Professor Giovanni Grasselli, left, with FCMG President Duke Anderson in October 2015. (Courtesy: FCMG) University of Toronto’s Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering announces establishment of the Foundation CMG Research Chair in Fundamental Petroleum Rock Physics and Rock Mechanics TORONTO — University of Toronto Professor Giovanni Grasselli, of the Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering, […]
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Foundation CMG Chairs Professor Sebastian Geiger and Professor Eric Mackay Foundation CMG (FCMG) has announced the extension of their sponsorship of the FCMG Chairs held by Professor Eric Mackay and Professor Sebastian Geiger, by committing another £1.1M to Heriot-Watt University over a five-year period. This investment, together with matching funds that could be as high […]
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Heriot-Watt’s Institute of Petroleum Engineering has received a prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize, recognising its sustained pioneering work in innovation and research excellence, as the Institute celebrates its 40th anniversary. The prize recognises how the Institute’s research and innovation activity spans exploration to production technology, and also harnesses its findings to enhance interdisciplinary work being carried out, including […]
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“I have tremendously enjoyed our visit to IPE and Heriot-Watt University and meeting its dedicated students and staff. I am very impressed with the ambitions of Heriot-Watt University and the breadth and depth of the research and training activities in this Foundation CMG Chair Programme, which are well aligned with our mission.” Duke Anderson, President […]
see moreThe CMG Reservoir Simulation Foundation (Foundation CMG) recently gave funds to establish a new industrial chair in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences’ (EMS) John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME) at Penn State. Foundation CMG’s mandate is to investigate leading edge research and innovation in oil and gas […]
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BY DAVID HOWELL, EDMONTON JOURNAL Cutting-edge research into new ways of recovering bitumen, coal bed methane, shale gas and other unconventional hydrocarbons is the focus of a $15-million collaboration between the University of Alberta, government and industry. Rick Chalaturnyk, a U of A professor of geotechnical engineering, was named Tuesday as the inaugural holder […]
see moreUniversity of Alberta Faculty of Engineering announces establishment of the Foundation CMG Endowed Chair in Reservoir Geomechanics Endowed Chair will integrate into a $15M industrial research program aiming to unlock Canada’s unconventional energy resources Edmonton, November 25, 2014 – The University of Alberta Faculty of Engineering and Foundation CMG have joined forces to foster discovery […]
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A new five-year, $1.35 million funding package from the CMG Reservoir Simulation Foundation (Foundation CMG) will establish an Industrial Research Chair in OPTIMIZATION AND INTEGRATION OF RESERVOIR SIMULATION AND PRODUCTION FACILITIES, in the University of Campinas, UNICAMP, Brazil. The Foundation CMG funding will support a chair in reservoir engineering, which will be led by Dr. […]
see moreNew Research Chair Established at Texas A&M University – College Station A new five year, US$1.35 million funding package from the CMG Reservoir Simulation Foundation (Foundation CMG) will establish an Industrial Research Chair in Robust Reduced Complexity Modeling (R2CM) in Reservoir Engineering, at the Department of Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University (TAMU-College Station). The Foundation […]
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Frank Meyer is the recipient of the 2011 Canadian Engineering Leader Award from the Schulich School of Engineering. Photo by Stephanie Leblond Faculty, staff, students, donors and supporters of the Schulich School of Engineering gathered Dec. 1 for the 2011 Dean’s Holiday Reception and recognition of leaders in engineering. “Every single day I encounter something that […]
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