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Vol. 58 No. 11

November 2006

SPE News

SPE Regional Awards Program Expands


From left, 2007 SPE President Abdul-Jaleel Al-Khalifa presents Andrei Popa of Chevron Corp. with the SPE Western Regional Young Member Outstanding Service Award as Alaska Section Director Robert Younger looks on.  

The new SPE Regional Awards program recognizes regional achievements in six technical disciplines: Drilling and Completions; Reservoir Description and Dynamics; Production and Operations; Management and Information; Projects, Facilities, and Construction; and Health, Safety, Security, Environment, and Social Responsibility.  Regional awards are designed to recognize excellence and contributions made at the regional level. Regional award recipients become eligible for the Society-wide award in the following year for categories in which a comparable award exists. Outstanding young members and distinguished corporate support are also recognized.

The awards are in addition to the existing SPE Regional Service Awards program that allows every region to recognize up to three members each year for exceptional contributions to SPE at the section or regional level. A regional committee chaired by the SPE Regional Director selected award recipients.

A total of 72 award winners are being recognized in 2006 by region, including:

  • Africa—Adeyemi Akinlawon and Onyeabor Nwabah (Regional Service); Jude Amaefule (Reservoir Description and Dynamics); Jonathan Umurhohwo (Production and Operations).
  • Central and Southeastern North America—Melanie Perry (Young Member Outstanding Service); Christian Okoye and Peggy Tibbetts (Regional Service); Ali Ghalambor (Drilling and Completions).
  • Gulf Coast North America—Holly Camilli (Young Member Outstanding Service); Larry Foster (Regional Service); George Medley (Drilling and Completions); P.K. Pande (Reservoir Description and Dynamics); Kevin Renfro (Production and Operations); Roger Hite (Management and Information); Ken Arnold (Projects, Facilities, and Construction).
  • Mid-Continent North America—Jim Linville and Mohan Kelkar (Regional Service).
  • Middle East—Ali Al-Almuftah (Young Member Outstanding Service); Abdulla Hamoodi, Salam Salamy, and L.K. Kshirsagar (Regional Service); Omar Al-Husaini (Drilling and Completions); Sameh Macary (Reservoir Description and Dynamics); Hisham Nasr-El-Din (Production and Operations); Jose Solares (Management and Information); Sherif Al Ghazaly (Health, Safety, Security, Environment, and Social Responsibility).
  • North Sea—Leon Beugelsdijk (Young Member Outstanding Service); Patrick Corbett (Reservoir Description and Dynamics).
  • Northeastern North America—John Cramer (Regional Service).
  • Northern Asia Pacific—Nasser Al Araimi (Young Member Outstanding Service); Liu He, Li Gansheng, and D.M. Anwar Raja (Regional Service); Phil Rae (Drilling and Completions); Jiecheng Cheng (Reservoir Description and Dynamics); Yupu Wang (Production and Operations).
  • Rocky Mountain North America—Julio Soriano (Young Member Outstanding Service); Mike Eberhard (Regional Service); Robert Barree (Drilling and Completions); Louis Mattar (Reservoir Description and Dynamics); Jim Crafton (Production and Operations); Douglas Boone (Management and Information).
  • South America and Caribbean—Richard Corrie (Regional Service); Alvaro Peres (Reservoir Description and Dynamics).
  • South Central and East Europe—Zdenko Kristafor, Steven Schwin, and Gerhard Bauer (Regional Service).
  • Southern Asia Pacific—Alex Parks (Young Member Outstanding Service); Mathew Barley, Fauzi Imron, and Todd Gilmore (Regional Service).
  • Southwestern North America—Michelle Estes (Young Member Outstanding Service); Ed Pittinger and Melinda Bujnoch (Regional Service); Vithal Pai (Drilling and Completions); Patricia C. Hunter (Health, Safety, Environment, Security, and Social Responsibility).
  • Western—Andrei Popa (Young Member Outstanding Service); Raj Upadhyay and Shirish Patil (Regional Service); Wen Chen (Reservoir Description and Dynamics); Porter Underwood (Production and Operations); Suzanne Griston-Castrup (Projects, Facilities, and Construction).

The following companies received the 2006 SPE Distinguished Corporate Support Award.

  • Gulf Coast North America—Anadarko Petroleum.
  • Mid-Continent North America—Oneok Inc.
  • Middle East—Saudi Aramco.
  • North Sea—Helix RDS.
  • Northern Asia Pacific—Daqing Oilfield Co. Ltd.
  • Rocky Mountain North America—Forest Oil Corp.
  • South America and Caribbean—Petrobras.
  • South Central and East Europe—Tengizchevroil.
  • Southwestern North America—Schlumberger.
  • Western—Chevron.


From left, Ed Pittinger of Manhattan Petroleum receives the SPE Southwestern North America Regional Service Award from 2006–07 Permian Basin Section Chairperson Jessie Lawson and Southwestern North America Regional Director Prentice Creel.


Presented with the 2006 SPE Africa Regional Service Award is SPE Lagos Section member Adeyemi Akinlawon of ChevronTexaco Nigeria (left). SPE Africa Regional Director Alex Neyin presented the award during the SPE Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition.

Call to Submit
2007 Nominations

A maximum of 154 awards may be given annually, and every region is encouraged to nominate outstanding members for technical and service contributions. All recipients for Young Member Outstanding Service and the technical/service awards are automatically submitted for Society-wide awards the following year if they meet the eligibility requirements. Nominations for the 2006–07 awards are being solicited through SPE Regional Directors and will be accepted through 15 February 2007. For more information or to request nomination forms, go to www.spe.org or email sections@spe.org.