School of Energy Resources

UW’s School of Energy Resources working to forge research relationship with Saudi Arabia

Irina Zhorov — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:17:30 +0000

The University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources is working to forge a relationship with Saudi Arabia’s national oil and gas company, Saudi Aramco, and King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals. Saudi Aramco is the biggest oil and gas company in the world and invests heavily in research and development. SER Director, Mark Northam, just returned from a trip to Saudi Arabia. He says Wyoming and Saudi Arabia face similar challenges when it comes to unconventional reservoirs and water shortages, and he says they would both benefit by sharing their resources.

UW program will prepare a new generation of landmen for the booming energy industry

Irina Zhorov — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 23:06:27 +0000

University of Wyoming just initiated a new program out of its burgeoning School of Energy Resources. The professional land management concentration will train landmen. Those are people who look for untapped oil and gas and other resources and negotiate contracts between their owners and companies that want to develop them. Wyoming Public Radio’s Irina Zhorov reports that the program is just in time.

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UW's School of Energy Resources receives large gift from Hess Corp.

Bob Beck — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 23:54:11 +0000

The University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources is getting $4.4 million from the Hess Corporation to help fund a program that will investigate the flow of oil and gas through tight shale and sandstone. It’s part of a UW effort to research unconventional oil and gas reservoirs through the Center for Advanced Oil and Gas technologies. The Hess donation will specifically go towards the Nano Resolution Imaging Laboratory. State matching funds make it a gift of nearly $9 million. Governor Matt Mead says the gifts will lead to creative ways to improve energy dev