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Wright State receives $5M gift

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Staff Report Updated 12:38 PM Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Wright State University has received $5 million to help train students in finding oil and gas, the university said.

“Wright State University is most appreciative of this incredibly generous gift from Schlumberger Limited,” Wright State President David Hopkins said in a statement. “Thanks to Schlumberger, our students will have the opportunity to become proficient in state-of-the-art technology, preparing them for the jobs of tomorrow in our region, state and beyond.”

The gift includes computer tools to help students understand the geological setting and the flow of oil and gas in reservoirs, and the flow of groundwater in aquifers.

David Dominic, WSU professor of earth and environmental sciences, said the software is Schlumberger’s largest gift ever to the department.

“The ability to visualize reservoirs and model the flow of fluids within them makes the combined software incredibly powerful,” Dominic said.

Wright State will use the software to train students in oil and gas exploration, the cleanup of contaminated brownfield sites and even the detection and mapping of artifacts at archaeological sites, WSU said.

Schlumberger Limited is a Houston, Texas-based oilfield services provider.

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