UH Dives Deep to Advance Subsea Engineering

UH Dives Deep to Advance Subsea Engineering

Unconventional plays have become so common and have been met with such widespread acceptance that they are no longer unconventional. However, the industry is already looking ahead to what comes next. What – or more precisely, where – is the future of the oil and gas industry? Many in the industry seem to agree that the subsea environment is the next frontier, and the University of Houston (UH), through networking, research and science, is bringing that frontier a little closer.

In recognition of the importance of what lies below the bottom of the sea, three students at the University of Houston’s (UH) Cullen College of Engineering – Nebolisa Egbunike, a UH graduate student in the subsea master’s degree program, and co-founders Ewaen Ogiefo, the first graduate of the subsea master’s program, and Ademola Oladinni – formed the first U.S. professional subsea engineering program in 2013. The Subsea Engineering Society was created to fill the growing need for information sharing and networking within the subsea community.

UH Dives Deep to Advance Subsea Engineering
The Subsea Exploration Society Executive Board (Image courtesy of UH SES)

“Basically, we realized that subsea is the next big thing…the next frontier,” Egbunike told Rigzone. “We wanted to make an impact by creating an avenue for further study, and to generate interest in the subsea environment.”

Over the next 5 to 10 years, global demand for oil could be 100 million barrels per day, Egbunike said. However, the shale formations that are currently providing much of the production will likely have peaked, and subsea environment will play a growing role in meeting that future demand.

Because subsea exploration is multi-disciplinary and very technical, it is advantageous to generate interest as quickly as possible, Egbunike noted.


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