As some of you may know, Our local WVU AADE chapter recently organized a rig visit last week with students and staff. We had a fantastic turnout for the event and it was a very informative and fun time for the students involved. The chapter is planning more events in the near future and would like everyone to be prepared for a upcoming meeting within the following weeks to discuss future events.
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2019 AADE National Conference Poster Info
AADE once again has its annual poster contest for students being held at the national AADE conference in Houston this year. There is prizes offered for the top 3 winners of this poster contest (there were only two undergraduate projects submitted last year). AADE would like student members to submit a abstract of their idea by December 13th, 2019. The abstract form and more information can be found with the link below.
AADE Contest Info and Abstract
AADE Houston Poster Info
AADE has an annual poster competition in Houston in the spring. Any student can apply to the competition which is broken in to an undergraduate and graduate competition. Below is the link with info on the poster competition.
AADE Scholarship
AADE Scholarships are available for application at the following link:
http://www.aade.org/ch…/dallas-ft-worth/scholarship-program/
DFW AADE Scholarship Description:
Scholarship applicants will be evaluated on 8 Grading Components: Accuracy in following application instructions, GPA, Part Time Work Hours, Industry Experience, Leadership, Philanthropy, Financial Need, and Essay.
Last year (2015-16), the Dallas Ft.Worth Chapter of AADE awarded scholarships to 20 students at 13 universities across the country totaling $60,000. Montana Tech led their peers with 7 awards followed by Oklahoma and UT.
Requirements:
1. Carefully follow instructions and double check your work. Errors in your application will hurt your composite score. Attention to detail is important in this industry and in this application.
2. Be enrolled in a petroleum or natural gas curriculum OR be an engineering student referred by a member of the DFW AADE chapter
3. GPA must be 2.5 or above on a 4.0 scale
4. Be at least a sophomore as of fall 2016
5. Be a United States Citizen (not work or student visa holder unless you served in the U.S. Armed Forces)
6. Preference will be given to AADE members
Frequently Asked Questions:
Does the scholarship renew? No, this is a one-time award.
When/how will students be notified of awards? Students who receive scholarships will be notified by email before Dec 1. A single combined award letter/check for all students at each school will be sent to the school’s petroleum engineering admin who is then required to deliver the check to the financial aid dept.
What if I already submitted an application for AADE Scholarship for another chapter? Each chapter has its own scholarship program. You must apply for the DFW program to be considered for a DFW scholarship.
Do I have to be a US Citizen? Yes
What if I have a Visa or a Green card? You cannot apply. You must be a U.S. Citizen. Special cases have been made for those with green cards/visas who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces.
What if I’m not studying Petroleum Engineering? You must be an engineering student referred by a member of the DFW AADE Chapter. Have the referring member contact the AADE Scholarship Chairman by email.
Any questions feel free to email us at wvudrilling@gmail.com
Wild Well Application
Hey folks, this year’s annual Wild Well Control class is coming up next week October 15th-16th. Attached is the application that needs to be filled out and submitted to our email so we can get a head count on who all is going. Any questions feel free to comment on our Facebook page or email. wild-well-control-training-application-2016
AADE Technical Conference 2016 in Houston, Texas (April 12-13)
In April 11, 2016, there were 18 WVU students in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering major and Dr. H. Ilkin Bilgesu as WVU Student Section of AADE advisor went to Houston, Texas to join AADE Technical Conference & Exhibition 2016 in April 12-13. The AADE hosted this event that covered improvements and innovations in drilling, completion, cementing, and fracturing fluids.
The conference was placed in Hilton Houston North Hotel, 12400 Greenspoint Dr. Houston, Texas. The students attended several interesting presentations from many professional petroleum and drilling engineers. There was also a student poster competition in the Hotel lobby. There were two students participating in this competition, Ian Collins competing in Undergraduate level, and Tawfik Elshehabi in Graduate level.
Student poster competition was presented in the first day. First presentations were the Undergraduate level which only had two undergraduate students competing. Ian Collins presented his topic about “Assessment of the Environmental, Performance, and Economic Impact of Drilling Fluids Systems Used in the Marcellus and Utica Shale Plays in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.” In the Graduate level, Tawfik Elshehabi who was competing with other nident representaives from other universities presented his topic about “Impact of Gas Solubility on Well Control Operations While Drilling with CasingLiner using OBM.” Fortunately, Ian Collins won a second place for Undergraduate Level. However, Tawfik Elshehabi already performed well with his interesting topic. In the second day of the conference, Tawfik Elshehabi presented again his professional paper about “”What are the Well Control Complications While Drilling with Casing or Liner?”
After attending AADE Conference for two days, in the next day, all WVU students went to two different field trips which were Wild Well Control Inc. and Newpark Drilling Fluids. Seven students with Dr. Bilgesu went to Wild Well Control and ten students went to Newpark.
What a nice week for us! We could attend both conference and field trip in Houston, Texas. We got a lot of valuable experience there.
Throwback: Gyrodata Field Trip’s Gallery
Three WVU students in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering major (Garrett Hardley, Talon Ames, and Erriawan Khairurraziqin) went to Gyrodata Inc. in Carnegie, PA in March 17, 2016. Gyrodata is the leading provider of high accuracy wellbore placement technology for the global oil and gas industry. The company’s gyroscopic wellbore surveying, logging and directional drilling technologies are designed and manufactured in-house (gyrodata.com).
IMPORTANT: AADE Technical Conference & Field Trip
There are two important information about our upcoming events:
The AADE Fluids Technical Conference will be held in Houston Texas from April 12-13. The event will feature vendor displays, networking opportunities, student presentations, and keynote speakers. We are hoping to take as many students as possible this year. We will be departing Pittsburgh International on Monday April 11 and returning either late Wednesday night or Thursday. There will be an out of pocket cost for those attending. We have received significant funding from multiple sources this year, so the cost of attendance will be greatly discounted! If you are seriously interested and want to learn more please join us tomorrow, Friday March 11 at 4:30pm in ESB 265!!! This is your only chance to let us know you want to come! Please help us represent WVU in Texas! If you absolutely are not able to attend this meeting, please call, text, or email Mike Malecki at (724)816-4178 or mcmalecki@mix.wvu.edu
Visit http://www.aade.org/2016-fluids-technical-conference-and-exhibition/ for more information about AADE Technical Conference 2016 in Texas.
There will be a field trip to GyroData’s shop in Carnegie, PA this coming Thursday March 17. GyroData is a wellbore survey and placement company: http://www.gyrodata.com/. The trip will depart Morgantown at 8 am and should return around 1pm. Carpooling will be utilized. If you are interested in going, please reach out to our VP Garrett Hadley at (304)299-0495 or gahadley@mix.wvu.edu.
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More Info on 8th Grade Day
Here are some details for this Saturday’s 8th Grade Day.
-AADE will be in room G83 ESB. Remember, you will be splitting the time with SME. We will establish now that your group will do their presentation/ activity first, before SME.
–Please make sure you have plenty of materials for 8 stations and approximately 70 students.
-A more detailed schedule of the day:
9:00-9:30 am Registration
9:30-9:45 Welcome
9:45-10:15 Session 1
10:20-10:50 Session 2
10:55- 11:25 Session 3
11:30- 12:00 Session 4
12:00-12:30 Lunch- Pizza, cookies, drinks
12:35-1:05 Session 5
1:10-1:40 Session 6
1:45- 2:15 Session 7
2:20-2:50 Session 8
2:50-3 Closing Remarks
9:45-10:15 Session 1
10:20-10:50 Session 2
10:55- 11:25 Session 3
11:30- 12:00 Session 4
12:00-12:30 Lunch- Pizza, cookies, drinks
12:35-1:05 Session 5
1:10-1:40 Session 6
1:45- 2:15 Session 7
2:20-2:50 Session 8
2:50-3 Closing Remarks
-Please arrive by 8:45 am to allow plenty of time for room set-up, But, it also should be fine if you arrive later, although don’t come if you can only do 2pm – 3pm, not really worth it
-Following WVU Policy, if Monongalia County School District cancels on Friday, then 8th Grade Day will be canceled on Saturday. If this happens, we hope to reschedule.
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