LSU Petroleum Engineering

05/11/2026

Today marks a major and exciting milestone for LSU as drilling operations officially began on LSU Research Well #3 at the PERTT Lab.

This is a proud moment for the Craft & Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering, the LSU College of Engineering, and the University. After months of planning and preparation, the rig is turning and an extraordinary hands-on learning experience is now underway directly on the LSU campus.
Opportunities for students to participate in active drilling operations at a university research site are exceptionally rare, making this a remarkable project for LSU.

One of the most exciting aspects of this effort is the involvement of 20 LSU Petroleum Engineering student interns working onsite throughout operations — ranging from students who just completed their freshman year to graduating seniors. These students are gaining direct field exposure alongside industry professionals in an exceptional educational environment.

This is the first of many field updates we will be sharing as operations progress from spud to completion. We look forward to giving students, alumni, industry partners, and friends of LSU an inside look at this project unfolding in real time at the PERTT Lab.

05/01/2026

It's always fun to welcome our industry partners back for our advisory committee mtg!

04/02/2026

Our PetE 4058 Reservoir Mechanics seniors are wrapping up their final lab before the Easter Break🐣🐰

03/29/2026

Our internal SPE Student Paper Contest is in the books, and we are proud to have our finest rep us for the regional paper contest later this year!

03/27/2026

This week was ! While we show our grad students appreciation every week after the Friday seminar with hot coffee and delicious scones/donuts/coffee pastries, we hope this week will be different. This weekend, we will host our internal SPE student paper contest and offer delicious breakfast and lunch choices!

03/25/2026

Less than 6 hrs remaining. Wonder if we'll get a 😎 💯

We are so grateful to everyone who has given to LSU Engineering this Giving Day 💛

So far:
• 89 donors
• 84% of our goal reached
• $96,924 raised
• 9 hours remaining

Thank you for supporting our students, faculty, and programs.

If you haven’t had a chance yet, there’s still time to be part of it. Every gift makes a difference.

03/25/2026

03/25/2026

Today is and your donation helps enable our dept to offer more opportunities like these for our students! Visit https://give.lsufoundation.org/schools/LouisianaStateUniversityFoundation/lsu-giving-day/pages/engineering and scroll down to our dept to participate!

03/25/2026

is underway! Visit https://give.lsufoundation.org/schools/LouisianaStateUniversityFoundation/lsu-giving-day/pages/engineering and scroll down to pur dept to participate!

03/24/2026

is tomorrow and today, we are recognizing Shell for their past donations. Our computer lab is partially supported by a generous donation from Shell. Recently, half of the computers in the lab were replaced thanks to this donation. We hope to replace the remaining PCs later this year.

Before LSU Giving Day, please consider contributing. If you feel compelled, navigate to https://give.lsufoundation.org; under "Designations/Make your selection/Other" enter "101749 PetE Computer Lab Support Fund". The Shell computer lab houses two of our computer-based courses for the dept, but the lab is accessible to our PetE students as long as PFTH is open. Thank you for the support!