April 2006 Newsletter

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Calendar Events for April 2006

Oil Patch Orientation
Sponsor: GCS Continuing Education Committee
Speaker's Names: John Farina, Ron Hinn, Susan Howes
Day:Tue 4-Apr-06 8:30 AM
Location: Wyndham Greenspoint Hotel 12400 Greenspoint Drive
Summary: This seminar is the most popular SPE program. The course is designed as non-technical audio-visual guided tour through the oil patch, illustrating the basic equipment and techniques used in the discovery, development and production of petroleum....
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Nanotechnolgy & Microfluidics for the Upstream Petroleum Industry
Sponsor: Northside Study Group
Speaker's Name: Dr. Kishore K. Mohanty Director of Institute for Improved Oil Recovery University of Houston
Day: Tue 11-Apr-06 11:30 AM
Location: Greenspoint Club 16925 Northchase Houston, TX
Summary: The success of integrated circuit chips in replacing large vacuum-tube operated computing machines has inspired biologists, chemists and engineers to study miniaturization of other devices in the last few years...
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SPE Drilling Study Group Symposium - Don't Get Left Behind - Identifying the Needs, Challenges and Strategic Plans for Future Oil & Gas Drilling
Speaker's Names: 7 Exciting Oil & Gas Industry Topic Matter Professionals Various Leadership Positions Various Companies
Day: Wed 12-Apr-06 9:30 AM
Location: Petroleum Club of Houston 800 Bell Street Houston TX USA
Summary: Topics to be presented by industry leaders include: planning and collaboration between contractors and operators, rig sharing agreements, meeting the growing demand for oil and gas from a geological perspective, personnel resource and development...
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Magnolia TLP Deepwater Project
Sponsor: Facilities and Construction
Speaker's Name: Karl VanBrocklin Facility Engineer-GOM Division ConocoPhillips
Day: Tue 18-Apr-06 11:30 AM
Location: OMNI Houston Westside 13210 Katy Freeway Houston Tx USA
Summary: The ConocoPhillips Magnolia ETLP is located in approximately 4700 ft water depth in Garden Banks Blocks 783/784 in the Gulf of Mexico. Magnolia was completed in July 2004, with first production occurring in December 2004...
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West Texas - Barnett Shale Symposium
Sponsor: Permian Basin and Westside Study Groups
Speaker's Names: Key Note Speakers and Invited Panelists
Day: Wed 19-Apr-06 8:00 AM
Location: The WestLake Club - Carriage Room 570 WestLake Park Blvd Houston Texas
Summary: Exploring for and Producing Shale Gas: Application of Geochemical Data in Ascertaining Prospectivity and Producibility.`z Implications of Barnett and Woodford Shale Potential in West Texas...
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LNG Train: Driven by Technology and Innovation
Sponsor: Facilities and Construction
Speaker's Names: Various LNG experts
Day: Thu 20-Apr-06 7:15 AM
Location: Westin Galleria 5060 W. Alabama Houston Tx USA
Summary: LNG has been a “hot topic” for years. In today’s market, there is a clear demand for clean, economic sources of energy, and LNG is sure to be in the forefront of solutions. What’s fueling the current market for LNG? Is it sustainable...
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Field Results: Effect of Proppant Strength and Sieve Distribution Upon Well Productivity
Sponsor: Completions & Production
Speaker's Name: Paul Huckabee Production Engineering Advisor Shell Exploration and Production
Day: Thu 20-Apr-06 11:30 AM
Location: Greenspoint Club 16925 Northchase Houston Texas US
Summary: During the past five years, approximately 500 million pounds of proppant have been placed in nearly 200 new wells in the Pinedale Anticline of western Wyoming. Despite this high activity level, no clear consensus has emerged from the...
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Evaluation of Unconventional Resource Plays
Sponsor: The Reservoir Study Group
Speaker's Name: Pat Leach Senior Consultant Decision Strategies Inc.
Day: Thu 20-Apr-06 11:30 AM
Location: The Courtyard on St. James Place 1885 St. James Place Houston Texas USA
Summary: Making sound business decisions in one of the hottest domestic exploration plays, unconventional gas, offers a set of challenges not usually encountered with more traditional opportunities...
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2006 Golf Tournament
Sponsor: SPE GCS Golf Committee
Day: Mon 24-Apr-06 7:15 AM
Location: Kingwood Club Pro Shop 1700 Lake Kingwood Trail Kingwood TX
Summary: Raise scholarship money for students preparing to enter university engineering fields of study. The Gulf Coast Section Golf Tournament is one of the largest contributors to the Section’s scholarship program for students in our surrounding community...
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What's Happening-And Why?
Sponsor: General Meeting Committee
Speaker's Name: John Morgan President John M. Campbell & Co.
Day: Wed 26-Apr-06 11:30 AM
Location: Petroleum Club 800 Bell Houston Texas
Summary: Important changes in the capital-intensive liquefied-natural-gas (LNG) trade, required investment levels, and the technology are described in this lecture LNG technologies are undergoing change and improvement ...
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ELP Community Outreach - Bowl for Kids' Sake
Sponsor: In conjunction with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Houstont
Day: Sat 29-Apr-06 1:00 PM
Location: Palace Lanes 4191 Bellaire Blvd Houston TX
Summary: Become a team captain and recruit 4 other team members! The team captain is in charge of registering the team and making sure each team member raises a minimum of $100.00 prior to the event. The team can include anybody: co-workers, family, or friend...
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Future Events

Gulf Coast Section Awards Banquet
Speaker: Mayor Bill White
Day: Thu 11-May-06 6:00 PM
Location: Rice Hotel 909 Texas Avenue Houston TX 77002 USA
Summary: The economic success of the oil and petroleum industry around the world has stimulated growth in Houston, as one of the cities with the greatest concentration of the industry's corporate headquarters. ...
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Ethics for Engineering
Sponsor: Continuing Education
Speaker: Dr. Ray James &M
Day: Thu 18-May-06 8:00 AM
Location: Anadarko Tower 1201 Lake Robbins Drive, The Woodlands TX 77380
Summary: Ethics for the Practicing Engineer” covers the common morality, personal ethics, and professional ethics issues that the engineer faces as a professional. The class will discuss the role professional and...
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Articles/Miscellaneous

From the Chair - Lean Forward...
Are you slumped in your seat as you read this column? Are you leaning forward or sitting back in your chair? Are you excited because it's spring, or are you dejected about all the work you have to do? Can you remember a time when your excitement literally...

Then and Now - April 2006
April 1956 A crafty operator comes up with an “Enronian” approach (Yes, I coined it.) for minimizing “dry holes.” In this company's annual report they state that “Of 507 wells drilled, 337 have been producers...

SPE Technical Interest Group (TIGs) & Membership Contest Promotion
SPE is initiating a new marketing campaign to promote our online Technical Interest Groups (TIGs) to encourage more members to join and participate in the online discussions. We would appreciate your assistance in....

Kathy MacLennan joins SPEGCS
Kathy MacLennan joined us on March 6, 2006 as the new Gulf Coast Section Liaison. Kathy has been a Houston resident since 1978, and her background includes college and public school instruction as well as administration for nineteen years...

Opt-In to Receive E-Mail Alerts from Specific Study Groups or Committees
You can now quickly and easily subscribe to a specific study group or committee to receive e-mail information concerning that group’s special events or meetings. Simply logon or register (if you haven’t already) to the SPE GCS Web site...

Texas A&M Frac School
The week-long Texas A&M Frac School, one of the nations premier industry short courses, provides an excellent balance between theory and practical experience. The school is taught by both A&M faculty and John Ely (Ely & Associates) and provides...

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