A World of Opportunity

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A World of Opportunity
Society of Petroleum Engineers
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A Brief History of SPE
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SPE Has Grown with the Industry

• 1871 American Institute of Mining Engineers
  (AIME) forms in Pennsylvania USA
• 1913 AIME creates oil and gas committee
• 1957 Officially founded as SPE
• 1985 SPE incorporates separately
• 2006 SPE surpasses 73,000 members worldwide
• 2007 SPE celebrates 50-year anniversary

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SPE Mission

• To collect, disseminate, and exchange technical
  knowledge
• and to provide opportunities for professionals
  to enhance their technical and professional
  competence.

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SPE TodayGlobal, Diverse Membership
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2006 SPE Membership Reaches New PeakMembership
Exceeds 73,000, With Nearly 17,000
StudentsNearly 4,000 New Members Joined SPE
During 2006
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Who Are SPE Members?
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Diverse Technical Disciplines
Facilities Construction 3
Health, Safety Environment 2
Reservoir Description Dynamics 20
Management Information 17
Production Operations 20
Drilling Completions 19
Other 19
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Diverse Job Focus
Technician 2
Consultant 5
Student 4
Other 3
Educator 2
Manager 20
Geoscientist 5
Engineer 44
Executive 15
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Diverse Company Categories
Academia 1
Consultant 14
Service/Manufacturing 27
Government 2
Other 6
Independent Oil Gas Co. 20
National Oil Co. 8
Major Integrated Oil 22
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Member Benefits

• Tangible
• Journal of Petroleum Technology (monthly)
• Talent Technology magazine (quarterly) new in
  2006
• Membership in Technical Interest Groups,
  technical sections, geographic sections
• Discounts on technical papers, books, periodicals
• Online resources www.spe.org
• Discounts on conferences, forums and workshops
• Visiting lectures by distinguished experts
• Intangible
• Leadership opportunities
• Networking
• Soft skills experience

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Connecting Members Globally
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SPE Online Resources

• eLibrary of technical papers
• Technical Interest Groups
• Communities
• eMentoring program
• Five peer-reviewed technical journals now
  online

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Searchable eLibrary
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eLibrary Resources

• 45,000 technical papers
• 1,700 new papers added annually
• 1 million downloads per year
• 125 papers downloaded per hour

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SPE Events - Typical Year

• 20 technical conferences worldwide
• 40 workshops worldwide
• 10 Forum Series events
• Collaborate with other industry organizations
• EAGE/SPE Europec
• SPE/IADC Drilling Conference
• International Petroleum Technology Conference-
  SPE, AAPG, SEG, EAGE

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SPE Forum Series

• Focus on future challenges
• Attendance limited to 75-80 industry leaders
• Interactive format to generate innovative ideas
  and open exchange
• Results shared only with participants
• Worldwide locations

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Preparing the Next Generation
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Increase in Young Members Slightly Reduces
Average Age of Members to 472006 SPE
Membership, Excluding Student Members
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Projection to 2010 of Industry Demographics
Knowledge Gap
Coming in
Going out
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Who Are Young Professionals?

• Under age 35
• Less than 10 years of industry experience
• Industrys next generation of leaders

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Benefits of SPEs Young Professionals Programs

• Provides opportunities for young professionals to
  enhance their technical and professional
  competence, including soft skills
• Helps companies get highest returns on their most
  precious investment human resources

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SPE Young Professionals Programs

• The Way Ahead Magazine (Schlumberger, Saudi
  Aramco sponsorships) in print and online
• Young Professionals Awards
• Young Professionals Workshops
• Global Young Professionals
• Coordinating Committee
• Ambassador Lecturer Program
• to universities
• Online Young Professionals Network
• Local Young Professionals Activities
• in SPE Sections
• eMentoring

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SPE Student Member Growth

• 2007 17,000 student members, 171 chapters in 52
  countries
• Sponsorships
• - Halliburton student membership fees
• - BJ Services underwrites university eLibrary
  subscriptions

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Certification Pilot Program

• Pilot in Middle East on professional
  certification, extended to Asia Pacific in 2006
• Four-step evaluation process
• - Education
• - Examination
• - Experience
• - Ethics

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SPE Requirements for CertificationCertification
is a voluntary add-on and not automatic with SPE
membership

• SPE member in good standing
• Undergraduate degree - engineering, science or
  technology (accredited university)
• 4-years hands-on engineering experience
• Complete comprehensive exam
• Accept SPEs Guide to Professional Conduct
• Participate in 16 hours continuing education
  annually

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Keys to SPEs Success

• Respected resource for technical knowledge
• Diverse, global membership
• Member-driven
• Lifelong opportunities for career development
• Neutral, non-competitive and non-commercial
  environment

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Celebrating Around the World

• The 50th Anniversary of SPE