Petroleum engineering faculty recently presented at The Oil and Gas Conference, hosted by Enercom, Inc. in downtown Denver. CNBC has called the annual conference “the largest gathering of energy CEOs in the industry.”
Adjunct Professor Will Fleckenstein and Assistant Department Head Jennifer Miskimins spoke on the future of shale technologies, joined by Mike Vincent, an independent frac consultant who has worked with Mines on numerous occasions in the past.
Fleckenstein’s presentation focused on the future of environmental developments, explaining how new technologies allow for increased risk analysis, better well design and an overall greener completions model. Miskimins followed with a more in-depth look into how new technologies such as fiber optics will allow for increased efficiency and treatment optimizations.
Petroleum engineering students were also present at the conference, many of them having been recruited to be volunteers.
A full webcast of the presentation can be seen here.
Following the conference, Fleckenstein was interviewed by Oil and Gas 360. Watch the interview here.
Contact:
Agata Bogucka, Communications Manager, College of Earth Resource Sciences & Engineering | 303-384-2657 | abogucka@mines.edu
Ashley Spurgeon, Editorial Assistant, Mines magazine | 303-273-3959 | aspurgeon@mines.edu
