Halliburton opened its new Unconventional and Reservoir Productivity Technology Center at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) in Dhahran Techno-Valley. The new center enables Halliburton to provide research and development…
Norwegian Centre of Expertise Subsea (NCE Subsea) and the University of Bergen (UiB) have signed an agreement that makes the university a new partner in the subsea cluster network. Through the partnership, NCE Subsea and UiB want to improve communication between researchers and industry…
Renowned energy expert Prof. Michael J. Economides suffered a fatal heart attack this past weekend on an international flight from Madrid to Chile. He was 64. Economides was a professor at the University of Houston’s Cullen College of…
The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced in mid-November that US$5 million would be allocated for seven US universities studying methane hydrates. “The recent boom in natural gas production - in part due to long-term Energy Department…
Aberdeen’s two universities have both now founded energy institutes to build on their existing oil and gas expertise. Robert Gordon University (RGU) in Aberdeen has said it is to set up an International Institute for Oil and Gas. The new institute…
The University of Houston’s Subsea Engineering program is the first of its kind in the US. The program—founded by mechanical engineering professor and director of UH Subsea, Matthew Franchek— is in its inaugural year operating with a 10-course…
The University of Stavanger has been chosen as the home for a new Norwegian national research center for increased oil recovery. The University of Stavanger (UiS), the International Research Institute of Stavanger (IRIS) and Institute for…
Halliburton opened its new Technology Center at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) Technology Park, located at Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The center provides the setting for collaboration as the company works with…
Colloquy: Editor’s Column The American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) has developed a new African exploration GIS database, as the Edward G. Purdy Memorial Project, honoring the late geologist (b. 4 December 1931, d. 13 October…
Colorado School of Mines and the Universitas Indonesia named top award recipients Schlumberger announced today its contribution of five scholarships to the American Association of Petroleum Geologists’ (AAPG) Outstanding Student Chapter Awards…
Rosneft partnered with Grubkin Russian State University of oil and Gas to develop a new training program for offshore drilling supervisors. The one-year program includes seven, full-time two-week modules. Courses will include expert lectures…
Newcastle University is to lead a national centre for subsea and offshore engineering as part of a major drive to develop new materials and technologies to explore the world’s oceans. The Neptune National Centre for Subsea and Offshore Engineering…
This event aired on April 30, 2013 Click to AccessJoin Patrick Zirnhelt and Jeremiah Woodford for a Live Presentation and Q&A session on the many ways companies can improve their production, avoid unscheduled shutdowns, control costs…
Houston-headquartered MicroSeismic Inc. has hired Ganesh Murdeshwar as Vice President for its Calgary office. Murdeshwar will lead the sales, analysis, and operations teams. He comes to MicroSeismic from Tagle Information Technology, where he served as president and chief operating officer…
Amy Myers Jaffe has joined the University of California, Davis, as executive director of energy & sustainability in a joint appointment to the UC Davis Graduate School of Management & Institute of Transportation Studies. She has spent the past 16 years at Houston’s Rice University…
