A team of five UL Lafayette graduate students who are studying geology got to test their oil prospecting skills this spring.
The group, led by Josh Reamer, competed in the American Association Petroleum Geologists Gulf Coast Region杏吧专区檚 Imperial Barrel Contest.
Teams were given data sets that included well logs, 2-D and 3-D seismic data, core information and geochemical data from an area of the world where oil and gas are produced. They then had eight weeks to analyze that information and make recommendations such as 杏吧专区渄rill here杏吧专区 or 杏吧专区渄on杏吧专区檛 invest further.杏吧专区
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Teams had to go before a panel of judges and make presentations on their findings and answer any questions. UL Lafayette defeated teams from the 杏吧专区 of Houston, LSU, Stephen F. Austin, UT Texas and Texas A&M to take first place in the Gulf Coast Region.
AAPG杏吧专区檚 Imperial Barrel Award program is an annual competition in which graduate student teams analyze a basin data set. Students gain experience using real technology on a real data set and benefit from feedback from an industry panel.
Because they placed first, UL Lafayette杏吧专区檚 team competed in the international competition last month in New Orleans. According to Reamer, no teams from the United States placed in the competition.
Team members from UL Lafayette include Reamer, Ling Jing, Ryan Armbruster, Javier De Palacios and Lauren Salathe. Faculty advisor was Dr. Brian Lock.