Speakers

Speaker: Peggy Rijken
Speaker Peggy Rijken
Peggy Rijken is the Team Leader for the Productivity Enhancement team in the Reservoir and Production Engineering department at Chevron, with prior assignments as a hydraulic fracture engineer and as a geomechanics specialist. Rijken is a petroleum engineering graduate of the University of Texas (PhD) and holds a Masters in …

Peggy Rijken is the Team Leader for the Productivity Enhancement team in the Reservoir and Production Engineering department at Chevron, with prior assignments as a hydraulic fracture engineer and as a geomechanics specialist.


Rijken is a petroleum engineering graduate of the University of Texas (PhD) and holds a Masters in Mining and Petroleum Engineering from Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands. Rijken currently serves on the SPE Talent Council Committee and is the committee chair for the ATCE SPE Reservoir engineering committee. She has previously served on the ATCE well completions committee and served on the ATCE SPE well stimulation committee prior to becoming the committee chair. Rijken also serves as a technical editor for the SPE Production and Operations SPE editorial review and is the 2015 recipient of the UT Austin PGE distinguished alumna award.

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Speaker: Susan Howes
Speaker Susan Howes
C. Susan Howes is VP of Engineering at Subsurface Consultants & Associates, LLC. She was formerly a reservoir management consultant at Chevron, with a prior role as learning and organizational development manager at Anadarko. She has coauthored several papers and articles on the topics of uncertainty management, risk management, and talent …

C. Susan Howes is VP of Engineering at Subsurface Consultants & Associates, LLC. She was formerly a reservoir management consultant at Chevron, with a prior role as learning and organizational development manager at Anadarko. She has coauthored several papers and articles on the topics of uncertainty management, risk management, and talent management for SPE conferences and publications. Howes is chair of the SPE Soft Skills Committee, previously served as SPE Regional Director for Gulf Coast North America, is a recipient of the SPE Distinguished Service Award, and is an SPE Distinguished Member. She holds a BS degree in petroleum engineering from the University of Texas.

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Speaker: J. Roger Hite
Speaker J. Roger Hite
Roger Hite is founder and principal of Inwood Solutions, LLC, based in Houston.  Inwood Solutions provides consulting in petroleum engineering, project management, enhanced oil recovery and reservoir simulation.  Previously, he worked for Shell Oil Company in numerous roles, serving at various times as Engineering Manager, Manager Production Technology and Director …

Roger Hite is founder and principal of Inwood Solutions, LLC, based in Houston.  Inwood Solutions provides consulting in petroleum engineering, project management, enhanced oil recovery and reservoir simulation.  Previously, he worked for Shell Oil Company in numerous roles, serving at various times as Engineering Manager, Manager Production Technology and Director Production Research.   Since leaving Shell, he has worked as a consultant with a variety of companies, including Inwood Solutions, LLC.


Hite has worked closely with the Gulf Coast Section for a number of years, including as Chairman in 2006-2007.  Hite has published several SPE papers on management topics, both in Enhanced Oil Recovery and Digital Energy.  He is the current Director of the Gulf Coast North America Region on the SPE International Board.

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