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Data-Driven Success From Bedrock to Capstone

How OU Leverages Enverus to Empower Future Energy Leaders
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Success at a Glance

Challenges

  • Making assumptions due to limited experience, which could lead to significant errors
  • Relying on incomplete datasets, resulting in questionable or inaccurate outcomes
  • Time-consuming manual gathering and cleaning of data
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Solutions

  • Unrestricted access to wells in every area, allowing students to perform high-resolution analysis with the powerful Enverus PRISM® platform
  • Construct high-quality cross-sectional maps to make sound reservoir development decisions
  • Perform decline analysis
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Results

  • Students can confidently use high-quality data
  • Improvement of reservoir characterization and field development planning
  • Precision in geological interpretations and volumetric calculations
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Client Overview

The Mewbourne School of Petroleum & Geological Engineering (MPGE) at the University of Oklahoma provides its senior petroleum engineering students with the opportunity to tackle complex, real-world challenges in their course curriculum. This approach ensures that graduates are well-prepared for the demands of the industry, making them more competitive and capable professionals. Additionally, it helps bridge the gap between academic learning and the practical requirements of the job market.

Challenges

The Hunt for High-Quality Data

A big hurdle for students to complete their capstone projects is data availability. Although the students brought solid technical
knowledge, they did not have access to critical, high-quality industry data for their capstone projects. Without up-to-date production, well completion, drilling and permitting data, students faced three key obstacles: making assumptions that lead to errors, working with incomplete datasets, or wasting valuable time gathering and cleaning data.

Students spend months manually collecting and cleaning data, transforming into reservoir engineers-turned-detectives rather than focusing on engineering solutions.
Xingru Wu | Associate Professor
Xingru Wu | Associate Professor

Solutions

Empowering Students With Essential Industry Data for Success

The Mewbourne School of Petroleum & Geological Engineering used Enverus PRISM® to remove data constraints and empower students with comprehensive insights into reservoir development and well performance. Additionally, the platform supports the construction of high-quality cross-sectional maps, helping students refine geological interpretations and make informed development decisions.

With unparalleled data access and analytical tools, PRISM® turns the Capstone experience into a true industry simulation, where students don’t just learn theory—they apply data-driven decision-making to solve real-world challenges. And the best part? Students aren’t just consuming data; they’re learning how industry professionals use real-world datasets to make critical decisions.
Xingru Wu | Associate Professor

Results

Bridging the Gap Between Academia and Industry

Thanks to PRISM®, students spend less time hunting for data and more time solving real-world energy challenges—exactly what industry demands. Through statistical analysis of existing completion techniques, students develop data-backed recommendations for higher production performance, learning how to apply real-world optimization strategies.

At OU’s MPGE, Capstone isn’t just an academic exercise, it’s an immersive industry simulation and real-world training ground where students develop engineering solutions based on comprehensive, high-quality data. And thanks to Enverus, students aren’t just learning engineering; they’re doing engineering—armed with the same cutting-edge tools used by professionals worldwide. From bedrock to Capstone, datadriven success has never been more achievable.
Xingru Wu | Associate Professor

Disclosures

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Customer

The Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering (MPGE)
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Industry

University

Company Size

22,046 undergraduate students

Location

Norman, Oklahoma

Product Featured

Enverus PRISM® 

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