Ayala	Barman
Couet	Deinum
Faber	Ganzer
Han	Haynes
Hui	Hurst
Jessen	Ligthelm
Patel
Shook	Urdaneta
White	Xu
Camacho	Clavaud
Honarpour	Laubach
Meddaugh	Moos
Onur	Page
Sarkar	Teletzke
Webster

Every year, the Review Chairpersons recognize Technical Editors on the Editorial Review Committee who made an exceptional effort to ensure the technical excellence of the Society’s permanent literature. For 2007, the following Technical Editors on the SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering Editorial Review Committee received the Outstanding Technical Editor Award:

Reservoir Engineering Committee:Luis Ayala, Pennsylvania State University; Indranil Barman, Matador Resources; Benoit Couet, Doll Research; Geurt Deinum, Petroleum Development Oman; Rien Faber, Shell International E&P; Leonhard Ganzer, Mining University of Leoben; Choongyong Han, Chevron ETC; Byron Haynes, Shell E&P; Mun-Hong Hui, Chevron ETC; Sharon M. Hurst, Consultant; Kristian Jessen, University of Southern California; Dick Ligthelm, Shell International E&P; Phiroze Patel, Aera Energy; Pierre Samier, Total; G. Michael Shook, Chevron ETC; Mirano Spalburg, Shell E&P (no photo); Alfredo Urdaneta, Aera Energy; Christopher White, Louisiana State University; and Qiang Xu, Curtain University of Technology.

Reservoir Evaluation Committee:Rodolfo Camacho-Velazquez, Pemex; Jean-Baptiste Clavaud, Chevron Corporation; Mehdi Matt Honarpour, ExxonMobil; Stephen Laubach, Bureau of Economic Geology; Jorge Manrique, Occidental Oil & Gas Corporation (no photo); William Scott Meddaugh, Chevron ETC; Daniel Moos, GeoMechanics International; Mustafa Onur, Istanbul Technical University; Geoffrey Page, Baker Hughes; Brian Putt, Chevron International E&P (no photo); Amit Sarkar, Shell; Gary Teletzke, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company; and Michael Webster, BP.

New Executive Editor Joins SPEREE

Beginning with the February 2008 issue, Cosan Ayan will replace Alan Johnson as Executive Editor of the Reservoir Evaluation portion of SPEREE. Cosan Ayan is a Reservoir Engineering Advisor for Schlumberger Oilfield Services, based in Dubai. Previously, he was a Wireline Headquarters Reservoir Engineer based in Houston. During his 17 years with Schlumberger, he held Reservoir Engineering positions in Dubai, Cairo, Abu Dhabi, Aberdeen, Houston, and Jakarta. He works on interpretation and development projects, focusing on wireline formation testers, transient well tests, production logging, and reservoir monitoring.

Ayan holds a BS degree from the Middle East Technical University-Ankara, as well as MS and PhD degrees from Texas A&M University, all in petroleum engineering. He is the author of more than 40 technical papers on transient testing, reservoir monitoring, and reservoir engineering. He has been on several technical committees for SPE. Ayan also served as an SPE Distinguished Lecturer for 2005–2006.