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MEDIA CONTACT:  Paige McCown, Senior Manager PR/Communications/Social Media, +1.713.457.6826, media@spe.org

San Antonio, Texas, USA (9 October 2012) – The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) announced today the launch of a pilot for a new knowledge-sharing site called PetroWiki. PetroWiki will be the online resource to research and share knowledge about E&P industry operations, ranging from basic engineering calculations to best practices appropriate to specific regions, formations, or resource types. Read more »

Support benefits students and energy education for the industry

MEDIA CONTACT:  Paige McCown, Senior Manager PR/Communications/Social Media, +1.713.457.6826, media@spe.org

San Antonio, Texas, USA  ( 8 October 2012) –  The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) announced today that Chevron Corporation has committed USD 1 million to support SPE programs dedicated to increasing student participation and advancing energy education. Read more »

With more than 1,500 attendees from around the globe and for the first time in the history of the SPE/APPEA HSE International Conference, awards were presented to recognise excellence and innovation in health and safety performance and environmental management at the conference dinner. These innovation awards serve to provide inspiration and to demonstrate how the industry is continuously raising the bar in health, safety and environmental performance, sharing best practice and providing inspiration to the entire industry.

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The SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE) brings you the latest technologies and best practices through high-level speakers, a multidisciplinary technical program, and new products and services from E&P companies. Join us 8–10 October in San Antonio. Register now »

Also make plans to attend one of these exciting new ATCE events: Learnings from Facilities Megaprojects Dinner, Cross-Generational Teams Adding Value to the Workplace Program, Wellbore Positioning Technical Section Topical Luncheon, and Switch documentary screening. See all events.

Questions SPE consistently asks itself:  How does this help our members? How does this help the industry? How does this move the industry forward?

One way these questions have been answered is by SPE’s recent contribution to and support of the American Geological Institute Foundation (AGI).  AGI supports educational, scientific, and charitable activities like the Switch Energy Project, benefiting the entire geoscience community and the member societies affiliated with the Institute. Read more »

The 2012 Regional Award winners have been announced. Regional and section awards recognize members who contribute exceptional service and leadership within SPE, as well as making significant professional contributions within their technical disciplines at the SPE regional level. Awards are presented at the appropriate SPE region or SPE section meeting. Learn more about regional awards.

View the winners by region:

• Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa
• Canada
• United States
• Middle East
• Asia Pacific
• Latin America and Caribbean
• Russia and Caspian

Regional and section awards recognize members who contribute exceptional service and leadership within SPE, as well as making significant professional contributions within their technical disciplines at the SPE regional level. Awards are presented at the appropriate SPE region or SPE section meeting. Read more »

Hi SPE Members –

During my travels, members in some of the outlying areas of the world tell me about problems they have in getting JPT delivered to them. I wanted to take a moment to talk about what we’re doing to ensure delivery of JPT to every member.

• Hand-delivery of JPT–We hand-delivered more than 1,380 issues in June!
• Seeking private vendors who can provide the best service.
• Obtaining written confirmation from the vendors to track deliveries.

To further help us ensure the timely delivery, we are seeking JPT monitors. A JPT monitor would be responsible for notifying SPE via a simple email, when they receive their monthly issue of JPT. These monitors will help us be more proactive in identifying potential delivery problems.

A few alternate ways to read the latest issue of JPT:

• As soon as an issue is released, it is placed on www.SPE.org/publications.
• We have a mobile app!  The JPT app (http://bit.ly/M1FgTz)
• Depending on your section, print issues of JPT are available during the meetings.

I’d like to end this note by thanking you for your time! Of course, I’m always interested in your thoughts and ideas: leave them in the comments. Want to be a JPT monitor? Send us a note to jptmonitor2@spe.org.

Regards,

Ganesh Thakur

Please join SPE in congratulating the 2012 SPE International Award recipients.  The SPE Board of Directors approved the 2012 International Award recipients at their recent meeting. Seventeen international award committees recommended these winners to the board because of their outstanding and significant technical, professional, and service contributions to SPE and the petroleum industry. The winners were chosen from a pool of first rate candidates. SPE President Ganesh Thakur will present the awards to the winners at ATCE in San Antonio Texas.

• 2010 International Award Winners
• 2011 International Award Winners

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The 2013 Unconventional Resources Conference and Exhibition (URCE) will be held 11-13 November 2013 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The conference, the first for SPE in the region, will provide an ideal opportunity for attendees to focus on the evolution of the unconventional resources sector internationally, to discuss technical and commercial innovations and best practices, and to allow participants to appreciate the diversity, opportunity and capacity for growth. Read more »