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Petroleum Engineering Research

Research is an important part of producing the best petroleum engineers. Our funding comes from federal, state, industry, and other sources. Our research expenditures for 2021 were $4,427,000.

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Research Areas

Find out about the major areas of petroleum engineering research and many of the significant interests within them studied by our faculty and students.

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Research Centers

Check out significant research collaborations, consortiums, and individual faculty projects in our department.

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Petroleum Labs

Discover the many amazing research facilities in our department, which allow in-depth investigations for our graduate students and hands-on lab experiences for our undergraduate students.

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Computer Facilities

Find out more about the computer facilities that play a vital part of classroom research and instruction.

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Faculty Research Interests

Explore the considerable range of research interests of our faculty, which cover virtually all aspects of petroleum engineering.