Upcoming Short Course on Advanced Geophysical and Geomechanical methods for Fracture Characterization and Induced Seismicity ( July 17 - 18)
May 17, 2017The Reservoir Monitoring Consortium and Induced Seismicity Consortium at the University of Southern California will be organizing a short course titled “Advanced Geophysical and Geomechanical methods with Applications to Fracture Characterization and Induced Seismicity” on July 17 and July 18. The goal is to develop an effective scientific understanding of seismicity analysis, reservoir characterization, reservoir…
Kuwait Oil Company Delegation visit USC
May 10, 2017The Reservoir Monitoring Consortium and Induced Seismicity Consortium at the University of Southern California will be organizing a short course titled “Advanced Geophysical and Geomechanical methods with Applications to Fracture Characterization and Induced Seismicity” on July 17 and July 18. The goal is to develop an effective scientific understanding of seismicity analysis, reservoir characterization, reservoir…- GEN Researcher Featured in Journal of Petroleum Technology
May 4, 2017Research work of USC alumnus Wennan Long (MS 2016) and Dr. Aminzadeh of USC Global Energy Network has been featured in the Journal of Petroleum Technology, Vol.69, No.5. To access the paper, click here Please visit the following link to access the JPT article. https://www.spe.org/en/jpt/jpt-article-detail/?art=2923 
Distinguished Lecture by Dr. Robert Balch
March 28, 2017Reservoir Monitoring Consortium (RMC) and Induced Seismicity Consortium (ISC) will be hosting a presentation on “The Intersection of Environment and EOR: How Carbon Capture is Changing Tertiary Recovery” by Dr. Robert Balch, Petroleum Recovery Research Center, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology on March 30th. Abstract is available here
Students Associated with USC GEN/RMC Win Chevron Engineering Week Competition
March 18, 2017Chevron Annual Engineering Week Competition focused on providing solutions with advance technologies for operation practices. One key challenge is to address gas flaring in oilfield operations with tremendous environmental implication. The winning team, comprised of Ph.D. and Master's students (most associated with the USC GEN/RMC) won the 1st place. Their Lean Green Operation (LGO) implemented the needed green…
Baker Hughes Representatives Visit USC
August 29, 2016Dr. Birendra Jha hosted a meeting attended by Mr. Rustom Mody, Vice President and Chief Engineer of Enterprise Technology at Baker Hughes and Mr. Sachin Ghorpade, Business Development Engineer of Baker Hughes on August 17th. Prof. Ershaghi started the meeting with an overview of the USC Petroleum Engineering Program. Prof. Aminzadeh highlighted USC Global Energy Network (GEN) and…
Distinguished Lecture Program
April 6, 2016Reservoir Monitoring Consortium (RMC) is hosting a Distinguished Lecture on 'The State of Models for Surface Geophysical Interpretation' by William Abriel, President Elect - Society of Petroleum Geophysicists, on April 7, 2015. Please click HERE for abstract
Reservoir Monitoring Consortium (RMC) Annual Review Meeting 2015
November 23, 2015The Reservoir Monitoring Consortium (RMC) annual review meeting will be on December 8, 2015 at Ronald Tutor Hall at the University of Southern California (USC). The organizations represented at the meeting include speakers from USC as well as external speakers. Arne Graue (University of Bergen, Norway), Kelly Rose (NETL), Hazza Otaibi (Aramco), Gerhard Thonhauser (University…
Collaboration with University of Leoben (MUL), Austria
November 22, 2015University of Leoben (MUL), Austria joins the University of Southern California (USC) Reservoir Monitoring Consortium (RMC). MUL-USC Reservoir Monitoring Initiative will capitalize on the strengths of the two universities to address challenging issues in drilling (such as kick detection), and in enhancing well integrity. Prof. Michael Prohaska, Chair of Drilling Engineering, University Leoben and Prof. Fred Aminzadeh,…
Saudi Aramco joins RMC and collaborates with USC for the ISH Project
November 22, 2015Saudi Aramco is collaborating with Reservoir Monitoring Consortium (RMC) at the University of Southern California (USC), for the In-Situ Stress for Hydraulic Fracturing (ISH) Project. The objective of the project is to develop in situ stress analysis for a carbonate reservoir to control the orientation and propagation direction of stimulated fracture network. The results are…
Reservoir Monitoring Consortium Semi-Annual Meeting 2015
August 17, 2015The semi-annual Reservoir Monitoring Consortium (RMC) meeting was held on July 22, 2015 at the University of Southern California (USC). The organizations represented at the RMC meeting including attendees and remotely connected participants include Gas Technology Institute (GTI), California State Land, Petroleum Institute of Abu Dhabi, Saudi Aramco, Sinopec, Ayres Group LTD, Kuwait Oil, KMS Technology,…- Reservoir Monitoring Semi-Annual Review Meeting
July 10, 2015The RMC semi-annual meeting is going to be hold on July 22nd, 2015 at Ronald Tutor Hall. Presenters include speakers from the USC as well as external speakers from National Energy Technology Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Japan National Oil, Kuwait Oil, Aramco, University of Leoben and so on. Please click here for AGENDA