Research and Development Technical Section
The R&D Technical Section is made up of SPE members interested in research and technology development with applications in the upstream oil and gas industry. The objective of the section is to expedite, facilitate, and provide a forum for discussion and cooperation on petroleum R&D.
Section Goals
- Promote R&D and technology development
- Encourage development of cooperative framework for R&D
- Provide means for communications among the R&D community in the petroleum industry
- Facilitate R&D efforts that meet the needs of industry, government, research companies and institutes, and academia
- Hold annual section meeting at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition to offer opportunities to network and discuss research needs
- Identify major issues/technology areas on which to focus interaction and discussions
Section Officers and Directors
Chairman:
Chris Buckingham, Southwest Research Institute
Program
Chairman: Ajay Mehta, Shell Global
Solutions
Membership
Chairman: Gioia Falcone, Texas A&M
University
Secretary:
Shari Dunn-Norman, University of Missouri-Rolla
Webmaster: Ron
Cluff, Microsoft
Directors: Ken
Brown, Alberta Research Council; David Curry, Baker Hughes; Don Green,
University of Kansas; Sunil Kokal, Saudi Aramco; Robert Rosbert, Shell E&P;
David Zornes, ConocoPhillips
First Meeting
The technical section, formed in June 2006, held its first meeting 27 September in conjunction with the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. More than 80 people attended to find out more about the new technical section and discuss initiatives for the future. Read about the meeting
Discussion Forum
The technical section has a threaded discussion forum for section members within its online community. Login and R&D technical section membership are required to access the online community to participate in the discussions.
Access the
R&D Technical Section online community 
[Section membership required]
How To Join
To join the R&D Technical Section, contact technicalsections@spe.org.
Note: you must be an SPE member to join the technical section.
