A research agenda for academic petroleum engineering programs

Technical Report · Sat Mar 31 00:00:00 EST 1990

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7169330· OSTI ID:7169330

Calhoun, Jr., J. C.

The development of a research agenda should be a direct way of portraying the scope of petroleum engineering, of identifying the critical technological issues faced by the profession,of elucidating the gaps between the existing research resources and the needs. and of outlining a program of research through which the petroleum engineering departments can be collectively of maximum service. Such an agenda would be of value to the profession of petroleum engineering, to industry and to government agencies, as well as to the faculty and students of the petroleum engineering departments. The purposes of the activity that led to this report, therefore, were to develop a statement to serve as a beginning research agenda for the petroleum engineering academic community; to bring together representatives of the petroleum engineering academic community to recognize the importance of developing a consensus posture with respect to research; and to provide a document that will assist in portraying to industry, government agencies and others the problems and needs of the petroleum engineering departments for conducting research. Contents of this report include; introduction; the background; the scope of petroleum engineering research; priority research topics and technological issues; non-technological research issues; and conclusions and recommendations.

• Research Organization: Texas A and M Univ., College Station, TX (United States). Texas Engineering Experiment Station
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG05-88ER75419
• OSTI ID: 7169330
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/75419-T1; ON: DE93002880
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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