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Oxy CEO Meets with UT PGE Students
Oxy President and CEO Vicki Hollub — the first female leader of an American oil and gas company — met with about 100 students and faculty members from the Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering on March 3.
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UT PGE Hosts 3rd Annual Energy AI Hackathon

New Data Lab to Tackle Oil & Gas Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accounting
The University of Texas at Austin will be home to a new multidisciplinary research and education initiative — the Energy Emissions Modeling and Data Lab (EEMDL). Co-led by Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering Research Associate Professor Arvind Ravikumar and McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering Professor Dave Allen, EEMDL will address the growing need for accurate, timely and clear accounting of greenhouse gas emissions across global oil and natural gas supply chains. Data and analysis from this new endeavor will help both public and private institutions develop climate strategies and actions informed by accurate, verified data, identifying opportunities for emissions reductions.
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UT PGE PhD Student Honored for Research on Rare Earth Elements
Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering PhD student Sheila Gerardo (MSPE 2021) won a best poster award at the annual Clean Energy Education and Empowerment (C3E) symposium in November.
Keep readingNominations Open: 2023 Distinguished Alumni
Nominations are now open for the 2023 UT PGE Distinguished Alumni and Rising Star awards. Nominate friends and colleagues who have shaped the energy industry, are experts and innovators, and have played an integral role in the UT PGE community by March 15.
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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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