Department of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, M.S.P.N.G.E, Ph.D.

Department website: https://pnge.statler.wvu.edu/

Degrees Offered

• Masters of Science, Midstream Petroleum Engineering (M.S.)
• Masters of Science, Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering (M.S.P.N.G.E.)
• Masters of Science, Engineering (M.S.E.)
• Doctor of Philosophy, Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering (Ph.D.)

Departmental Overview

Areas of Research

• Development of the Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources
• Application of Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics 
• Hydraulic Fracturing
• Reservoir Characterization and Formation Evaluation
• CO₂ Sequestration and Enhanced Oil Recovery
• Reservoir Modeling and Simulation
• Drilling and Well Completion

Faculty

Chair

• Samuel Ameri - M.S.Pet.E., P.E. (West Virginia University)
  Formation Evaluation

Professors

• Samuel Ameri - M.S.Pet.E., P.E. (West Virginia University)
  Formation Evaluation
• Kashy Aminian - Ph.D. (University of Michigan)
  Natural Gas Engineering, Unconventional Reservoirs
• Shahab Mohaghegh - Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State University)
  Intelligent Systems, Shale Analytics

Associate Professors

• H. Ilkin Bilgesu - Ph.D., P.E. (Pennsylvania State University)
  Drilling and Production Engineering
• Ebrahim Fathi - Ph.D. (University of Oklahoma)
  Phase Behavior

Adjunct Professors

• Alan Brannon - Ph.D. (West Virginia University)
  Petroleum Engineering Fundamentals
• Josh Dalton - MSPNGE (West Virginia University)
  Drilling and Stimualtion
• Pramod Thakur - Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State University)
  Coalbed Methane Development

For specific information on the following programs, please see the links to the right:

• Midstream Petroleum Engineering, M.S.
• Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, M.S.P.N.G.E
• Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Ph.D.