Students, research scholars, and industry personnel are invited to attend the International Conference on Developing Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources organized by the Indian Institute of Technology Madras with the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the London School of Energy Studies. This event will be held 1-3 March 2013. More information »
The SPE Colombian Section, in conjunction with student chapters and support from the local industry, took the Energy4me program to the most populated island in the world: Santa Cruz del Islote. Volunteers also visited two schools in Bucaramanga. They were guided by Leonel Solano and provided the students with energy resources, distributed Energy4me books, and [...]
Congratulations to the following winners of the recent SPE International Student Paper Contest held at ATCE! These regional winners qualified to compete on the international level. All participants were great and the judges had an extremely difficult challenge. 2012 International Student Paper Contest Winners Undergraduate Division 1st Place - Oliver Wilson, University of Tulsa 2nd Place – Zi-Chen [...]
We are pleased to announce and welcome to SPE the following new student chapters. These new student chapters were just approved at the 2012 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE). Congratulations! Dibrugarh University, India Federal University of Petroleum Resources Effurun, Nigeria All Nations University, Ghana Chongqing University of Science and Technology, China Brigham Young University, USA Nkumba University, [...]
Congratulations to Alexander Restrepo! He has been awarded the 2012 Gus Archie Memorial Scholarship. His scholarship is renewable for up to four years. Alex is a graduate of the Albuquerque Academy in New Mexico. While attending high school, Alex was selected to attend the Nation Youth Leadership Forum on National Security in Washington, D.C, where he explored [...]
Indian Institute of Technology Madras announces the International Workshop on Natural Gas-Hydrates: Exploration and Production. “What We Learnt and the Path Ahead” 7-9 August 2012 IIT Madra Research Park, Chennai, India Inauguration of SPE Student Chapter IITM Under the patronage of Satish Pai, Vice President, Operations: Schumberger Oilfield Services By way of IITM Alumni Affairs [...]
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. [...]
Congratulations to the following who have displayed meritorious achievements in 2012! Outstanding Student Chapters 2012 Award Recipients University of Ibadan University of Petroleum China, Beijing University of Aberdeen Universidade Federal Do Rio Janeiro British University Texas A&M University Gubkin University 2012 Gold Standard Chapters Africa University of Ibadan Enugu State University Asia Bandung Institute of Technology [...]
The IPTC Education Week will be held 24 – 28 March 2013, organised for the benefit of 3rd and 4th year undergraduate students in science, geoscience and engineering from qualified institutions across the eastern hemisphere. It is anticipated that some 75-100 of the best students will be selected to participate in the IPTC Beijing Education [...]
We welcome the following new student chapters to SPE. Congratulations! Escuela Militar de Ingenieria in Bolivia Universidade de Sao Paulo in Brazil Universidade Federal de Pelotas in Brazil Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria Federal University of Sergipe in Brazil Indian Institute of Technology in India Makerere University in Uganda
