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		<title>Attend Getenergy 2012 to be held 13–14 June in London</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 15:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariya Saakova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Getenergy 2012 is an international conference where education and training experts can collaborate on learning and development issues relating to the upstream oil and gas industry. If you have an active role in choosing training for yourself, your company, or others, this is the event for you. Learn more.]]></description>
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		<title>African Region Student Paper Contest Winners Named</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariya Saakova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[African region student paper contest was recently held during the 2012 SPE Students Technical Conference and Exhibition (STCE) at the University of Lagos. Ogunleye Ayowole from the University of Ibadan student chapter took first place with paper &#8220;Development of a Vogel Type Inflow Performance Relations for Horizontal Wells&#8221;, making it the fourth time in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Find out more about the Research, Development Technical Section</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The SPE’s Research and Development Technical Section was created by the SPE’s R&#38;D Standing Committee to stimulate R&#38;D activities which improve our industry’s ability to find and to produce oil and natural gas.  The Section’s objectives are: To expedite and to facilitate R&#38;D activities with application in the exploration and production of hydrocarbons; To provide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ambassador Lecturer Visits Novosibirsk State University</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Victoria Preston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On February 13, an ambassador lecture was organized for SPE Novosibirsk State University student chapter. Young professional Valery Rukavishnikov, who has more than 3 years experience as a reservoir engineer and is now an educator at Heriot Watt University’s Tomsk Approved Learning Centre, delivered the lecture. The lecture consisted of two main parts. The title [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2012 SPE Western Regional Student Paper Contest Winners Awarded</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariya Saakova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2012 SPE Western Regional Student Paper Contest was held in conjunction with the 2012 WNAR SPE conference on March 20th 2012 in Bakersfield, California. Dr. Reza Rastegar from Chevron served as the coordinator for this event.  Various SPE sections stepped forward to provide travel and housing sponsorship for students from various schools to attend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Western Regional Meeting Successfully Held in Bakersfield, California</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariya Saakova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2012 Western Regional Meeting was hosted by the San Joaquin Valley SPE section in Bakersfield, California. About 500 technical professionals and 200 exhibitors attended the meeting.  This year&#8217;s theme was ”Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue, 100 year operations, tight shales, smart fields and the Pacific Ocean.&#8221; The conference featured two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LASPE Volunteers Help Make Middle School Mesa Day a Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:34:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariya Saakova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read this update from Los Angeles Basin Section Newsletter: LASPE did itself proud at the Middle School MESA Day, with our volunteers performing as science project competition judges, math test proctors, and giving presentations to students and teachers. Pictures tell the story, and all of our volunteers had a wonderful time, lots of fun, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Big Welcome to Our Newest SPE Student Chapters</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariya Saakova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ambassador Lecturer Visits Memorial University of Newfoundland</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Victoria Preston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rajiv Gandhi College of Engineering Student Chapter President Wins First Place</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:54:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Victoria Preston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mr. Jai Prakash Kohar, SPE-RGCE Student Chapter President, participated in the 2011 International Petroleum Technology Conference and Education Week in Bangkok, Thailand on 4-9 February. Jai received the first place winner award for a group project titled “Marginal Fields Development”. The program also gave him an excellent networking platform on which to meet individuals from [...]]]></description>
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