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Moving Forward, Giving Back...Supporting Your SPE
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Now Available! 2008 Annual Meeting Technical Program
Browse the ATCE 2008 technical program online. ATCE's peer-selected program addresses current applications and future technologies across the spectrum of E&P operations. The conference will be held 21-24 September in Denver, Colorado, USA.
R&D White Paper Outlines Path to the Third Trillion Barrels
A new white paper by the SPE R&D Advisory Committee explains why substantial increases in R&D investment for the oil and gas industry are crucial to avoiding future energy shortages. “The R&D Challenges to Secure Energy Supply for the Third Trillion Barrels and Beyond” points out areas where technology breakthroughs are needed to meet a global energy demand expected to grow 50% by 2030.
Have You Checked Your TIG Lately?
Some interesting and lively discussions are taking place right now on many of the Technical Interest Groups and Professional Networks. What's your opinion? Experience? Advice?
Latest Information
- Risk management for deepwater projects receives OTC focus
- Novel processor accelerates compute-intensive simulations
- New handheld data reader accelerates corrosion analysis
- Drilling clean-up technologies showcased at recent expo
- SPE adds 4 new student chapters
- Novel waterfrac proppant increases flow capacity and production
- New gridding editor makes contour mapping easier
- AIME Transactions available online
- New Center for Technology Innovation opens in Houston
- Horizontal Well Stimulation - Regional Technology Workshop
17 - 18 June, Midland, Texas, USA - Subsea Processing Today and Tomorrow: Deployment Time!
16 - 19 June, Stresa, Italy - Produced Water Handling and Disposal
4 - 5 June, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
- SPE International Oilfield Scale Conference
28 - 29 May, Aberdeen, UK - SPE International Oilfield Corrosion Conference
27 - 27 May, Aberdeen, UK - Condensate Recovery In Gas Condensate Fields
14 - 16 May, Moscow, Russia
- SPE/AAPG LWD Sonic Joint Workshop
12 - 13 May, San Antonio, Texas, USA - Wireline Formation Testing in Hostile Environments: H2S, HPHT, CO2 and Slim Holes
11 - 14 May, Alexandria, Egypt - The Extended Reach Drilling Solution: Why, Where, and How
28 - 30 April, Abu Dhabi, UAE
SPE Tight Gas Completions Conference
9 - 11 June, San Antonio, Texas, USA
This conference and exhibition focuses on the geology and chemistry of the South Texas market and similar unconventional reservoirs.