Congratulations to the first quarter winner of the 2012 Build the World of SPE member recruitment contest, Mr. Hans-Uwe Brackel from the SPE German Section! Previous quarterly winner: Wolfgang Ludwig, SPE German Section. Build the World SPE member recruitment contest begins 1 January and ends 31 December each year. By sharing information about the value and benefits of [...]
In order to process applications more efficiently, accurately, and in an environmentally friendly way, SPE will transition to an online-only student member application and renewal process on 1 September 2011. The online application takes less than five minutes to complete. Become a new student member Renew your student membership If you have questions, contact service@spe.org. We thank you in [...]
Congratulations to the following 2012 recipients! Learn more about Star scholarship and Fellowship Africa Region Scholarship Fritz Agbor Uchechukwu Mogbolu Fellowship Oluseye Adeyemi Oluwaseun Fadipe Canada Scholarship Roshan Philip Fellowship Joseph Paul Lagasca Eastern North America Region Scholarship Anna Boyer David Trocquet, Jr. Derek Craig Dylan Tirpak Garrett Bromley Fellowship Brian Downey Joseph Joyce Racha [...]
On April 20, Alain Labastie and Sheng Ding (SPE Section Chair, Northern China International) visited CUPB. A presentation was given on “The Oil & Gas Industry: What’s next?”. The speech was divided into four parts: the trend in energy demand, where Alain suggested that with the rapid development in developing countries, the demand of petroleum [...]
On April 25, Chengdu Study Group held the first sub-regional SPE Student Paper Contest in cooperation with Southwest Petroleum University (SWPU) and Chengdu University of Technology (CDUT). A total 18 students took part: 12 from SWPU and 6 from CDUT. Participants were split into three groups so there were individual competitions at BSc, MSc and [...]
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The China University of Petroleum – Beijing hosted the “New Field” Petrol Bowl on the March 26. Many distinguished guests attended the competition. Twenty competitors participated. The competitors formed four teams via drawing lots. The competition consisted of self introduction, required questions, elective and risky questions, which truly simulated the competition environment of “Petro Bowl”. [...]
The PETRONAS Chapter organised a trip to the Kencana Fabrication Yard. The trip enabled students to have practical exposure in a fabrication yard that manufactures and assembles different parts of production facilities, process skids, drilling rigs and various kinds of platforms. Students were given an overview of Kencana Petroleum operations undertaken at its fabrication yard. [...]
On the 5th and 6th of March, CUPB held their sixth SPE thesis competition. Pr. Zhao Xionghu, the Dean of the Postgraduate Office, along with teachers from the Petroleum Engineering Department, were the judges. Nine graduates and three undergraduates entered the semi-final, with eight participants going through to the final. In the final, the contestants [...]
The PETRONAS student chapter recently organized and held an “Education and Exposure Week”. The main objectives of this program were to: Cultivate and foster the interest and awareness of the oil and gas industry among the UTP student community. Promote the Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS student chapter. Provide a platform for experienced personnel in the oil [...]
The Paskong Handong SPE PSU Student Chapter Outreach Program is an annual event held to bring benefits to the indigenous people of Palawan. Gifts, school supplies, canned goods and clothing were given this year to children at the Tagabinet Elementary School in Puerto Princesa City. Tagabinet is a small community at the foot of the mountains, [...]
