Petroleum Engineering Articles Search

After a brief period of inactivity, the Society of Petroleum Engineers Gulf Coast Section has reactivated its dormant International Study Group. Originally formed in 2003, this study group organized evening monthly meetings with panels of speakers discussing the topic of “How to Do Business in (country),” focusing on the differences and challenges of working in various geographic regions. In 2010, the newly energized International Study Group will focus on commonalities, ...

SPE-GCS e-Newsletter Sponsored by: PetroleumETC  ...

"Invite Someone to a Meeting" Month When was the last time you invited someone to join you at an SPE Gulf Coast Section event? I’m ashamed to say, I haven’t done so either. When I moved to Houston, it took me a long time to find my way back to SPE. I was very active with SPE Delta Section in New Orleans, but when I came to Houston, the GCS was daunting. I went from a Section with one meeting a month to a Section with ten to fifteen. Which one do I attend? What do you mean ...

March 1950 Perforating Guns Atlas Corp. reports the development of a new radioactive well logging method which gives both a gamma ray and a neutron log from one instrument in a single run in the hole. (The key is slow-neutron detection.) $ Texas Tech’s petroleum engineering department reports plans to drill a duster on its campus in Lubbock. (That’s right….They are hoping for a dry hole so the students can use the wellbore for their experiments without being bothered by ...

Ted Frankiewicz has more than 30 years' experience with Occidental Petroleum, Unocal Corp., Natco Group, and, currently, SPEC Services. He has a Ph.D. degree in physical chemistry from the University of Chicago, holds 15 patents, and has written more than 25 professional publications. At Unocal, he was responsible for developing the water treatment systems that were installed in the Gulf of Thailand to remove mercury and arsenic as well as residual oil from produced water. At Natco Group ...

Volunteer Recognition: Anyone from the Gulf Coast Section can recognize a member for exceptional volunteer service in a committee, study group, community service or an educational initiative. At the end of the month in which they are recognized by you, they will receive a letter and gift from the membership chair, including an extra copy of the letter for their supervisor. In addition, each month those recognized will also be listed in the newsletter and on the website. Recognize someone ...

SPE-GCS e-Newsletter Sponsored by: Pegasus Vertex, Inc. (PVI)  ...

Community Service During the Holidays Submissions are due for the GCS newsletter roughly six weeks before you receive it. It’s Christmas Eve and I’m feeling like many at this time of year—worn out! What a hectic time the last couple of months have been, but also what a time of giving back to the community by the Section. Part of the SPE GCS mission statement charges us with “enhancing the image of the oil and gas industry by sponsoring community service ...

February 1940 What was the hottest hydrocarbon play in North Texas in 1940? Barnett Shale gas in Wise County? Would you believe Caddo Lime oil in Montague County? Don’t look now, but oil is hot again in Montague County and this time from the Barnett. $ What sort of technical papers were being presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers (parent organization of the SPE) in 1940? “Measurements of the Viscosities of Oils Under ...

SPE-GCS e-Newsletter Sponsored by: Hexion  ...

Awards and Nominations GCS membership and especially the leadership of our committees, study groups, and board, I challenge you. I challenge you to recognize those who have been leaders in technology and service to SPE in the energy capital of the world by placing them in nomination for SPE regional and international awards and/or Distinguished Lecturer. The Nominations Committee led by GCS Past Chair Bill Bowers will collect nominations for international and regional ...

January 1950 A salt mine cave-in 10 miles southwest of Houston swallows up a warehouse-office building and a salt-press building, while a nearby operator reports increased gas production following the cave-in. $ Core laboratories of this era now include such “modern” test equipment as mercury capillary pressure instruments, Boyle’s Law porosimeters, permeameters, flood pots, and resistivity equipment for approximating formation resistivity factors for use in electric ...

Joseph Ayoub is the reservoir and production & completion engineering domains career leader for Schlumberger. Prior to that, he held numerous engineering and operations positions in the U.S., Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Joseph has taught a number of industry seminars and authored over 25 technical papers, mainly in the areas of well testing, hydraulic fracturing, and frac and pack operations. More recently, he has been instrumental in the formation of industry consortia ...

Mike Eberhard has been with Halliburton for more than 26 years. He has spent his entire career in pumping services including cementing, acidizing, and hydraulic fracturing. He has worked in the Williston Basin, Bakersfield, CA., Brighton, CO. and lastly Denver, CO. During this time, he held various engineering and technical sales positions. In 1996 he transferred to Denver as part of the Halliburton “Tech Team.” The main charge of the Tech Team is working with ...

SPE-GCS e-Newsletter Sponsored by: GATE, LLC  ...

Have you made an energy presentation at your child’s school? If so, did you know that Energy4me will donate a complimentary Oil and Natural Gas book to the primary, intermediate, secondary school, or school organization on your behalf? Go to www.energy4me.org to find out how. This Web site is also a valuable source for information and materials to help you develop presentations for any group from primary students to adults. It’s one of my first sources for presentation materials.  ...

December 1959 Recently it was “Cash for Clunkers”, but in 1959 a stimulus offered to buy more gasoline was “Stamps for Gasoline Purchases”. (For those too young to remember, including most of the newsletter staff of course, redeemable trading stamps were given for gasoline purchases at many “service stations”.) $ A well-known petroleum economist, peering into the future, foresees natural gas as the number one problem of the oil industry. Since at that ...

SPE-GCS e-newsletter November 2009 SPE-GCS e-Newsletter Sponsored by: ...

Young Professionals - Are You Missing Opportunities and Fun? What is a Young Professional (YP)? Do you know about the Gulf Coast Section YP program? Have you attended any YP events? YP programs identify, engage, and develop SPE members 35 years old and younger, as well as other industry newcomers, by providing relevant technical education and networking opportunities. To be designated a YP, there is nothing to join—it’s automatic with your membership. The GCS has 3,000 members ...

November 1959 On the heels of their success in using microbes to help locate oil deposits, Louisiana State University researchers have begun investigating the use of microbes to “refine” oil by converting its impurities. (Way to geaux Tigers!) $ The race to build the world’s largest supertanker is on, as a 104,520-ton American vessel is superseded by a 106,500-ton Greek vessel, with a 110,000-ton vessel under construction. $ The Cuban government surprises oil men by sealing the office files ...