FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
STEPHENVILLE, Texas — Petroleum Experts Limited has donated a petroleum engineering and structural geology software package valued at more than $2.1 million to Tarleton State University’s Department of Chemistry, Geosciences and Physics.
Geoscientists and engineers use the MOVE suite in any geological setting and across a variety of industry sectors.
“It’s great they were willing to donate this to Tarleton,” said Dr. Kelley Shaffer, director of the Center for Instructional Innovation. “It is industry-specific software that helps prepare our graduates for a very competitive segment of the workforce.”
The donation is expected to specifically benefit students in Tarleton’s geoscience programs at both the undergraduate and master’s levels. The software should be available for the spring semester.
“It’s incredibly generous,” said Dr. Ryan Morgan, department head and assistant professor of geosciences at Tarleton. “We’re getting millions of dollars of top-of-the-line software to train our students so they’ll have skills they can use beyond graduation.”
Petex petroleum engineering software tools enable the oil and gas industry to dynamically model oil reservoirs, production and injection wells, and surface pipeline networks as an integrated production system.
The MOVE suite provides a platform for integrating and interpreting data, cross-section construction, 3D model building, kinematic restoration and validation, geo-mechanical modeling, fracture modeling, fault response modeling, and fault and stress analysis.
Tarleton, founding member of The Texas A&M University System, provides a student-focused, value-driven education marked by academic innovation and a dedication to transform today’s scholars into tomorrow’s leaders. It offers degree programs to more than 13,000 students at Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian, RELLIS Academic Alliance in Bryan, and online, emphasizing real-world learning experiences that address societal needs while maintaining its core values of tradition, integrity, civility, excellence, leadership and service.
Contact: Phil Riddle, News and Information Specialist
817-484-4415
priddle@tarleton.edu
