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STATOIL GULF SERVICES LLC. (Statoil) and its affiliates cherish their relationship with The University of Texas at Austin (UT) and consider it a strategic partner to develop core technologies
that are implemented in the field today and tomorrow. Statoil considers UT’s research as world-class and believes it offers deep and broad strengths across engineering, geosciences, and
environmental science. Statoil is requesting proposals for Statoil Fellows that are focused on the areas of
- Integration of geological, geophysical and petrophysical data in earth models
- Trap integrity in salt basins; sub-salt imaging and seal vs. pore pressure challenges
- Drainage of deep marine reservoirs; static and dynamic reservoir models and drainage
- Unconventionals, improved development of drainage of shale plays
Additional information of these four focus areas are given in Appendix A. Project proposals must be submitted by February 15, 2012
It is anticipated that multiple departments from UT and Statoil will work together on the research projects.
Statoil targets USD $1,000,000 per year for 5 years. Statoil and UT may, upon mutual consent, extend this collaboration beyond five years. Additional funding may be sought from Statoil under
and research umbrella agreement for specific projects. This extra funding will be outside of the Statoil Fellows agreement.
A Steering Team (ST) consisting of Statoil and UT will establish research themes, make recommendations with respect to selection of Statoil Fellows, and monitor progress of Statoil’s supported
Fellows with UT.
- Astrid Sorensen (Lead)
- Helge Hove Haldorsen
- Laila Elise Junge
- Michele Wood
- Tad Patzek (Lead, PGE Engineering )
- Eric Potter (BEG/Geosciences)
- Kamy Sepehrnoori (PGE/Engineering)
- Scott Tinker (BEG/Geosciences)
The ST may provide the overall vision for the collaboration, establish the technical program direction, establish advisory bodies, review and approve strategic operating plans and review
progress of collaboration activities. The ST is initially focused on the four areas listed above for 2012. The funding will be allocated via a competitive selection process. UT will submit project
proposals to Statoil and the ST for review. Statoil research area leaders will rank all proposal submissions and the ST will select the top proposals for Fellows funding. The ST is interested in a
fast review of all project submissions. In order to facilitate a timely review we are providing the following guidelines for submission.
- Project proposals must be submitted by February 15, 2012
- Project proposals are to have a maximum of 3 pages, single spaced, font size 12 with standard 1 inch margins. The proposal template is in Appendix B
- A student’s name and contact information should be indentified in the proposal
- Proposed projects must have contact information for the principal investigator
- Project proposals must identify the Statoil research focus area
- Project proposals must describe the nature of the proposed work and its application
- Project proposals must have specific, measureable, achievable, relevant, and time constrained goals.
- Project proposals must be for novel research or novel application that supports a Ph.D. or M.S. student as a Statoil Fellow
- Project proposals must have a specific plan for communicating the results semi-annually to the steering team and at a Statoil summit conference once a year.
Students: Please send this Statoil Student Evaluation Form to three
evaluators, one of whom is your thesis advisor. The filled forms should be sent back to Tad Patzek, CPE 2.502, or emailed back to
taylor@mail.utexas.edu The deadline is February 15, 5 p.m. CST.
Advisors: You may put in a proposal that involves an incoming student. If you have someone particular in mind,
please include his/her name in the proposal and your evaluation form. If this student can be evaluated by their former advisor/faculty,
it will increase the proposal’s chances to be funded.
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