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Officers and members of Mississippi State University's SPE Student Chapter and Petroleum Engineering faculty attended the SPE ATCE 2025 in Houston, TX!

It was a great pleasure to reconnect with alumni from our Petroleum Engineering program during a friendly dinner reception. 

A special thanks to Mr. Colton Lott, a recent alumnus, Mr. Adam Trimble, and their colleagues for organizing a great and informative visit to the Patterson-UTI's rig yard and headquarters and giving our students and faculty valuable firsthand insights into their operations.

We also extend our gratitude to the Swalm School of Chemical Engineering at Mississippi State University for their financial support in making this trip possible

October 19-22, 2025

Petroleum and Chemical Engineering students from Mississippi State University attended the 2025 AADE National Technical Conference & Exhibition in Midland, TX.

While in Midland, the students had the opportunity to tour Patterson-UTI’s drilling and fracturing sites, and also visited Chevron’s campus, where they were kindly hosted by MSU PTE alumnus, Mr. Bobby Hulett.

Many thanks to Patterson-UTI, Chevron, and Mr. Hulett for their generous hospitality.

Special appreciation goes to the AADE New Orleans Chapter for sponsoring this valuable trip

April 13-16, 2025

Our Petroleum Engineering representatives volunteered at the 2025 Sporting Clay Tournament in Husser, LA

Many thanks to the AADE NOLA chapter for sponsoring this trip

March 28, 2025

We had the privilege of hosting Mr. Bart Waltman, Lead Wells Engineer at Shell International E&P, as he presented his team's recent SPE paper (SPE 217802) on Sand Control in Deepwater Wells

March 26, 2025

Please join us in welcoming the new Mississippi State University's AADE section and SPE chapter officers:

AADE:

president: Sophia Iannone

vice-president: Ethan Voss

secretary: Peyton Thompson

treasurer: Caleb Cockrell

SPE:

president: Caylani Crutcher

vice president: Colin Beal

secretary: Nathan Watkins

treasurer: Michael Ciampoli

Many thanks to the outgoing officers! We appreciate everything you've done and will always value your contributions. Wishing you success in all your future endeavors! 

February 22, 2025

AADE officers (Colton Lott, Sophie Iannone, and Caylani Crutcher) demonstrated a separations experiment using water, oil, rocks, and iron fillings for the Girl Scouts at Swalm School of Chemical Engineering 

January 25, 2025

Petroleum Engineering Production class had a trip to Shell’s Robert Training and Conference Center in Robert LA

Message from the instructor of the course (Mr. David Cole): "Shell calls [this] BOOST training (Basic Offshore Operations Simulator Training). This is a condensed version of the training Shell gives on both deck and control room operations. The students took turns being deck and control room operators, after receiving training on both separations in general and DCS in particular. The students were very engaged during the entire (Friday evening through Sunday morning) training. At their peak, they were producing over 6,000 barrels per day through the facility.

Thanks to the department and the donors for the funds for this training"

November 15, 2024

Petroleum and Chemical Engineering students and faculty attended the SPE ATCE 2024 in NOLA

Many thanks to the Swalm School of Chemical Engineering, especially Dr. Bill Elmore, for planning and sponsoring this trip

September 23-25, 2024

Petroleum Engineering Capstone Design teams presented their findings to the members of the PTE Advisory Board and industry guests. Later that day, we had a farewell dinner ceremony, celebrating their accomplishments and the fantastic job they did on the analysis and development of the Tornado field in the Gulf of Mexico  

April 25th, 2024

Ms. Brandi Fruge from TAQA (Industrialization & Energy Services Company) generously engaged with our students. The discussion was very informative, and we greatly appreciate the insights shared. 

23 April, 2024

Mississippi State University's Petroleum Engineering students Colton Lott, Landon Rascoe, Gavin Myers, Eli Lambert, and Cody LeBleu attended 2024 Fluids Tech Conference & Exhibition and visited ExxonMobil's campus in Houston, TX.

Many thanks to AADE New Orleans Chapter for sponsoring this valuable trip 

 15-17 April, 2024

John Robert Ellis delivered an informative talk to the Petroleum and Chemical engineering students at Mississippi State University

Robert is a graduate in Petroleum engineering from MSU and currently serves as an Offshore Operations Engineer at Talos Energy 

9 April, 2024

NNW Inc. hosted Petroleum and Chemical Engineering students at their training facility in Carriere MS. 

Many thanks to NNW Inc. and AADE New Orleans Chapter for supporting this trip 

4 April, 2024

We were delighted to host the representatives of Accu-Line Well Services who kindly gave a talk to our Petroleum and Chemical Engineering Students about their operations as a Wireline services company

27 February, 2024

AADE and SPE representatives introduced Petroleum Engineering at the BCoE Student Organization Fair on Friday and Saturday (Feb. 16th and 17th, 2024) 

Colton Lott, Caylani Crutcher, Sophia Iannone

19 February, 2024

AADE student chapter at MSU planned a visit to Verde Services LLC and Pitts Swabbing Services in Laurel MS.

Many thanks to Swalm School of Chemical Engineering at Mississippi State University for their financial support and Verde Services and Pitts Swabbing Services for hosting us and sharing valuable information! 

29 September, 2023

Petroleum Engineering Capstone Design teams presented their findings to the members of the PTE Advisory Board and industry guests. Later that day, we had a farewell dinner ceremony, celebrating their accomplishments and the fantastic job they did on the development of the Volve field in the Norwegian North Sea 

27 April, 2023