Objectives
The Crisman Institute and its four Centers have seven primary objectives:
- Work with industry and government representatives to identify the most important problems now facing the upstream petroleum industry and those that arise in the future.
- Focus our efforts tightly on solutions to as many of the identified problems as possible within the framework of available resources.
- Develop solutions that will be immediately useful in the industry.
- Maintain a clearinghouse of research efforts, tracking not only research in progress but also results of completed projects and perspectives on research possibilities for the future.
- Continuously upgrade the problem-solving capabilities of the Institute through ongoing faculty development strategies and pursuit of outstanding post-doctoral and graduate students.
- Ensure financial stability to continue to provide long-term solutions to technology-development problems.
- Publicize the activities of the Institute and the contributions of the membership who make those activities possible.