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INDUSTRY UPDATES

Nigeria annual conference draws international crowd

More than 1,500 oil and gas professionals from around the globe converged on Abuja, Nigeria during 4–6 August of this year for the SPE Nigeria Annual Conference and Exhibition. With a theme of “Innovating to Meet the Challenges of Global Energy Demand,” the conference explored key industry issues such as finding sustainable solutions for the increasing worldwide energy demand and developing innovative ideas and technologies that will produce hydrocarbons more efficiently. Read more »

Flexible, robust land seismic system launched

WesternGeco has launched the UniQ integrated point-receiver land acquisition and processing system. The company states that the new system provides greater speed and flexibility to various land seismic applications in the harshest of operating environments. Read more »

New center addresses global demand for risk-based asset management

Recognizing a need to mitigate the growing number of major incidents in the oil and gas industry, risk management consultancy Det Norske Veritas (DNV) has opened the DNV Global Risk Center. The Hyderabad, India-based center will employ 60 consultants with backgrounds in engineering, business administration, and environmental sciences with an aim to support the energy sector in India and beyond. Read more »

Novel sulfur removal technology moves downhole

Texas-based CrystaTech is taking its patented CrystaSulf hydrogen sulfide (H2S) removal technology downhole, and it is getting some help from multinational energy company Total. In a joint development and commercialization agreement between the two companies, the Downhole Sulfur Recovery (DSR) process will be a regenerable process for continually removing and recovering sulfur deposits in sour gas wellbores.

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PRESIDENT'S FORUM

2009 SPE President wants to hear from you!

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 SPE President’s Forum – dialogs with 2009 SPE President Leo Roodhart.  Read President Roodhart’s monthly column in the Journal of Petroleum Technology and JPT Online.

View a 45-second video clip of Leo Roodhart, 2009 SPE President.

SALARY SURVEY RESULTS

SPE’s annual salary survey now available

SPE’s Annual Membership Salary Survey is now available online and in the pages of the November 2008 issue of JPT.

This comprehensive survey highlights salary information from more than 13,000 SPE members worldwide. Salary data is broken down by geographic region, job function, age, level of education attained, and gender. The results will inform and may surprise you.

Please let JPT Online and your fellow SPE members know what you think of this year’s salary survey. SPE members are encouraged to comment on this survey here.

JPT ON SITE

JPT Editor John Donnelly is in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia blogging from the site of the 2008 SPE International Petroleum Technology Conference, which begins 3 December.

Malaysian Prime Minister Opens Conference

The Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dato Seri Abdullah Hj. Ahmad Badawi, officially opened the third International Petroleum Technology Conference this morning, the first time the event has been held in Asia. Read more »

Petronas Towers Dominate KL Skyline

This year’s International Petroleum Technology Conference is being held in the shadows of the enormous Petronas Twin Towers, which up until 4 years ago were the tallest buildings in the world.

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Societies Collaborate on IPTC

The International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC), which is now an annual event alternating between sites in the Middle East and Asia, is a collaboration of four key oil and gas associations. Read more »

Third International Petroleum Technology Conference Begins

The third multidisciplinary International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC)—sponsored by SPE and three other leading oil and gas associations—kicks off Wednesday with an opening ceremony and several plenary and technical sessions. The exhibition is sold out with 4,098 net square meters and more than 2,000 registrants representing 41 countries are expected to attend. Read more »

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SPE NEWS

New Student Chapter Formed in Iran

The Abadan Institute of Technology is the newest chartered SPE Student Chapter. The Faculty Sponsor is Dr. Behrooz Roozbehani, and the telephone number is +98.631.4429936.

AIME eNews offers update for member societies

The quarterly eNews of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME) provides news and upcoming events for member societies, including a report on the Emerging Leaders Alliance (ELA) that seeks to foster leadership in the engineering and scientific community. SPE young professionals attended the ELA meeting in October. Read more

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