What is PEPE:

PEPE is a joint initiative between the oil industry and the Montanuniversität Leoben founded to strengthen the School of Petroleum Engineering at the Montanuniversität. 

In a combined effort from the chairs of Petroleum Engineering, the university leadership, and the petroleum industry, the following goals for PEPE are reached:

The goal of PEPE is to:

• a world wide top ranked reputation in education and research in the areas pertaining to Petroleum Engineering. To be the most renowned PE Dept. in Europe and top 3 world wide by 2012.
• increase the number of graduates from 20 – 30  to 50 graduates per year
• increase the quality of all basic teaching/learning aspects of Petroleum Engineering
• be the first choice for all relative target groups (students, industrialists, and scientists)
• Integrate the Petroleum Engineering Department with both the Geo-Sciences and Geophysics Department (G&G) to create an enduring developmental alliance as well as an attractive focal point  
  
• focus the majority of research  in the area of optimizing exploration and production of existing (mature) oil and gas fields.

Our leading partners have pledged the following investments:

OMV – to allot 2 Million EUR from 2006-2010 for education and research.

RAG - pledged 400.000 EUR over the next 4 years as well as the data for the Trattnach project.

Participating factions involved with PEPE:

The department chairs related to directly to Petroleum Engineering:

Petroleum Production and Processing: Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.mont. Herbert Hofstätter

Reservoir Engineering: Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Geol. Dr. Stephan K. Matthäi

Drilling and Completion Engineering: Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.mont. Gerhard Thonhauser

Additional department chairs and departments from the Montanuniversitaet Leoben:

Petroleum Geology: Univ.Prof. Mag.rer.nat. Dr.mont. Reinhard Sachsenhofer

Dept. of Geology, Reservoir Engineering, Geophysics, and BWL (Economics, Accounting, and Business)

Companies: OMV, RAG (Rohölaufsuchungs-AG)

Miscellaneous: EU (EFRE), Land Steiermark, Unterrichtsministerium