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Distinguished Lecturer Ted Frankiewicz - Diagnosing and Resolving Produced Water Chemical and Mechanical Problems

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:00:00 GMT

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 he developed an effective vertical column flotation vessel design and used CFD to diagnose problems with existing water treatment equipment, as well as designed new equipment. His combined expertise in oilfield chemistry, the design of process equipment, and the development of process systems has provided him with unique insights into the issues that challenge operators as their water production and water treatment costs escalate over time.

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Description of presentation:

Global production of produced water is nearly 90 billion barrels per year. This water is generally considered to be a non-revenue fluid, yet it can have considerable value as an enhancer of oil production. Produced water needs to be handled and treated effectively to minimize injection or disposal costs and meet environmental requirements. In this talk, three interactive aspects of produced water treatment will be discussed: water chemistry; process hardware; and chemical treatment. To design new water treatment systems or to diagnose problems with existing systems, basic tenets must be followed: know the contaminants to be removed; avoid process recycle streams; and compensate for upstream process operations and chemical injection. The successful use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to design water treatment equipment will be illustrated. In addition, the diagnosis and resolution of actual, challenging water treatment problems will be discussed as examples of how the application of fundamental information can be used beneficially, thus saving time, money, and aggravation for operating companies.

The key message is that in order to design and operate a water treatment system that performs reliably and effectively, it is essential to understand and integrate the fundamentals of system chemistry, process operations, and equipment design.

18-Feb-10 4:00 PM

Distinguished Lecturer: Mike Eberhard - Multiple Pay Tight Gas Sands, Can the Lessons Learned in the Rockies Help You?

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:30:00 GMT

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 operators toward drilling and completion optimization. Currently, Eberhard is the Technical Manager for Halliburton’s Rocky Mountain Area. He is a graduate of Montana State University with a BS degree in mechanical engineering, and is a registered professional engineer. He is the past Section Chairman for the Denver Section of SPE, and has helped manage several technical meetings and ATWs. He is author or co-author of 11 SPE papers and several industry articles.

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Description of presentation:

In tight gas sand provinces such as the Rocky Mountain region of North America, more than 90 percent of new wells require hydraulic fracturing to be economic. With the growing development of marginal multiple pay tight gas sands, economic completions have become more difficult. Continued improvements in evaluation and completion technologies for multiple pay intervals is essential to meet an operator’s economic criteria. For operators with a large drilling program, one solution has been the development of a “factory” approach to drilling and completing wells. While this approach provides economic benefit in reducing cycle time and economy-of-scale savings, it is not without complication. Some factors that affect the economic optimization of a well completion for the factory approach are:

Determining well productivity from logs
Completing multiple pay intervals during the initial completion process
Determining which multiple-pay fracture treatment technique to use
Timely fracture treatment recommendations for a high volume of work
Evaluating production results and adopting improvements

This presentation will discuss how these five factors are currently being addressed, with focus on the Rockies. The overall process will be reviewed as a holistic approach to well completion and optimization. The presentation will emphasize the different completion techniques being used throughout the Rockies. Operational difficulties of high volume operations also will be discussed. Actual case study data will be presented showing the benefits of this approach.

People attending this presentation will become very familiar with the variety of different fracturing techniques being used in completing multiple pay tight gas sands.

22-Dec-09 11:30 AM

Distinguished Lecturer: Joseph Ayoub - Realizing the Full Potential of Hydraulic Fracturing

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:30:00 GMT

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 for investigating technical challenges in the areas of stimulation and sand control. Joseph holds an engineering degree and a DEA (Masters) from Ecole Centrale de Paris. He served as an SPE Distinguished Lecturer in 1998-99 on the subject of improving the productivity of sand control completions and was elected an SPE Distinguished Member in 2005.

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Description of presentation:

Significant improvements have been made in hydraulic fracturing over the past few decades, particularly in modeling, materials, delivery equipment and monitoring, and the technology footprint has gone beyond tight or unconventional gas into higher permeability reservoirs such as frac and pack applications. Despite its tremendous successes, hydraulic fracturing often does not deliver its full expected potential. The literature is replete with examples of treatments in which production or well test data have indicated an effective fracture length much shorter than predicted. Among the many factors that can contribute to this discrepancy are various damage mechanisms that often accompany hydraulic fracturing treatments.

This presentation will review a number of damage mechanisms associated with hydraulic fracturing, and their impact will be quantified using a customized 3-D multiphase reservoir simulator. Of particular interest is a new understanding of the damage caused by the concentrating of the frac fluid polymer. Much of this understanding has resulted from an extensive experimental study conducted by an industry JIP that was initiated in 2002. It will be shown that contrary to popular belief, the polymer concentrates only in the filter cake, and a significant yield stress can result when the filter cake thickness dominates the proppant pack width. The effect of this yield stress on effective fracture lengths and techniques for mitigating this problem and restoring production from the full length of the created fracture will be discussed.

22-Dec-09 11:30 AM

Understanding and Minimizing the Environmental Impact of Offshore Drilling Discharges

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:00:00 GMT

Andy is consulting environmental scientist and team leader of the Water Science and Technology Team within the Environmental Unit of Chevron Energy Technology Company. His team advises Chevron operations worldwide on the environmental impact of discharges, wastewater treatment and overall water management. Individually, Andy has participated and led efforts on environmental and regulatory issues associated with the discharge of drilling and production effluents in Africa, Asia, North America, Latin America and the Caspian region.

Andy has chaired the API Production Effluent Toxicity and Synthetic Drilling Mud Toxicity Work Groups, and served on the Science Review Board of the MMS Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Environmental Monitoring Program. He currently co-chairs the OGP Offshore Environmental Monitoring Task Force and is active in programs assessing offshore environmental impacts in Angola and Nigeria.

Andy received his bachelor’s degree in biology and chemistry from Antioch College in Ohio, and his master’s and Ph.D. in toxicology from the Medical College of Wisconsin. Prior to joining Chevron 25 years ago, he was a research toxicologist at the University of California-Berkeley. Andy is a diplomat of the American Board of Toxicology and the author of over 30 papers on topics related to the toxicity and impacts of chemicals, petroleum products and effluents in the aquatic environment.

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Description of presentation:

New environmental regulations and higher expectations from partners and external stakeholders are driving the industry to better manage the offshore discharge of drilling muds and cuttings. In some cases, these pressures have forced operations to stop the discharge. In other cases, the industry has had tremendous success demonstrating to regulators that properly managed discharges result in little impact to the marine environment. These stewardship efforts, particularly when performed in collaboration with local stakeholders, have led to regulations that continue to allow the discharge of drill cuttings.

How can our industry ensure that our discharges do not cause significant adverse effects, and how can we communicate this to regulators and other stakeholders?
First, operators must apply an environmental assessment process that addresses concerns regarding the potential impact of a drilling discharge. For projects in ecologically sensitive areas, those closer to shore, or large multi-well developments, proactive field data collection and sophisticated analyses may be necessary to better understand potential effects.

Second, drilling operations that choose to discharge should only use drilling fluids that demonstrate low aquatic toxicity and high biodegradability.

Third, operations should have a comprehensive waste management plan in place that uses the latest cuttings cleaning technologies, and continually monitor their effectiveness. By addressing these three elements, operators can demonstrate they are making sound and defensible decisions regarding the discharge of drilling muds and cuttings, and ensure that discharge is an option for drilling projects in the future.

1-Oct-09 10:00 AM

The Strategic Significance and Practicalities of CO2 EOR & Storage

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:00:00 GMT

David S Hughes is a reservoir engineer with 27 years’ experience. Since 2000 he has worked for Senergy Ltd (formerly Reservoir Management Limited) in Aberdeen in the UK.

Throughout his career he has specialized in the scientific, technical, and engineering aspects of enhanced oil recovery processes including hydrocarbon and CO2 gas injection, chemical and biological processes, and in situ combustion. David has undertaken design assessments of CO2 enhanced oil recovbery (EOR) projects in offshore and onshore reservoirs. He was first involved in such assessments in the 1980's. He is currently a member of the team at BP designing the first offshore CO2 EOR project in the Miller Field in the North Sea .

David also edits the online periodical “Improved Oil Recovery (IOR) Views” (http://ior.senergyltd.com). He holds a BS Honors degree in Physics from the University of Surrey, UK.

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Description of presentation:

The key message is the worldwide opportunity to use the skills of the oil industry to exploit the synergy between reduced CO2 emissions and sequestration of CO2 in depleted reservoirs.

The UK has a soon to be legally binding target to reduce CO2 emissions by 60% by 2050. As a contribution to achieving this reduction, much of the UK’s fossil-fuelled power generation is expected to be replaced by new coal-fired power stations equipped with carbon capture. This will make available large quantities of CO2 which could be injected into depleted reservoirs. The UK is collaborating with Norway and other countries around the North Sea rim in the planning of CO2 storage regulations and infrastructure, and is assisting in the development of carbon capture and storage technology in developing countries. There is no experience of injecting anthropogenic CO2 into offshore oil fields so despite the maturity of land-based CO2 EOR, this is a new challenge.

As there is a global imperative to reduce CO2 emissions, this opportunity is also available to other countries with significant coal-fired electricity generation and an indigenous oil industry (e.g. USA and China). The talk will include policy background, plans by utility companies, sources and sinks for CO2, the EOR opportunity, infrastructure requirements and engineering challenges.

21-Apr-09 4:00 PM

Cesar Palagi - PF&C: The Development of Cascade and Chinook Fields in Ultra Deep Waters in the Gulf of Mexico

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:00:00 GMT

PF&C speaker - Cesar Palagi - "The Development of Cascade and Chinook Fields in Ultra Deep Waters in the Gulf of Mexico"

The Cascade and Chinook fields are located in the Walker Ridge Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) leasing area of the central Gulf of Mexico. There are no production analogs for these two fields and a phased development is justified because of reservoir uncertainties. The purpose of Phase 1 is to analyze reservoir performance to enable optimization of future project development phases or conversely, to minimize investment in the event of failure.
Cascade was discovered in 2002 and Chinook in 2003. The discoveries, among others, defined a new hydrocarbon trend in the Gulf of Mexico ultra-deep water. The hydrocarbon bearing sandstones are equivalent to the Wilcox Group (Eocene-Paleocene), a prolific producing sediment onshore Gulf of Mexico. Cascade is located about 160 miles south of the Louisiana coast in 8,200 ft water depth and Chinook is about 15 miles south of Cascade in 8,700 ft water depth. Wells will be drilled to a total depth of approximately 27,000 ft.

The Cascade field is owned by Petrobras America Inc. (50%) and Devon Energy Production Company, L.P. (50%), while the Chinook field is owned by Petrobras America Inc. 66.67% and TOTAL E&P USA, INC. (33.33%). Petrobras operates both fields.

Phase 1 will consist of two subsea wells in Cascade and one subsea well in Chinook tied back to a disconnectable turret moored FPSO, with first production estimated for mid 2010. Oil (18o to 27o API) will be transported from the field in shuttle vessels to terminals of opportunity along the Gulf coast from Texas to Mississippi and gas will be exported through a gas export pipeline. The minimum amount of infrastructure will be installed in Phase 1; however, the development concept is very flexible and enables multiple development scenarios in future phases and up to 80,000 bopd of production.

Cesar Palagi is the Walker Ridge Production Asset Manager with Petrobras America Inc., based in Houston. Mr. Palagi is responsible for the design and implementation of development projects of ultra-deep waters, lower tertiary fields in the Gulf of Mexico. He has provided technical and managerial E&P services to Petrobras for 28 years.

Mr. Palagi graduated in Civil Engineering, at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, and holds a M.Sc. degree from Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Brazil, and a Ph.D from Stanford University, United States, both in petroleum reservoir engineering.

10-Feb-09 3:00 PM

Anthony Martin - Distinguished Lecturer - Hydraulic Fracturing Technologies for Mature O&G Formations

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:00:00 GMT

"Northside: Distinguished Lecturer - Hydraulic Fracturing Technologies for Mature O&G Formations"

Hydraulic fracturing has been described as one of the three most significant technologies to be developed in the upstream oil and gas industry in the last 50 years (the other two being 3D seismic and horizontal wells). However, the traditional approach to hydraulic fracturing has been that it is a technology best applied to new wells, drilled into low permeability formations. It is true that fracturing has been highly successful in this environment - but it is also true that fracturing can be both technically and economically successful in a very wide range of reservoirs, including depleted, oil and gas assets. Various strategies such as skin bypass fracturing, batch fracturing, screenless frac-packs, coiled tubing fracturing and neutral density proppant fracturing can be combined with complimentary techniques for zonal isolation, relative permeability modification and scale inhibition, to produce low-cost, high-value solutions for mature assets. Success in this environment is not necessarily about using the latest and greatest fluid system or computer monitoring technique. The successful application of hydraulic fracturing to mature oil and gas reservoirs is about recognizing that there is a wide range of appropriate solutions available. A number of case histories will be used to illustrate the effectiveness of these techniques, when they are systematically applied.

One idea I would like members to take away from this lecture:- Hydraulic fracturing is not just for new wells in tight formations.

Anthony Martin - Tony Martin graduated from Imperial College, London, with an Honours degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Masters Degree in Petroleum Engineering. He has spent 16 years in the service sector and has completed engineering assignments around the world. Throughout his career, Tony's primary interest has been hydraulic fracturing and he has been involved in fracturing projects in more than 15 different countries. He teaches fracturing, acidizing and sand control both in-house and externally to customers. A constant theme in this teaching is the need to de-mystify the world of hydraulic fracturing, in an attempt to make the process more accessible and less intimidating. He is the author or co-author of numerous SPE papers and has served on the technical committees for several SPE events. He is also the author of BJ Services’ Hydraulic Fracturing Manual. Tony is currently Business Development Manager for International Stimulation.

19-Nov-08 12:00 PM

Magic Suitcase Demonstration - Permeability

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:00:00 GMT

Demonstration of permeability

15-Aug-08 11:00 AM

Magic Suitcase Demonstration - Oil Source Trapping

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:00:00 GMT

Demonstration of oil source trapping

15-Aug-08 11:00 AM

Magic Suitcase Demonstration - Gas Injection in Production of Oil

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:00:00 GMT

Demonstration - Gas Injection used in production of oil

15-Aug-08 11:00 AM

Magic Suitcase Advanced Demonstration - Fluid Flow through Porous Media

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:00:00 GMT

Magic Suitcase advanced demonstration of fluid flow through porous media

15-Aug-08 11:00 AM

Magic Suitcase - Thank You

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:00:00 GMT

Thank you for taking the time to learn about the Magic Suitcase, and for your support of this initiative.

15-Aug-08 11:00 AM

Magic Suitcase

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:00:00 GMT

The Magic Suitcase is a set of hands-on presentation materials, both audiovisual and physical demonstrations, that allow our members to convey an understanding of what we do in the oil and gas industry. These presentations teach science and engineering concepts to a wide variety of audiences, covering topics that span all segments of the oil and gas industry.

15-Aug-08 10:00 AM

Magic Suitcase Demonstration - Porosity

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:00:00 GMT

Demonstration of porosity

15-Aug-08 10:00 AM

Assessment of Forecast Uncertainty in Mature Reservoirs

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:00:00 GMT

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The 2007–08 SPE Distinguished Lecturer Program emphasizes current industry trends, challenges, and technology. Jorge Landa has been chosen as one of the Distinguished Lecturers for this program year.

Jorge Landa is a senior adviser in reservoir engineering with Chevron Energy Technology. His work experience before joining Chevron includes 15 years with Halliburton. Landa earned MS and PhD degrees in petroleum engineering from Stanford University and a mechanical engineering degree from Universidad de Buenos Aires. He has written 14 papers in the areas of history matching, uncertainty assessment, well testing and data integration in reservoir characterization.

Facing the current challenge of oil industry, modern and efficient reservoir management is necessary. Making the right decision of reservoir development utilizing all available data in a timely manner is the key of successful operation. For mature reservoirs, this requires high quality uncertainty assessment of long term performance forecast estimations. The most difficult component of the total uncertainty in forecast is the one that stems from the implicit uncertainty in the geological and reservoir simulation model. In fact, regardless the amount of reservoir data that we collect, there is no way to define uniquely the reservoir model. It is thus necessary to work in an integrated probabilistic framework; and incorporating production data into the reservoir model is an important step to reduce the associated uncertainty in reservoir characterization and performance forecast. The technical challenge is in obtaining probabilistic description of the reservoir models. For mature reservoirs, this implies finding not one, but a large number of reservoir models that are consistent not only with the geological data but also with the production data. Applying smart sampling techniques combined with Monte Carlo simulation within a probabilistic framework, and utilizing available high performance computing resources, it is feasible to find multiple solutions to the history matching problem that can be used to estimate uncertainty for making management decision in a realistic time frame. This presentation will demonstrate the practical approach to solve this critical problem using field examples.

17-Mar-08 1:00 PM

Ronald Harrell - Distinguished Lecturer Series - Podcast

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:00:00 GMT

Ron Harrell is chairman at Ryder Scott Company LP, which he joined in 1968. Mr. Harrell has managed reservoir engineering and geological studies worldwide, including property evaluations for acquisitions and divestitures, financing, and reservoir management. He graduated magna cum laude with a BS degree in petroleum engineering from LouisianaTechUniversity.

At various national and international annual conferences, Mr. Harrell has delivered presentations on oil and gas appraisals, reserves definitions and classifications and differences in reserves estimates. He has led the way in exploring emerging issues on reserve reporting requirements with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Mr. Harrell is the past chairman of the Society of Petroleum Engineers Oil and Gas Reserves Committee. He chaired the four Society of Petroleum Evaluation Engineers forums that addressed SEC interpretive positions on petroleum reserves definitions. Mr. Harrell is a member of SPE, SPEE, API Houston Chapter and TIPRO, as well as a registered professional engineer in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.

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Description of presentation:

Global events from Baghdad to Beijing and from The Hague to Houston over the recent past have ignited worldwide interest on oil and gas reserves. This renewed, expanded attention has clearly illustrated that the term “reserves” is widely misunderstood and abused – sometimes by individuals and/or organizations that should know better.

This presentation clarifies what the term “oil and gas reserves” means in several contexts. Various parties and stakeholders – for example regulators, financiers and producers – have differing needs for reserves information. However, whatever the need, all reserves estimates must be based on a sound understanding of the prevailing definitions and adequate high-quality data. Trained, ethical and independent reserves evaluators must interpret and present these estimates. The term “independent” should apply to internal reserves staff as well as third-party reserves evaluators.

The presentation will also direct attention toward an analysis of the impact of the US “Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002” on reserves estimation, verification and reporting as well as the impact of similar legislation in Canada and the U.K. The presentation will describe actions taken by several unidentified producers to ensure quality, integrity and transparency in their reserves estimating and reporting process.

15-Nov-07 2:00 PM

The Future of Yukos and the Russian Oil Business

Jason McElweenie — Fri, 04 May 2007 22:00:00 GMT

The SPE Gulf Coast Section is pleased to announce our first Video Podcast meeting. The dinner occurred on April 25^th and was hosted jointly with the Houston World Affairs Council. The topic was so popular that it sold out within days of being announced, making it an ideal choice for our first Podcast. We hope you find the information valuable and look forward to leveraging this communication tool in the future.

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Speaker Bio:
From early 2001 until the end of 2005, Mr. Misamore was Chief Financial Officer of YUKOS Oil Company. For periods during that time he was also Deputy Chairman of the YUKOS Management Committee and a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors.

Prior to joining YUKOS, Mr. Misamore had been Senior Vice President – Finance and Treasurer of PennzEnergy Company in Houston. A 28 year veteran of the oil and gas industry, Mr. Misamore’s prior positions also included Vice President and Treasurer of Pennzoil Company in Houston, various financial management positions with Marathon Oil Company/USX Corporation, investment portfolio management for a large trust company and teaching finance at a university.

Until recently Mr. Misamore was a YUKOS representative to the World Economic Forum, a member of the Board of the US-Russia Business Council, the Board of the International Institute for Management Development (IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland and the Supervisory Board of Mazeikiu Nafta in Lithuania. He is a member of Financial Executives International, and its Houston Chapter serves on FEI’s Globalization Oversight Committee. In 2004 he was named the top CEO/CFO in Russia for investor relations by IR magazine, and was recognized as an outstanding Graduate of Bowling Green State University.

Mr. Misamore earned both his BSBA in finance and his MBA from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Mr. Misamore was born in Findlay, Ohio in 1950, and moved to Houston in 1991

4-May-07 5:00 PM

Former GCS Chairman D. Raymond Perry Instrumental in the Scholarship Program

Regina Eco — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 21:00:00 GMT

As part of the 70th anniversary celebration, SPE GCS Continuing Education Chair and Web Site Chair Regina Eco interviewed long-time member and active volunteer D. Raymond Perry to get some insight into the history of the Gulf Coast Section. Perry has been an SPE member for nearly 60 years, and has volunteered at both the Section and international level. He now works as a consulting engineer and still attends SPE GCS monthly meetings.

Perry joined SPE in 1948 and became chairman of the Lou-Ark Section in 1962 and chairman of the Evangeline Section in 1968. After moving to Houston, he held numerous officer positions in the Gulf Coast Section, including director, programs chair, and chairman in 1985. At the international level, Perry has volunteered on the Nominating Committee, Distinguished Author Committee, Annual Technical Conference committee, region board of directors, U.S. Council Committee, and others.

Q: Have your employers supported your volunteering time with SPE?
A: Yes, without question.

Q: What changes have you seen in the Gulf Coast Section offerings for members?
A: Originally, there was only one meeting a month. The GCS expanded over time into various study groups like we have today. I was fortunate to be able to encourage this expansion in the 1980s. When there was an idea for a new study group, the board advanced the group $500 for start up costs. The money was well spent; just look at the results. Social activities became a bigger part of the Section in recent years, to raise money for scholarships.

Q: When did the Gulf Coast Section start raising funds for scholarships?
A: The Section began a formal program about 1983. Before that, money was taken from the treasury for two scholarships each year. As the Section grew,
individual members came up with ideas to raise more money each year. Once funding efforts became more effective, six scholarships were awarded each year. We were fortunate to have members who understood how to organize events and would volunteer to handle the events. The Section officers basically stayed out of their way, because we understood that they knew best what to do and they often volunteered to pay all the expenses for getting the first event started. The Section members and their employers have been very generous with their time and money.

Q: Has your spouse been active in the SPE Houston Auxiliary and its former scholarship quilt program?
A: My wife Virginia Perry (Gin) has been very active in the Auxiliary. Early on, the Auxiliary members sold raffle tickets for quilts they made to raise money for scholarships. I became involved with their group after I spent one hot Saturday afternoon at a shopping mall where Gin and Laura Clark had sold $20 in tickets and thought they had a good day. I told them to give me that quilt and let me take it downtown to the next SPE GCS meeting where they could sell tickets and make some real money. We also hauled those quilts to various schools to show the students the efforts that the wives made for their scholarships. Gin handled the details well, and I was just “dragged along” to some of their activities. They raised $5,000 per year for several years, for quilts that took months of work in
several stages. At any one time there would be 10 to 15 wives involved. One Auxiliary member, an artist, designed all the blocks for the quilts. Others selected the colors, sewed the blocks, or quilted from top to bottom. One home each year was used to hang the quilt in a room so the wives could surround it and stitch the parts together. It took weeks. For the most part back then, the Auxiliary did not give students scholarships as such. Instead, they made student loans, which the
students repaid after going to work upon graduation.

Q: Do you have any advice for young people entering our industry today?
A: Yes. Look ahead every day, and try to improve your knowledge. Keep up with technology and attend SPE meetings. The upstream oil industry is fun and has something new to offer you every day.

28-Sep-05 4:00 PM

Hurricane Katrina Disaster Assistance

Regina Eco — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 21:00:00 GMT

SPE expresses its deep concern for the many lives disrupted by Hurricane Katrina and for its many members in the Gulf Coast region and elsewhere who may have been touched by this disaster. SPE has nearly 1,500 members in the affected region, and many other members are wondering how they can help.

How to Help
Information from major disaster relief agencies indicates that financial contributions are the greatest need. Community agencies in surrounding states who have accepted many of the refugees also need food, water, bedding, clothing, baby supplies, and other items. If you live near one of the affected states, check with local relief organizations or your local newspaper for information on how you can help.

Connect with Other Members in Need
SPE has set up an online community for Hurricane Katrina assistance to allow members to reach out to other members in need. Members who have lodging, vehicles, or other assistance to offer can post information. Members displaced by the hurricane can review that information and post their own needs on the site. SPE has established this forum as a way for SPE members to reach out to those in need.

Accessing the Online Community
Follow the links at www.spe.org. SPE members should use their regular login. For those who may not have their login information readily available,
SPE has set up the following login for this site:

username: katrina
password: help

When you post information, please remember to identify yourself by name and with an email address where you can be reached. SPE does not recommend including a phone number unless it is the only way you can be contacted.

28-Sep-05 4:00 PM

Society of Petroleum Engineers Policy on Web Site Links

Regina Eco — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 21:00:00 GMT

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of SPE members.

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