowl team made history again by taking first place in the 2021 Petrobowl Competition! OU is the only school to win the PetroBowl Competition five times.
Team members are petroleum engineering Ph.D. student Felipe Cruz, petroleum engineering master’s degree student Juan Camilo Acosta, and chemical engineering Ph.D. student Marco Tulio Portella.
- First Round> University of Oklahoma 65 Vs 35 Federal University of Petroleum Resources
- Second Round> University of Oklahoma 85 Vs 76 Universidad De Oriente Núcleo Monagas
- Quarter-Finals> The University of Texas at Austin 10 Vs 60 University of Oklahoma
- Semi-Finals> University of Oklahoma 160 Vs 115 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
- Finals> University of Oklahoma 175 Vs 95 University of Stavanger
OU Geothermal Team Place in Department of Energy Geothermal Collegiate Competition
Team members Yuxing Wu, Cesar Vivas, Esteban Ugarte, Alexandra Cedola, Abdelmjeed Mohamed. Not pictured is Tobenna Anyaezu.
Congratulations to the OU Sooners Geothermal team for achieving second place in Department of Energy Geothermal Collegiate Competition.
The national contest engages students to develop innovative geothermic energy applications to heat and cool buildings, campuses, districts, and communities. In March, Geothermal Technologies Office announced the 15 finalist teams, which represented 17 academic institutions.
“Second Place - University of Oklahoma. The submission identifies a number of hydrocarbon wells that can be converted to geothermal wells for heating and cooling in the local community”
The team is under the supervision of Dr. Saeed Salehi.
OU SPE Enriches Oklahoma Students at SAGE STEAM Camp
Our female engineers represented the SPE University of Oklahoma at the Southwest Alliance for Girls' Enrichment in Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts / Humanities, and Mathematics Summer Camp.
Camp is a week-long residential program held on SWOSU’s Weatherford campus each summer. Students get hands-on experience in science experiments, technology applications, design and building, writing reflections, and math applications while interacting with other girls like them.
Members also spoke to about their lives as female engineers, what influenced their interests in Engineering, SPE and how they are adding value with our career choices.
Meet the 2020 PetroBowl Champions
OU Alumni in the News
Hatfield Awarded Legacy Award by the Petroleum Alliance of Oklahoma
The Petroleum Alliance Executive Committee and Board of Directors awards MPGE alumn Kim Hatfield as the recipient of the organization’s Legacy Award. It is the first award given by The Petroleum Alliance.
Former Chairman David Le Norman, created the award during the Alliance's 2021 Annual Meeting. The award recognizies individual achievement in the oil and gas industry. Hatfield is one of 12 leader who created The Petroleum Alliance of Oklahoma.
ConocoPhillips Donates Book Collection
ConocoPhillips donates late MPGE alumnus Riley Needham's book collection. Needham would have celebrated his 50th year with ConocoPhilips in January, 2020. His accomplishments were numerous and remains a lasting legacy.
OU Alumnus Presents Non-Traditional Careers in Petroleum Engineering
OU alumnus Avinash Mohapatra presents non traditional careers in the petroleum engineering industry. Mohapatra is a senior associate and geoscientist for acquisitions and divestitures at Houlihan Lokey.
Mohapatra earned a master's degree from the Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering from the University of Oklahoma.
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U.S. Department of Energy Awards MPGE Professors for Geothermal Initiative Projects With Potential to Power Millions of U.S. Homes
Dr. Ghassemi and Dr. Teodoriu, professors in the Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering at University of Oklahoma, recieve funding for research projects by the United States Department of Energy.
DOE announced its Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE) Initiative at the University of Utah selected 17 projects to receive up to $46 million in funding for cutting-edge, domestic, and carbon-free geothermal projects with potential to supply power to homes in the United States.
Dr. Ghassemi and Dr. Teodoriu were given five million in March 2021. The funding finances the work and equipment needed to explore their research topics. Out of the 17 projects, two are led by OU and are collaboratoring on two other projects.
Topic 2: Estimation of stress parameters
- Battelle Memorial Institute / Columbus, OH
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory / Livermore, CA
- The University of Oklahoma / Norman, OK
Topic 5: Integrated laboratory and modeling studies of the interactions among THMC processes
- Pennsylvania State University / State College, PA
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory / Livermore, CA
- U.S. Geological Survey / Denver, CO
- The University of Oklahoma / Norman, OK
- Purdue University / West Lafayette, IN
AADE 2021-2022 Officers
President - Cameron Devers
Vice-President - Esteban Ugarte
Treasurer - Fernando Aarón Rincon Silias
Secretary - Sphindile Mtetwa
SPE 2021-2022 Officers
President: Karen Ochie
Vice-president: Chinedu Nwosu
Secretary: Zamakhosi Magagula
Treasurer: Christopher Toth
SPWLA 2021-2022 Officers
Blessed Amoah - President
Carlos Arengas - Vice President
Laura Osorio - Secretary
Rishabh Pandey - Treasurer
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MPGE Study Abroad
- Engineers in France (Spring 2021)
- Italy S.T.E.A.M (Fall 2021)
As an Mewbourne College student (undergrads and grads), you will receive an automatic $500 Study Abroad Scholarshipwhen you study abroad.
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Recent Awards
MPGE Awarded "Best Graduate Schools 2022" by the U.S. News & World Report
