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Inciarte, continued from page 5 As I emphasize during my talks to SPE sections worldwide, our business has entered an age of new realities, one in which it is essential that we take advantage of all technological developments and the dynamics of our global markets. Only by combining these elements with our experience can we really achieve corporate effectiveness. It is essential that we communicate effectively, collaborate rather than compete, and share information and knowledge on a routine basis. We must do that in order to establish the relationship of trust that is required for multidisciplinary, integrated teams require to be successful. This may sound a bit theoretical. I can assure you, however, that in today’s climate of alliances, partnerships, and megamergers, the concept of learning organizations is now predominant and greater incentives for diversified The University of Oklahoma School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering and Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M., have formed an alliance for research and development in the area of well construction. The mission of the Alliance is to make U.S. oil, gas and geothermal energy production more economical. To this end, OU and Sandia will collaborate on well construction research and development to enable U.S. energy producers to meet a larger percentage of the nation’s energy needs. 6 investments are playing a major role. You, the individual, must be ready to change. If you are not, you will be left out of the process. Our society must evolve into having a global membership while retaining the capacity for local responsiveness. The challenges are many but we will have to turn them into opportunities. It is essential that we use our vast diversities, both professional and cultural, to our advantage. I think the best way to finish is by quoting Albert Einstein. “The significant problems we face today cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.” Our past leaders did PGE Forms Alliance with Sandia National Laboratories The Alliance is expected to be a world-class, national center of expertise in well construction technologies offering a joint capability in drilling research that will be sought out and used, the centerpoint of drilling research and development in the world. Sandia National Laboratories is a Department of Energy laboratory, the lead national lab for drilling technology for the past 20 years, developing instrumentation and technologies to reduce drilling costs such as acoustic data telemetry, high-temperature instrumentation, PDC hard-rock drill bits, and lost-circulation technology. Sandia’s technology development also includes modeling and simulation using high performance computers, OU Discovery School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering Inciarte visits with John Campbell, PGE Advisory Board member and former director, OU School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering. their job and positioned us well. Now it is up to us to provide the programs and services that ensure we are relevant and meet our customers’ needs. rock mechanics, reservoir characterization technologies, advanced sensing and information systems, robotics, and nanomachine technology. Error Message: We were pleased to have the opportunity in the inaugural issue of OU Discovery to list and thank the many alumni and friends who have contributed financially to the School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering. That list should have included Jon R. Withrow, president of Sundance Oil, Oklahoma City. Also, the correct spelling of the name of another of our donors is Om P. Garg, president of the Garg Foundation of Irvine, Calif.
OU Discovery School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering The Winning Attitude Ihave enjoyed sports ever since I was a kid playing sandlot baseball, football and basketball. Throughout the years I marveled at the World Series champions, the Super Bowl and NBA winners. Later in my career with Amoco Production Co., when I was working in the area of strategic planning I continuously asked myself, “Why are some teams and organizations consistently in the playoffs?” Teams like the San Francisco 49ers, Dallas Cowboys and Boston Celtics—always at the top. Is it coaching? Sure. The right coach at the right time at the right place can make a difference. But then there are coaches like Tom Osborne of Nebraska and Joe Paterno of Penn State who, besides being good coaches and role models, understand something else — the winning attitude. So what is this “winning attitude”? If you asked different coaches you would get a variety of answers, but I believe the common thread joining all of the explanations would simply be Message from the Director the belief in one’s self to succeed and excel. One football “Hall of Famer,” Raymond Berry, was a seemingly ordinary guy who showed up for the Baltimore Colts training camp to try and make the team. He wasn’t extremely fast, super strong or big. Just an average guy. Yet this average guy dominated football as one of the leading receivers of all time. When asked how he did it, Berry said, “I loved what I did. I worked hard. And I believed in myself to catch the ball.” He had the winning attitude. And the amazing thing is that the coach and fellow players acknowledged Berry’s attitude as being one of the major sources of inspiration for the other players to share this winning spirit. This led to the Colts being a consistent contender and championship team for a number of years. That same attitude can prevail in schools like Petroleum and Geological Engineering. Back in the 1950s and 1960s, there was a coaching staff for the School of Petroleum and Geological This issue is full of signs of our determination to be the top Petroleum Engineering school in the world. Keith Millheim team at OU: John Campbell, Judge Cloud, Carl Moore, Preston Moore, Art McCray, Frank Cole, Paul Root, and Laurance Reid. And what a job they did! Players like our featured OU Discovery executive columnist and OU graduate Gustavo Inciarte, and others like Archie Dunham, Arlie Skov, Clyde Barton, Curtis Mewbourne, Charlie Stephenson, Tom McCasland, Charles Schusterman, and a host of others have dominated the oil business as successful business men, professionals and leaders in petroleum engineering. “We are back.” The winning attitude is catching on again at OU, not only with our football team but also in the College of Engineering and the School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering. This issue is full of signs of our determination to be the top petroleum engineering school in the world. Our new Reservoir Group led by Interim Director Dan O’Meara with the team of Faruk Civan, Roy Knapp, and Richard Hughes, is prepared to make our undergraduate and graduate students the best prepared students in reservoir engineering that any company could hope to hire. The new petrophysics graduate program is now launched in Tulsa with two world-class continued on page 8 7
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