Gulf Coast Section Susan Howes

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SPE

• Gulf Coast Section Susan Howes
• Keeping Houston
• the Energy Capital of the World
• June 15, 2004

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What is SPE?

• A worldwide forum for the exchange of technology
  to meet the worlds energy needs both today and
  in the future.
• The professional home for nearly 60,000
  engineers, scientists and managers working in the
  upstream oil and gas EP industry worldwide.

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What is SPE-GCS?

• The award-winning Gulf Coast Section of the
  Society of Petroleum Engineers, based in Houston,
  is the largest section of SPE with more than
  11,800 members.
• SPE International and the GCS achieve the
  societys mission through
• Meetings and exhibitions
• Periodicals
• Short courses
• Books
• Electronic publications
  and interactive learning

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SPE-GCS solutions to member needs

• Technical programs
• Continuing education
• Career management
• Web-based communications
• Monthly newsletter

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SPE-GCS meetings held around Houston more than
15 per month

• ASafety Environmental
• B Reservoir
• C Business Development
• D E-Business,
• Northside,
• Career Management
• E Hydrocarbon Storage
• F Production Operations,
• Facilities Engineering
• G General,
• Drilling
• H Petro-Tech
• I SPE-GCS Board
• J Westside,
• International
• K Continuing Education

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Technical programs

• Recent SPE-GCS technical programs

• SEC Reserves Reporting
• Gulf of Mexico Intelligent Well Installations
• Evaluating Well Performance and Completion
  Effectiveness in Hydraulically Fractured Gas
  Wells
• Symposium Reaching New Frontiers in Drilling
• Dynamic Reserves Analysis A Deep Water Case
  Study
• Doing Business in the Rockies
• West Africa-An Independents View
• Plug Abandonment Procedures

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Continuing education courses

• Fundamentals of Coalbed Methane 2/17/04
• Oil Patch Orientation 7/19/04
• Ethics for Engineering 8/24/04
• Ethical relationships between consultant and
  client 9/14/04
• Anticipating and Resolving Ethical Conflicts in
  Petroleum Exploration and Production 10/20/04

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Opportunities for upward mobility
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Emerging Leaders Program

• Less than 10 years permanent industry experience
• Social, community service, professional and
  technical programs
• Network with peers who will be the leaders of
  tomorrow and influence the future of the SPE.

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Career Management

• Networking
• Web site
• Personal skills training
• Career development programs

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SPEs Networking calendar is full

• Tennis Tournament
• Racquetball Tournament
• Golf Tournament
• Sporting Clays
  Tournament
• Happy Hour for New
• SPE Members and
• NEW GCS Members
• SPE-GCS Auxiliary
• for spouses

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Web-based communications
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International Networking and Technical events in
Houston

• Workshop An Industry in Transition - Emerging
  Challenges for Deepwater Oil Transportation in
  the Gulf of Mexico October 14, 2003
• ATW Progressing Cavity Pumping Systems April
  19-20, 2004
• SPE/ICoTA Coiled Tubing Conf. Exhibition
  March 23-24, 2004
• Offshore Technology Conference May 3-6, 2004
• Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
  September 26-29, 2004

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International Networking and Technical events in
United States near Houston

• 28 - 30 Jul 2004 Novel Advances in Tight Gas
  Completion and Production Technology II
  Austin, Texas USA
• 22 - 25 Aug 2004 Pressure Management While
  Drilling (PMWD) ATW
• Austin, Texas USA
• 11 - 12 Oct 2004 SPE/IADC Underbalanced
  Technology Conference and Exhibition The
  Woodlands, Texas, USA
• 18 - 19 Oct 2004 Tracer Testing for Oilfield
  Applications - ATW
• Corpus Christi, Texas USA

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Service through SPE

• Focus on Young Learners

• Magic Suitcase
• road show
• Denver Earth Science
  Program
• teacher training
• Computer donations program
• for schools

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Service through SPE

• Focus on Secondary Schools

• Tours of exhibits at the Offshore Technology
  Conference and the Annual Technical Conference
  and Exhibition
• Science and
• Engineering
• Fairs Houston

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Service through SPE

• Focus on Secondary Schools

• High School Recruiting
  Fairs bring
• Petroleum
• Engineering
• colleges to Houston students
• E Week - National Engineering Week
• (Feb. 22-28, 2004)

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Service through SPE

• Focus on university programs

• Scholarships exceed 75,000 annually
• Summer internships
• Support for university student chapters
• Financial
• Advisory

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Service through SPE

• Focus on at-risk students

• Communities in Schools Houston

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Membership requirements

• Membership

• Employment in the petroleum industry
• AND
• BS degree or higher in engineering, basic or
  applied sciences OR. . . . .

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Membership requirements

• 4 yr. degree in field other than science or
  engineering OR
• 2 yr. degree in science or engineering OR
• 6 years of active practice in support of
  engineering or in the application of science in
  the petroleum industry

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