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2013 Star Scholarship and Fellowship Recipients Announced

Victoria Preston — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:43:04 +0000

Congratulations to the following 2013 Star Scholarship and Fellowship recipients! Learn more about the Star Scholarship and Fellowship Program Akanni, Olatokunbo – Gulf Coast North America, Fellow Alade, Olalekan – Africa, Fellow Alklih, Mohamad - Middle East, Scholar Amini, Shohreh - Eastern North America, Fellow Ampiah, Chris - North Sea, Scholar Anpoas, Sarayut - Northern Asia [...]

James Allen at the 2013 SPE Digital Energy Conference and Exhibition

Ashlae Shepler — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:40:30 +0000

James Allen, BP America, talks about what he gained from the technical sessions, how he benefited from the exhibition and what being a member of SPE for 34 years has done for him professionally.

Watch the short interview »

SPE and ARPEL Team Up in Mutual Endorsement

Ashlae Shepler — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:34:32 +0000

An agreement for mutual endorsement has been made between the ARPEL 2013 Oil and Natural Gas Conference in Latin America & the Caribbean, and the SPE 2013 Latin American and Caribbean Health, Safety, Social Responsibility, and Environment Conference.

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Global Workshop Series Visits Rio

Ashlae Shepler — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:51:56 +0000

SPE conducts a series of global integrated workshops where each event travels to different locations around the globe. The second occurrence of such workshop was in Rio de Janeiro, 6–7 March 2013, under the title "Production Forecasting." Read more about this workshop »

New Regional Appointment

Ashlae Shepler — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:28:02 +0000

SPE Latin America and Caribbean Regional Director Nestor Saavedra announced the appointment of Leonel Ramiro Pérez Solano to Regional Focal Point (RFP). He will serve the region in matters related to SPE Young Professionals and Student Chapters.
Read a letter from Saavedra outlining his new roles and responsibilities »

SPE Brazil Section Meets, Distributes Awards

Victoria Preston — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:21:12 +0000

The SPE Brazil Section held its board meeting 31 January 2013, in Rio de Janeiro. The goal was to review 2012 activities and plan new ones for 2013. Brazilian universities that received awards for 2012 included: Gold Award recipients Federal Fluminense University, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, State University of Campinas, Federal Fluminense University North. The 2012 [...]

SPE President Visits Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela

Victoria Preston — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:08:54 +0000

SPE 2013 President Egbert Imomoh spent 5 days meeting with SPE membership and industry executives in Mexico City, Mexico, Maracibo, Puerto La Cruz, and Caracas, Venezuela. He delivered a series of presentations about the industry evolution and future challenges as well as SPE’s role in 21st century industry challenges. Nestor Saavedra, SPE South America and Caribbean Region [...]

Ecuador Gives Top Energy Advisor a Warm Welcome

Victoria Preston — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:26:29 +0000

The SPE Ecuador Section hosted SPE Distinguished Lecturer Nnaemeka Ezekwe, senior petroleum engineer advisor at Devon Energy, on 4 December. Ezekwe was hosted by the minister of non-renewable natural resources, Wilson Pástor, and more than 200 attendees from the Ecuadorian energy community. Ekekwe, along with speaker Carlos Marx Carrasco, an economist and director-generael at , [...]

A Holiday Message from Your Regional Directors

Victoria Preston — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:20:29 +0000

With the end of 2012 approaching, we would like to take this opportunity to wish you happy holidays and thank our regional membership and leadership of Sections and Student Chapters for all their support given to SPE activities in 2012. We are very enthusiastic not only about all activities SPE offers worldwide but also about our very [...]

Workshop Attendees Discuss the State of Hydraulic Fracturing in Latin America

Victoria Preston — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 13:56:29 +0000

More than 120 attendees were on hand to discuss the current state of hydraulic fracturing in Latin America 7–8 November in Medellin, Colombia. The workshop, “Hydraulic Fracturing in Latin America: Opportunities and Challenges,” featured a panel session headed by industry leaders Juan Manuel Riaño of Pemex, Alberto Garcia of Drummond, and Yesid Tovar of Ecopetrol. [...]