Research
Laboratories
The Harold Vance
Department of Petroleum Engineering has several
laboratories set up to do research. The laboratories currently available are:
Acid Stimulation Laboratory; Engineering Imaging Laboratory; Fluid Separation and Treating Laboratory; Fracture Conductivity Laboratory; Gas Hydrates Laboratory; High Pressure/High Temperature Fluid Property Measurement Laboratory; Integrated Reservoir Investigations Laboratory; Model Calibration and Efficient Reservoir Imaging (MCERI); Mobil Laboratory for Core Analysis for Undergraduate Teaching; Naturally Fractured/Integrated Reservoir Studies Laboratory; Oilfield Brine Processing Laboratory; Ramey Thermal Recovery Laboratory; Riverside Field-Scale Production Test Facility; Texaco Drilling Fluids Laboratory/Fluid Rheology Lab; Tommie E. Lohman Fluid Measurement Laboratory.
Crisman Institute
Director: Stephen A. Holditch
Phone: 1-979-845-2255
The Crisman Institute is essentially a liaison among researchers and the industry centralizing departmental efforts to develop proposals and explore new avenues to fund projects. The Institute encompasses the existing centers, laboratories and research projects within the department but does not exert control over any of them. Instead, it provides opportunities for researchers to coordinate and collaborate, while still conducting their research independently. The Institute manages a library of existing projects and files of Requests for Proposals (RFP), which gives prospective funders a central location to review current projects and to forward RFPs for future consideration.
Global Petroleum Research Institute (GPRI)
The challenges facing the petroleum industry as result of the downsizing of corporate research are unprecedented. GPRI is the managing partner of a Cooperative effort to conduct critical research in the development of petroleum technology. Research findings will lead to the application of new and innovative technologies in petroleum exploration and production to address the increasing demand for cost-effective production and enhanced recovery.
As leading producers of petroleum engineers and petroleum technology, The Texas A&M University System, through GPRI, is uniquely positioned to have a direct impact on the quality of education and research in an area of vital economic importance to the world.