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University of Wyoming Petroleum Engineering Program
Petroleum engineering trains students for Wyoming’s largest industry, the production of crude oil and natural gas (including coal-bed methane). Recognizing the state’s vast reserves of natural gas, the curriculum will also emphasize the production and processing of this important resource. Nationally recognized research in progress at the University of Wyoming includes the areas of enhanced oil recovery, tight gas reservoir and production, enhanced coal-bed methane, and CO2 capture, sequestration and separation. The College of Engineering and Applied Science with the support of its corporate donors, the University of Wyoming, and the State of Wyoming has been able to purchase a CT Scanner and a three phase flow apparatus that has established the best facility of its kind in the world. Because of American predominance in petroleum technology, career opportunities are available throughout most of the world.
(Full Proposal)For more information about this program.
Contacts
Dr. H. Gordon Harris, Professor and Department Head, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, harrishg@uwyo.edu
Sherrie Merrow, Director of Development and Communications, smerrow@uwyo.edu
Curriculum
- sound preparation in fundamental sciences, mathematics, physics, chemistry, and geology
- computer programming, statics, dynamics, materials science, fluid dynamics, and thermodynamics
- integrated program in arts, humanities and social sciences
- petroleum engineering courses in the junior and senior years
The department also offers rigorous programs of study leading to the Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees in petroleum engineering (http://wwweng.uwyo.edu/chemical/grad/).
Development Projects that have recently been generously funded
- Research Lab (CT Scanner, etc.)– Funded by EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) (2006)
The ribbon cutting ceremony will be Thursday April 17, 2008 at 3 pm in Engineering building room 1007
- Reservoir Simulation Lab– Funded by EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) (2006)
- Rock and Fluids Property Lab– Funded by BP America (2007)
Key Areas of Need
- Drilling and Completion Fluids Lab– Partially Funded by Baker Hughes (2006, 2007)
Expected cost for updating is $1M.
- Production Lab
The estimated cost is at least $1M, including the construction of the lab facility and the following equipment: oil and gas separator, heater treater, gas dehydrator, gas sweetener (amine unit), cryogenic distillation tower, and a compressor.
- Visualization Lab
$3M is needed to establish a 3-D visualization theater to see inside reservoirs and watch the flow of fluids during production and enhanced oil recovery.
- Research Lab
$550K is still needed for required remodeling costs. Another $550K is needed for equipment to measure the mechanical properties of rock using ultrasonics, and an ultracentrifuge for measuring relative permeability and capillary pressure.
- Chair / Professorship in Petroleum Engineering
Endowed chair: a gift of $2M would become the $4M through the state match.
Endowed professorship: a gift of $0.5-1M would become the $1-2M through the state match.
- Graduate Fellowships and Scholarships in Petroleum Engineering
Five fellowships costing $35K annually each
Undergraduate Scholarships of $5K-$10K each–Partially funded by Chevron
College of Engineering and Applied Science Dept. 3295, 1000 E. University Ave., Laramie, WY 82071 307-766-4253 www.eng.uwyo.edu
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