The President’s Award for Section Excellence recognizes SPE sections who display exemplary efforts in technology dissemination, section operations, member benefits, society and community benefits and innovation. The awards are presented to an officer of each section during the President’s Luncheon at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. 2012 President’s Award for Section Excellence Aberdeen [...]
Congratulations to Mojtaba Pordel Shahri! He has been awarded the 2012 Henry Dewitt Smith Fellowship. Mojtaba received his BS and MS degrees in petroleum engineering, and he is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in petroleum engineering. He earned the 1st rank in both undergraduate and graduate studies in 2008 and 2010 among all the students. [...]
2012 Winners African See photos Ayowole Onoopemipo Ogunleye University of Ibadan Asia Pacific Zi-chen Xu China University of Petroleum, Beijing Undergraduate Fajril Ambia Bandung Institute Of Technology, Indonesia Postgraduate European Antoine Bouziat Institut National Polytechnique De Lorraine Undergraduate/Master’s Jafar Fathi University of Stavanger PhD Canadian Vivek Swami University of Calgary Undergraduate/Master’s Seyed Reza Etminan University [...]
We are pleased to announce and welcome to SPE the following new student chapters! Universidad Privada de Santa Cruz in Bolivia Federal University of Bahia in Brazil Universidade Estacio de Sa in Brazil Anna Universit in India AMET University in India Mehran University, Khairpur Mir’s in Pakistan Coventry University in United Kingdom Contact information for [...]
On February 9, an ambassador lecture was organized for the benefit of student members at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. Young professional Oloruntobi Sunday Olalere, who has more than 6 years experience as a drilling engineer and is now a drilling supervisor with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), delivered the lecture. The title of [...]
Distinguished Lecturers are nominated by their peers, and selected by the Distinguished Lecturer Committee for quality, timeliness and relevance of presentations. We solicit nominations from each region of the world to cover all disciplines. Do you know someone who is an authority in their field and an experienced public speaker? Nominate by 31 March. The process is [...]
Working alongside the SPE Young Professionals Coordinating Committee, SPE has launched the Young Members Video Library. The library contains a collection of video resources for your learning and development. Topics range from career advice and personal skills to industry training and more. The library will continue to grow over the coming months, so keep checking back [...]
Congratulations to the 2012 SPE Nico van Wingen Fellowship Recipient – Amirmasoud Kalantari Dahaghi! Mr. Kalantari-Dahaghi is a PhD student in Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering at West Virginia University. Amirmasoud received his BS in petroleum engineering from Petroleum University of Technology and MS in petroleum and natural gas engineering from West Virginia University in 2010. [...]
The deadline to submit all nomination documents has been moved from November 1 to November 15. Up to two awards of USD 5,000 are available. Nominations forms and applications can be completed online. Learn more.
The MUN student chapter recruited new members during the Engineering Orientation program. The chapter was able to recruit first year engineering students by highlighting the benefits of being an SPE student member. Congratulations, MUN student chapter on recruiting new members!

