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Society of Petroleum Engineers Membership Reaches New High; Over 79,000 Members Worldwide at 2007 Year-end

Total professional and student membership in the Society of Petroleum Engineers grew 8 percent to a record 79,300 members worldwide in 2007, including an increase in members under age 35. SPE membership includes engineers, scientists, technicians, managers, operators, educators and other professionals who work in the global upstream oil and gas industry, as well as students who are studying petroleum engineering or a related field. SPE membership has grown 23 percent since 2004. Read more

Revised petroleum reserves and resources definitions

SPE's Oil and Gas Reserves Committee, working with AAPG, WPC, and SPEE, have developed revised definitions and auditing information for oil and gas resources as they develop from a prospect into mature producing resources. Read more

Industry organizations launch OnePetro

OnePetro is a new multi-society library providing access to more than 60,000 technical papers for the upstream oil and gas industry. Launched with 5 participating organizations, OnePetro is expected to grow as more organizations recognize the industry benefit of having a single place to search for and download technical information. SPE operates OnePetro on behalf of the participating organizations, and funds from SPE's Foundation were used for its development. Read more