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April 11, 2024 | Recognition of Dr. Birol Dindoruk as the Norman Hulings Distinguished Lecturer, at the University of Tulsa.

March 2, 2024 | Securing 1st and 2nd place in the PhD division of the Society of Petroleum Engineers – University of Houston Student Chapter (UH_SPE) Student Paper Contest 2024, by Fatemeh Tale and Jose Benavides. Securing 1st place in the M.Sc. division of the Society of Petroleum Engineers – University of Houston Student Chapter (UH_SPE) Student Paper Contest 2024, by Afia Aizal Utama.   

Feb. 29, 2024 | Annual JIP (Joint-Industry Project) Meeting with Core Laboratories to discuss the progress and achievements of the 2023-2024 research work.

Jan. 26, 2024 | PVT lab visit by the SPE president, Terry Palisch, and discussing the ongoing research projects.

Oct. 26, 2023 | Receiving the prestigious Society of Petroleum Engineering/ the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers (SPE/AIME) Honorary Member Award by Dr. Birol Dindoruk.

May 25, 2023 | Launch of oil recovery tools (UH Viscosity Calculator, UH Carbon Dioxide MMP Calculator, and UH Hydrocarbon Gas MMP Calculator) with ‘significantly higher accuracy than current methods’, designed and developed by Dr. Birol Dindoruk, Dr. Mohamed Soliman and  Utkarsh Sinha.

May 13, 2023 | Annual JIP (Joint-Industry Project) Meeting with Core Laboratories to discuss the progress and achievements of the 2022-2023 research work.

April 20, 2023 | Securing 1st place in the Judges Choice Category for the “DSC 2023 Poster Competition SPE GCS: Data Science Convention by Abdulrahman Abdulwarith.

Feb 23, 2022 |  Launch of a joint-industry CCS Consortium with Core Laboratories to evaluate the technical risks and challenges associated with subsurface CO₂ sequestration.