Department of Petroleum Engineering, Indian School of Mines

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The Department of Petroleum Engineering aims to provide advanced teaching and research facilities to the students to enable them to create and apply innovative technologies in drilling, production and reservoir engineering as well as efficiently utilize their knowledge and skills to find solutions of any problems related to petroleum industry. The Department of Petroleum Engineering at Indian Scho

ol of Mines was established in the year 1957 to make its mark in the Oil and Gas Industries in the country. Subsequent developments, under the able guidance of a series of distinguished educators, renowned personalities from oil and gas industries and scientists, have led the department to the forefront of research and teaching in petroleum engineering. has produced more than 1200 undergraduate (B.Tech) students and about 275 post graduate students which includes both M.Tech and Ph.D. The department has made its mark in the oil and gas industries in the country and presently the ex-students are occupying very senior position in different government, public sector undertakings and private organization. Many of them are at present Director, President and Vice President of different organizations. The department has also established rapport with the institutes and universities in India and abroad. It has established such collaborative programme with universities like University of Kansas, USA, University of Alaska Fair Banks, USA, Imperial College of Science & technology, London, Heriott-Watt University, U.K., University of Miskolc, Hungary etc. More than 300 ex-students are presently working in the senior position in countries like USA, Canada, UAE, Kuwait. Within ISM the Department attracts the top most students every year and the placement position of this Department is at present the best, that is 100%. The organization in which the graduates are absorbed are Reliance Industries Ltd., ONGC, Schlumberger, Shell, OIL, Gas Authority of India Ltd., British Gas, Halliburton Services, Essar Oil, GSPC, Cairn Energy, IOCL, Essar Oil Ltd., Baker Hughes, Reliance Energy, NIKO Resources, GEOENPRO, MECOM Ltd., etc. So far as the research activity of the Department is concerned, it has undertaken various R & D project in the area of Reservoir Engineering, Enhanced Oil Recovery, Formation Damage, Hydraulic Fracture, Applications of Polymer, Environmental assessment & impact in the Oil Industry, Drilling Fluids and the most new area that is gas Hydrates. The Department is having highly experienced teaching faculty and the technical personnel who have got many achievements and awards in their own respective specialization area. The undergraduate course of this Department is at par with any such courses offered by universities internationally and it deals mainly the upstream operations of oil and gas industry, i.e. Drilling, Production, Transportation and Reservoir Engg. The unique feature of the course is that the theory classes are supplemented by a compulsory practical training in the oil fields in the summer of every year. Thus the products coming out from the Department are tailor-made to suit the requirement of the industry. The recent trend towards use of computers have also made an impact towards simulation study in various oil and gas operations and as a result quite a good number of softwares have been developed indigenously which are used frequently and has been recommended to be used in the industries. It is worth mentioning here that a good number of petroleum engineering graduates are at present working in the software industries Infosys, i-Flex Solution etc. Thus today after 45 years of its inception the Department has established itself as nationally and internationally recognized and reputed department. There are 10 laboratories containing at least 20 such equipments whose cost are varying from Rs. 2 lakhs to Rs. 45 lakhs. The other infrastructural facilities in the Department include big seminar hall, with all modern facilities of projection system, PA system etc., and departmental library containing more than 1200 books and 26 proceedings, and number of journals. The ISM STUDENT CHAPTER of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) has an official site by the name of www.spe.ismu.ac.in , which maintains the record the different activities of the Chapter along with the upcoming events.

Photos from SPE IIT - ISM Student Chapter's post

01/12/2015

Dr. D Nathan Meehan, Society of Petroleum Engineers President 2016, made a visit to ISM Dhanbad on 30th November 2015 to inspire budding technocrats, interact with the faculty and inaugurate the Reservoir Simulation Laboratory, the newest addition to the state of the art consortium of laboratories pre-existing in the department.

So, here are some and candid moments, captured from the lens of photographers from SPE ISM Student Chapter, which jointly organized the gala event in association with Department of Petroleum Engineering, Indian School of Mines.

09/07/2015

SPE ISM Student Chapter congratulates Dr. Anil Kumar sir (B.Tech Petroleum Engineering 1965 batch alumnus) for winning the prestigious "Anthony F. Lucas Gold Medal" by Society of Petroleum Engineers.

Only one person is selected for the 'Anthony F. Lucas Technical Gold Medal' award each year. This award was presented for the very first time in 1936.

Dr. Anil Kumar is now in the company of such petroleum engineering giants as Morris Muskat (AIME Anthony F. Lucas Gold Medal in 1953), the father of reservoir engineering; Marcel and Conrad Schlumberger (1941) : their inventions in the area of geophysics and Well logging were the beginnings of Schlumberger Well Services and the entire Well logging industry; Prof. Henry J. Ramey (1983) - his mentor at Stanford University, and Dr. Donald W. Peaceman (1991) who started the modern Reservoir Simulation & Seismic Data Processing [Exxon Production Research Co., Houston] to give a few examples.

The award would be presented on Tuesday, September 29, 2015 during ATCE in Houston from Sept 28-30.

Additionally, Dr. Ram Gopal Agarwal (B.Tech Petroleum Engineering 1961 alumnus) is the only Honorary Member and the only Indian to receive the prestigious award so far to the best of our knowledge.

We are extremely proud of Dr. Anil Kumar's accomplishments and wish him all the best for his future endeavors !!

09/07/2015

SPE ISM Student Chapter congratulates Dr. Akhil Datta-Gupta sir (B.Tech Petroleum Engineering 1980 batch alumnus) for winning the coveted "Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty" by Society of Petroleum Engineers.

10/02/2015

Proud Moment for the department as its esteemed alumni Mr Atul Chandra and Mr Shashi Shankar visited their alma mater on the occasion of the Annual Alumni Meet of ISM - Basant 2015 !!

25/08/2014

SPE ISM Student Chapter in association with ISM Alumni Association brings to you T-Shirt Design Contest for ISMAA !!
Submit your entries at www.socialhoop.com at ISM Alumni Apex Community till Sunday, 31st August 2014.
Mention your Name, Year and Branch along with the entries.
Prizes worth Rs. 5000 to be won & Get exclusive opportunity to get recognitions from our prestigious alumni...
Hurry up!!

20/06/2014

Anyone of you or your colleague having (~2 years of experience in Oil Industry) interested to join Cairn India Ltd as Night Frac Supervisor may forward your CV to [email protected]. For further details you can contact @ +91 852749476 (Shashank Pathak)

18/01/2014

SPE ISM proudly announces its Guest Lecture Series ON for the year 2014!!
The inaugural lecture was delivered by Dr Ganesh C Thakur (VP Global Advisor, Chevron & 2012 President, Society of Petroleum Engineers)on the topic 'Advancements in Reservoir Management' and a business presentation on Cairn India was delivered by Mr Avinash Kumar.

18/01/2014

Recently, 30 Students of Indian School of Mines were Sponsored by PETROTECH Society to attend "11th International Oil and Gas Conference & Exhibition" PETROTECH 2014 in New Delhi from 12th to 15th january.
Out of these, 3 students also got the opportunity to present their research work at Petrotech's International Stage.
More photos coming soon.

18/01/2014

Reunions provide the perfect opportunity to get reacquainted with old classmates and reconnect with your alma mater. Aiming with this SPE ISM Student Chapter recently organised an Alumni Reunion in Delhi on 14 Jan 2014.

12/01/2014

Connect with the SPE ISM Student Chapter at http://speism.org/ also at SPE ISM Student Chapter ! The Department of Petroleum Engineering, Indian School of Mines boasts of the oldest SPE Student Chapter in the country!

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