An interview with NPR at the occasion of the movie Armageddon’s 20th anniversary, where Dr. van Oort explains what is right (not much) and wrong (a lot!) about the movie, and how it paints a distorted, unflattering view of the drilling industry. Moreover, drilling in space is a real thing… read more
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Roughnecks Becoming Data Analysts
Eric van Oort, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin’s petroleum engineering department, is at the forefront of the changing technology in the oil field. His classroom includes a room that feels something like an Imax theater. Three large chairs with joysticks face a huge video screen displaying… read more
Dr. Eric van Oort, Director of RAPID, receives the prestigious 2017 SPE International Drilling Award
Dr. Eric van Oort received the 2017 SPE International Drilling Award during the 2017 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition from SPE president Janeen Judah. This award is the highest technical recognition for drilling specialists globally https://jpt.spe.org/spe-honors-2017-international-award-recipients-annual-meeting.
Dr. Eric van Oort, Director of RAPID, receives the 2016 SPE Distinguished Membership award
Dr. Eric van Oort, director of RAPID, receives the 2016 SPE Distinguished Membership award. The SPE Board of Directors approved the 2016 International Award recipients at their recent meeting in Girdwood, Alaska. Sixteen international award committees selected these winners from a pool of first rate candidates. The recipients were recommended… read more
Critical review of the deep water horizon movie by Dr. Eric van Oort: “‘Deepwater Horizon’ honors oil rig workers but oversimplifies the blowout”
When I went to see the movie “Deepwater Horizon” with some of my graduate students last week, I did not expect accuracy. Drilling for oil and gas is not typically viewed favorably or depicted correctly in Hollywood movies. When I tell non-oilfield people that I am a professor of petroleum… read more
UT AUSTIN Researchers at IRIS, Norway
Scholars from UT Austin, the RAPID group, spent two weeks at IRIS, Norway, as part of the project NorTex Data Science Cluster, funded by the Research Council of Norway. The two researchers, Adrian Ambrus (right) and Roman Shor (left) from the RAPID team were sent to IRIS as a part… read more