 
The Section News page is sponsored by Halliburton. CHAIRMAN’S CORNER By Steve Grape - Chairman 2008-2009
September, 2008 Howdy! Steve Grape’s my name, and I’m pleased to meet you! I am honored to be serving the Dallas Section as your new President, and I am grateful for all the hard work that my predecessor, Danny Bell, and his Board of Directors were able to accomplish last fiscal year. Suddenly it’s September! The Beijing Summer Olympics have just concluded and now it’s back to school for our older children. Team USA brought home a bumper crop of Olympic Medals – more than any other country, and I share your American Pride in what they achieved. The Dallas Section of SPE has a bumper crop of programming this year and we can’t wait to proudly share it with our members and potential new members!
Our first guest for our September monthly luncheon meeting is SPE Distinguished Lecturer Tony Martin of BJ Services. His talk is entitled Appropriate Hydraulic Fracturing Technologies for Mature Oil and Gas Formations and should not be missed! This meeting will be held in a different venue than normal, due to a room-scheduling conflict. Meet us across the highway in the main ballroom of the gorgeous Hilton Hotel @ Lincoln Centre, (at the SE corner of the North Dallas Tollway and Loop 635) not EMGI. Mark your calendars now for September 9th! Yes, this is a TUESDAY, not a WEDNESDAY! We are bending over backwards to bring you this excellent program. This was the only day we could bring him to Dallas, so we jumped on it. You will kick yourself for the rest of the year if you miss out!
Back to School time isn’t just for the kids. Reinvigorate your resume by attending our Continuing Education Symposium. On September 12th, from 9:00am to 4:00pm the Dallas Section will host a one-day symposium on the “Control and Reduction of Water Produced with Oil and Gas”, presented by International consultant Dr. Ali Daneshy. The symposium will be held at our regular venue, the Ellison Miles Geotechnical Institute on the Brookhaven College Campus, and registration is only $200, which is a significant discount compared to industry seminars.
Feel that Colorado Rocky Mountain High this year at our SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition in Denver, Colorado. It kicks off on Sunday September 21st and goes until Wednesday September 24th. This year’s theme is Connecting Members and Exchanging Knowledge. As Texas Petroleum Engineers, we have the benefit of experience -- the rest of the country and the world looks at “how the Texans did it” to best develop conventional and unconventional resources. Meet and mingle with SPE members from across the globe, and see all the shiny new tech and toys on the Exhibition floor!
At the end of September on the 30th, consider heading west or east from Dallas on Highway 30 to visit either the Unconventional Gas Expo in Fort Worth, or the Horizontal Operations in the Cotton Valley Symposium in Tyler, TX. Sometimes it’s a shame you can’t be in two places at once.
Then get ready for a great October! Our Dallas Section Luncheon meeting is on Wednesday, October 15th and our guest is always outspoken and entertaining Dr. Michael Economides, who will tell us about Russia, from Soviet to Putin… and Back. Our popular SPE Sporting Clays Tournament will be Monday, October 20th at Elm Fork Shooting Range.
For Sports Fans and Corn Dog Lovers (of which this Chairman is both): Are you ready for some football? The Dallas Cowboys Home Opener versus the Philadelphia Eagles at Texas Stadium is Monday night September 15th. If you still could use a little baseball… The Texas Rangers have 15 home games in September, including 3 with the current leader of the AL West Division, the Los Angeles Angels. Every game will be significant as they are 16 games out of first in the West at the time of writing, and 6th in line for the AL Wildcard. Dallas Stars Hockey Pre-season opener versus the Colorado Avalanche is Thursday night September 25th. The Great State Fair of Texas begins on Friday, September 26th. Sorry Basketball fans, the Dallas Mavericks don’t return to the hardwood until October 30.
Steve Grape
Danny Belll Section Chairman - 2007-2008 August, 2008 Is it August already? For you that don't know, August is the last month of my term as section Chairman. September 1st starts a new year for the section with all new leadership. Steve Grape is the incoming Chairman and I can tell you after having this job for a year he would greatly appreciate your support and help. Speaking of volunteering......get involved, you will be rewarded ten fold I promise.
The section has accomplished many things this year for which I am extremely proud. January, 2008, Syed Hamid started up the ever popular and educational Production Operations study group luncheons which meets the 4th Wednesday of every month. This has been very successful with an average attendance of about 40 members. David Hamilton, our Program Chairman, I don't know how to begin to thank him or tell you how much I appreciate his hard work this past year. Every luncheon was perfect with awesome guest speakers and great meals. Brian Walter, serving as our past Chairman was always there giving me his past experience and also picked out a great slate of officers for the upcoming year. David Lancaster as Treasurer did a great job of keeping our financials in order and paid all the bills on time, what more could you ask of a great Treasurer. Brent Haas was this years Secretary and kept our section's Board meeting minutes, i don't think he misspelled anything! PJ Edsall was our Membership Chairman and did an outstanding job of recruiting members and helping out at the sign in desk for our luncheons. Brian Chacka had a great presence in our section this past year. He was ultimately responsible and rode herd over our extremely successful Sports and Social Events. Not only was he our Sports and Social events Chairman he was also this years "Young Engineer of the Year" recipient and Director of the "Young Engineers" events. Other folks that I worked with and I can't thank enough was, Peggy Tibbetts. Peggy is usually in the background helping with such things as the Casino Night or working with the Merchant account which requires a lot of time. (Thanks Peggy for your help......we appreciate your time) Other folks that I want to thank....John Tabor for his help and leadership on the Golf and Sporting Clay events. Both of these events were very instrumental in our record breaking scholarship program this year of 26,000 dollars given out to 15 college students. Speaking of our Scholarship Program.....Dan Auces has been doing the Scholarship program for as long as I can remember. He has tried to find someone to take over his job but no one wants to follow him. He has done an awesome job as Scholarship Chairman for so many years. The whole section owes him our gratitude and thanks. Herb Bell is our Advertising Director and keeps track of the advertisers on the website. You would be surprised at the amount of work that goes into sending out invoices and follow up email notices to our many advertisers. Natalie Easley keeps track of all the email addresses for the section and sends out all of the section's many email reminders. and flyers Lonnie Kysiak, at Nexen, helps with our reservations and at the luncheon check-in table, Dennis Maddox at Brookhaven College does an awesome job of making sure that our meeting rooms are set up and functional. I would also like to thank all the committee members and volunteers that worked at the Casino Night, Sporting Clay event, Golf tournament and Scholarship committee. I'm sure I left out several people that I should have thanked and for that I apologize. As you can see, it takes a lot of dedicated volunteers to make the Dallas Section successful. Please know that your time and efforts make the Dallas Section a "family" of over 1500 members dedicated to the dissemination of technical information.
Upcoming Events:
August 20th , SPE Monthly Luncheon at Brookhaven College Speaker: Steven Fipke - Halliburton Topic: "Multi-Lateral, Multi-zone Well Designs To Maximize The Recovery of Unconventional Reserves"
August 27th, SPE Production Study Group Speaker: Alexander Chamorro – Principal Fluid Flow Engineer for Invensys Process Systems Topic: Gas Lift Allocation Optimization
September 9th , SPE Monthly Luncheon at Brookhaven College Speaker: Tony Martin – BJ Services - Distinguished Lecture Topic: "Appropriate Hydraulic Fracturing Technologies for Mature Oil and Gas Formations"
September 12th, 2008, Continuing Education - 1 day Course Speaker: Dr. Ali Daneshy Topic: "Control and Reduction of Water Produced with Oil and Gas " Date: Friday, September 12th, 2008 at 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Cost: $ 200.00 (includes course notes and lunch) Location: Ellison Miles Institute, Brookhaven College
July 2008
Whew, as they say down south...... "is it hot enough fer ya"? I hope you are staying cool and having a great summer. The Dallas SPE section usually takes the summer off but why should we be any different than the rest of the good ol oil patch....it's 24/7! Seriously folks, there seems to be plenty of interest so we will continue to provide quality luncheon and study group speakers through the summer.
Many thanks to Dan Auces and his outstanding scholarship committee (12 members) who have been hard at work coming up with this years scholarship recipients. They chose 15 recipients out of a list of 39 applicants representing 7 different universities. A record 26,000 dollars will be awarded. to see the statistics go to: http://www.spedallas.org/2008_scholarship_webpage_stats.xls
We are working in exciting times and I hope to see you at one of the following summer meetings.
July 16th , SPE Monthly Luncheon at Brookhaven College Speaker: Bryan Dotson - BP Topic: "Deliquifying Gas Wells for Full Depletion"
July 23rd, SPE Production Study Group Speaker: John Warren – Vice President of Operations and Business Development Wavefront Energy and Environmental Services USA Inc. Topic: “POWERWAVE – INJECTION TECHNOLOGY” - For Secondary Recovery Waterfloods and CO2 Floods
August 23rd , SPE Monthly Luncheon at Brookhaven College Speaker: Steven Fipke - Halliburton Topic: "Multi-Lateral, Multi-zone Well Designs To Maximize The Recovery of Unconventional Reserves"
Danny Bell Section Chairman
June 2008
I sat beside a lady on the plane the other day and after the usual niceties she asked, “What do you do for a living?” “I’m a petroleum engineer for a Dallas based oil and gas company"….."Oh really?" was her reply. "I’m a recruiter for TI in Dallas, and I steal your industry’s best, young engineers all the time, and I pay them less money," she said. I’m thinking….what? How could someone from your industry possibly steal someone from my beloved oil and gas industry? The oil and gas industry is vibrant, exciting, job security is at an all time high, and the pay is great! So finally after a few shocked moments I asked, "You’re kidding, right?" She said, "You guys (now she’s getting personal) don’t offer enough challenging projects, flexible time schedules, and give them the tools they want to do their jobs". Ok lady you have my attention…."Explain please.” "Young people today don’t want to work the long hours or days that you old timers work. They like to hang out with their friends, whether it be in person, online, or on the phone.” They like flexible time schedules……what? Hey lady, the oil patch starts early. "Plus, you guys don’t give them the tools they like to work with…..laptop computers, Blackberry phones, and other electronic gadgets."……again, what? I said, ”Those are for the older more experienced engineers”…you know, perks! Well, after several minutes of conversation on this subject she convinced me that the leaders of our oil and gas companies had better start thinking about how we are treating and using our bright young minds or we will lose them. Think about it! I hope you were able to attend this year’s annual golf tournament at Firewheel Golf course. John Tabor, Brian Chacka, and all their helpers did a great job, as usual. This event as well as our very successful Casino night are two of the main contributors to our college scholarship fund. If you see one of the committee members make sure and thank them for all of their long hours and hard work! Upcoming events:
June 18th , SPE Monthly Luncheon at Brookhaven College
June 25th, SPE Production Study Group Speaker: Gary Ring Topic: The Need for Lower Cost Subsea Well Intervention
I hope to see you soon!
Danny Bell Section Chairman
May 2008
The Dallas section of the SPE is alive and thriving! The Ca$ino Night committee did another spectacular job with the food and prizes however, if you were one of the unlucky ones that tried to sign up late and got turned away, I apologize and I’m truly sorry. For you that attended, I know you had a lot of fun because I was there and have pictures to prove it. (Speaking of that…. I will be placing some of the less incriminating pictures out on the website shortly). I was talking to Brian Chacka about this year being sold out and he promises me that next year’s event will be even bigger and better and held at a place where we can accommodate a much larger crowd. I haven’t heard how much money we brought in for scholarships but I’m sure it will be a new record. I will put the dollar amounts in next months Chairman’s Corner.
This month is career day in many of the schools around Dallas and Fort Worth and they are in desperate need of speakers that will give up a few hours and talk about Petroleum engineering. It’s not as painful as you think. As I mentioned in my March Chairman’s Corner, SPEI has a canned “speakers kit” that cuts out most of the preparation time. Try it…..I promise you will have fun, feel good about your self after it’s over and most importantly you may be the one that influences some bright young person to go into Petroleum Engineering.
The Nominating Committee (Danny Bell, Brian Walter, Steve Grape, Brent Hass, PJ Edsall) hereby recommends the following slate of officers for the 2008-2009 Dallas SPE Board;
Chairman 2008-2009 Steve Grape (elected in 2007) Chairman Elect 2009-2010 David Hamilton 1st VP, Program Chairman Brian Chacka 2nd VP, Education Chairman Syed Hamid 3rd VP, Membership Chairman David Creach Secretary PJ Edsall Treasurer Brent Hass
Per Article VII Section 8 of the By-laws the Directors shall be appointed by the Chairman. Director-Tech./Newsletter Danny Bell Director-Sports & Social Thad Toups Director-Community & Social Rick Middaugh
HEES 2010 Nick Duane Magic Suitcase Phin Holmes Scholarship Dan Auces Career Guidance Auggie Payne SPE Young Professionals/ELP Brian Chacka Advertising Mgr. Herb Bell
Upcoming events:
May 14th , SPE Monthly Luncheon at Brookhaven College Speaker: "Robert Hawkes - Team Leader of Reservoir Services for BJ Services Company Canada” Topic: "Prefrac Reservoir Characterization From Perforation Inflow Diagnostic (PID) Testing"
May 28th, SPE Production Study Group Speaker and Topic: To Be forthcoming.
June 2nd, SPE Dallas section Golf Tournament at Firewheel.
I hope to see you soon!
Danny Bell Section Chairman
April 2008
I hope you were able to attend our section's 55th birthday celebration. David Hamilton did a great job putting it together with good food, excellent speaker and a cake. We also handed out 7 Legion of Honor awards to the following gentlemen:
Past Section Chairmen were invited and specifically recognized.
As you can see we had an excellent celebration at our last regular monthly luncheon. Our Monthly Production Study group was also well attended with almost 50 members attending. This meeting is turning out to be a great source of educational information and something that you can take back to your job and use. Our speaker was "Terry Palisch" where he discussed slickwater fracturing and proppants.
Upcoming events:
April 16th , SPE Monthly Luncheon at Brookhaven College Speaker: "Ron Clarke with iiiTec ” Topic: "Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Actuated Self-Powered Downhole Tools"
April 23rd, SPE Production Study Group Speaker: Gary Patterson Topic: “CO2 Conformance at Little Creek and Lazy Creek Units”
May 2nd, Casino Night
June 2nd, SPE Dallas section Golf Tournament at Firewheel.
I hope to see you soon!
Danny Bell Section Chairman
March 2008 Bill Cobb, our 2008 SPE President, discusses an interesting and dear-to-my-heart topic in this month’s JPT - SPE’s energy education program called Energy4me. I was recently asked by a friend and 4th grade teacher to come and discuss “where does oil and gas come from?” With some arm twisting on her part, I was more than happy to give a little “show and tell”. It was actually a lot of fun to discuss a topic I love to 25 eager little minds. I showed them a reservoir rock, an oil sample, a drill bit, and I even showed them an open-hole well log with an explanation of what we look for in all these “squiggly lines”. I also used SPE’s educational kit that includes a CD and a wonderfully written book with lots of neat color pictures. The book is written so that is of interest to several age groups. I showed a short film clip (8 minutes) from the CD in SPE’s kit and left the book Oil and Natural Gas with Mrs. Grissom’s class so they could study and look at it at their leisure. Both the CD and book were donated free of charge by SPEI for this purpose. For more information go to http://www.energy4me.org/
If you are lucky enough to be asked to do this for a school, give SPEI a call and they will be more than happy to mail you a “kit”. Hey, answer this….would you rather that a petroleum engineer talk about and answer questions concerning our beloved industry, or would you rather that they be educated by a politician’s thoughts on the subject?
Make sure you attend this month’s luncheon. We are celebrating the section’s 55th birthday, plus we are passing out “Legion of Honor” awards to several of our members that have been members for over 50 years. David Hamilton, our program chairman, has several surprises for the members at this special meeting.
Legion of Honor inductees: Ronald Clark Donald Brown Daniel Hologa William Cupit Frederic Sewell Clyde McCall Thomas Laverty Sloan Black Roy Keene Ray Marr Glenn Jones E. Kistenmacher Forrest Hoglund Paul McGee John Tansil Wendell Cook Frederic Wagner Glenn Willis Earl Ramsey H. Wofford Robert Fowler - Deceased
Upcoming events:
March 19th , SPE Monthly Luncheon at Brookhaven College Speaker: Mark Day - Sr. Construction Engineering Advisor for Devon Energy Topic: "Devon Energy Deck Raising Project - Eugene Island 330-B & C" Plus we are celebrating the section’s 55th birthday and passing out several Legion of Honor awards.
March 26th, SPE Production Study Group Speaker: "Terry Palisch" Topic: Slickwater Fracturing – “Food for Thought”
I hope to see you soon at one (if not all) of the above events.
Danny Bell Section Chairman dbell@excoresources.com
February, 2008
I hope you had a chance to attend our January Monthly Luncheon or our newly formed Production Study Group. I was unfortunately out of town on business and unable to attend the Production Study Group but I understand it was well attended and a great success. Syed Hamid has done a great job of organizing this newly formed forum. If you have a topic that you would like covered please contact me or Syed and give us your ideas. Better yet, volunteer to present a topic that you think would be beneficial to the Dallas section. Remember dissemination of information is what, we, the Society of Petroleum Engineers are all about.
Please note and remember that the February meeting is early this month (February 6th) and on the first Wednesday rather than our usual third Wednesday.
Upcoming events:
February 6th , SPE Monthly Luncheon at Brook Haven College Speaker: "Ron Harrell is "Chairman Emeritus" of Ryder-Scott Company” Topic: "Petroleum Reserves Estimates - Where We Have Been, Where We Are, and Where We Appear Appear To Be Headed"
February 28th, SPE Production Study Group Speaker: "Mehdi Azari” Topic: “Production Logging and Multi-Rate Pressure Testing of Multi-layer Reservoirs"
March 19th , SPE Monthly Luncheon at Brook Haven College Speaker: "Mark Day - Sr. Construction Engineering Advisor for Devon Energy”, Topic: "Devon Energy Deck Raising Project - Eugene Island 330-B & C" I hope to see you soon at one (if not all) of the above events.
Danny Bell Section Chairman dbell@excoresources.com
January, 2008 2007 is now officially behind us. I don’t know about you, but I am excited about the possibilities for 2008. The Industry is healthy, oil prices are at all time highs and new technology is abundant. It is a great time to be a petroleum engineer and a good time to be in the oil and gas industry. Realizing these things, I hope you have set aggressive goals for 2008. Speaking of 2008 goals…..how about considering:
I could go on and on, but I think you get the idea. My hope for you in 2008 is that you become more involved. “Think BIG” in 2008!
Upcoming events: January 16th, SPE Monthly Luncheon at Brook Haven College – Speaker: "Don Hannegan - SPE Distinguished Lecturer 2006/2007” Topic: "Improving the Drill-Ability of “Hydraulically Challenged” Prospects"
January 29th, SPE Production Study Group Speaker: "Mofazzal Bhuiyan” Topic: " Production Optimization using Nodal Analysis "
February 6th , SPE Monthly Luncheon at Brook Haven College – Speaker: "Ron Harrell is "Chairman Emeritus" of Ryder-Scott Company” Topic: "Petroleum Reserves Estimates - Where We Have Been, Where We Are, and Where We Appear Appear To Be Headed"
I hope to see you soon at one (if not all) of the above events.
Danny Bell Section Chairman dbell@excoresources.com
December, 2007 I hope you had a great Thanksgiving and are ready for Christmas. Speaking of being ready, are you ready as a registered professional engineer if you are audited by the board? You need 15 PDH (Professional Development Hours) with at least one PDH being on professional ethics. I hope you have your hours this year but if you need a couple more hours the Dallas section is sponsoring a 6 hour short course which will help cover your needed PDH’s. The short course is a bargain at 50 dollars and is located at the EMGI for your convenience. For more details and to sign up go to the website. Our guest speaker for this month (December 19th) is our very own Dallasite Bill Cobb - 2008 SPEI President. Let's all turn out and show Bill our support. His dedication, time and effort to SPE is greatly needed and appreciated world wide. Up coming events for the Dallas section.
I hope to see you soon at one (if not all) of the above events. Danny Bell Section Chairman
November, 2007 Are you ready for the Holiday Season? Get-togethers with family and friends are just a few short weeks away. If you remember in last month’s Chairman’s corner, I said I wanted the Dallas Section to “Think BIG”. Well, everyone certainly responded. October was a GREAT month for the Dallas section. Due to the hard work of the program committee, our October 17th luncheon was sold out, with 212 members attending. Our speaker, Dave Leopold - DFW Project Manager with Chesapeake Energy Corporation, gave a fascinating talk on Chesapeake ’s “Drilling and Operating Wells at DFW Airport ". We hope to have Dave back next year to give us an update. The Dallas Section’s annual Sporting Clay Event was another huge success, with all the available 40 teams filled. The day was a little chilly and windy, but everyone had a great time. John Tabor and his Sporting Clay Event Committee did an excellent job in putting this year’s event together. As a result, the Dallas section gave $8100 to 9 different SPE student sections. Good job guys! The Dallas SPE Board of Directors met on October 23rd . Several issues and changes were discussed in an effort to make the Dallas section the best ever.
· An after Christmas Holiday party is being discussed (time and venue forthcoming). · Syed Hamid (Education Chairman) and his committee are starting a monthly “Operations Study Group” that will kick off after the first of the year. (Stay tuned for more details.) He is also putting together a December, 2007 short course on the use of Halliburton’s new online Red Book. (Again, stay tuned for more details.) · The 2009 Hydrocarbon Economics and Evaluation Symposium (HEES) has been postponed until 2010 in an effort to keep it from conflicting with the OKC section’s POS. We are in hopes that this will boost attendance at both events. · Starting January 1st, 2008 the monthly luncheons will have a different cost structure. Members paying online will continue to pay $17.00, non members will be $25.00, and members paying cash at the door will be $20.00. This will hopefully boost SPE membership and will help the people at the door who are making change. Upcoming events:
· November 27 (Tuesday) – Dallas sections next luncheon at EMGI. You won't want to miss this if you are a Registered Professional Engineer since it is our annually required Ethics PE credit. · December 12 – Halliburton “Red Book online” to sign up and more information go to the website at: http://www.spedallas.org/study_group.htm · December 19 (Wednesday) – Dallas section Monthly Luncheon. Guest speaker will be Dallas’s very on Bill Cobb (2008 SPEI President). Make plans to attend and hear what’s new with SPE globally. · January 2008 – I am proud to inform you that the Dallas Section is starting up a “Monthly Production Study Group”. Date and topic will be forthcoming.
I hope to see you soon at one (if not all) of the above events.
Danny Bell Section Chairman
October, 2007
I hope you enjoy the fall season as much as I do. Football season, cooler weather and the holidays are just around the corner.
In September we had a great luncheon, and it was well attended. David Hamilton, our Program Chairman, did an excellent job of getting us fed, comfortable, and providing us with an interesting speaker (Bill Ott on sand control). Also, last month I was honored to present the 2007 Drilling and Completions Regional Award to my old friend and colleague Gerald Coulter. Gerald is world renowned for his technical papers, patents, and has taught and mentored many us on how to have better well completions.
I am pushing all our Dallas section officers to THINK BIG this year. I want our luncheons sold out, our social events to be the biggest and best ever, and our Dallas section membership to increase. The Oil and Gas industry is flourishing, and now is a great time to get more involved and help our profession grow.
I am looking for someone that will contribute a monthly technical article for our website and monthly e-news letter. If you would like to organize this or perhaps write the articles, please call or email me and let’s talk. I think this would truly be a growth opportunity for someone and would help “disseminate technical information” to the membership, which is the mission of SPE world wide. Please consider volunteering for this opportunity.
Upcoming 2007 events:
I hope to see you soon at one (if not all) of the above events.
Danny Bell Section Chairman
September, 2007 I would like to start off by saying a warm hello, and if you don’t already know me, I’m Danny Bell, your new Dallas Section Chairman for the 2007 – 2008 year. Following in the foot steps of Brian Walter, our past chairman, will be a big job. Brian’s year along with fellow officers and helpers did an outstanding job with the 2007 HEES, Golf Tournament, Ca$ino Night, College Scholarships, and numerous monthly luncheons, and even a joint "Unconventional Exploration" seminar with EMGI…….all very successful and rewarding for our section members. I’m looking forward to the up coming year, and I hope that you will all become involved in one of the many afore mentioned section activities. To volunteer, go to our Officers page on the website http://www.spedallas.org/officers.htm and contact the appropriate person, or email me (dbell@excoresources.com) and I’ll get you in contact with the right person. Remember……our goal is to have fun; our mission is to disseminate technical information to the membership. If you have ideas about our goal or our mission please contact me. I’m listening! What’s going on in September? Our next luncheon and speaker is on Wednesday, September the 19th. The talk is on “Selection and Design Criteria for Sand Control Screens” and our speaker is William K. (Bill) Ott with Well Completion Technology. For further information and details, go to the Dallas section website at http://www.spedallas.org/monthly_meetings.htm. David Hamilton, our Program chairman, has lined up several interesting and educational luncheon speakers for the upcoming year… I know you won’t want to miss a single one. Mark your calendars early. Our luncheons are usually on the third Wednesday of every month (check the website for the exact date and time). The location is at the easily accessible and comfortable Ellison Miles Institute, Brookhaven College (Map). I hope to see you soon, and if I don’t already know you, please locate me at one of our section events and introduce yourself. I can’t wait to meet you! Danny Bell
August, 2007
Danny Bell (Chairman elect 2007-2008) and the new Board of Directors will take the reins of the Dallas Section at the end of August. Thanks to the 2006-2007 Board and Volunteers for their service to the Society. It has been a great year to be a petroleum engineer!
Deepankar Biswas our Continuing Education Chairman coordinated our Unconventional Exploration Seminar held July 17th. The Seminar was designed to broaden your knowledge and understanding of Unconventional Resource Assessment Methodology, Completion Decisions, Water Fracs, Passive Seismic Frac Monitoring, Shallow Oil Accumulations and Coal Distribution and Production Patterns in CBM Basins.
The symposium was intended to follow the SPE mission statement;
To collect, disseminate, and exchange technical knowledge concerning the exploration, development and production of oil and gas resources, and related technologies for the public benefit; and to provide opportunities for professionals to enhance their technical and professional competence.
The Seminar was held at Ellison Miles Geotechnology Institute (EMGI) and was also cosponsored by EMGI. Diane Brownlee with EMGI and also serving as the Dallas SPE Community Relations Director was instrumental in hosting the symposium.
I look forward to a continuing partnership with EMGI and the Dallas SPE section.
As a byproduct of the seminar we raised enough money for two scholarships.
See you at an upcoming luncheon meeting!
J. Brian Walter 2006-2007 Chairman 214 369-4564
Chairman’s Corner July 2007
On June 18, 2007, eight of the ten members of the Scholarship Committee met and selected 13 students from 40 applicants to receive a scholarship. All ten committee members submitted recommendations.
Dan Auces and the Dallas Section Scholarship Committee recommended and the Dallas SPE Board has approved scholarships for 13 students selected from 8 regional universities. The total amount of scholarships approval was $20,000.00.
Here are some basic statistics about this year’s scholarship process. Forty students from eight of the nine regional universities submitted applications. Only the University of Missouri at Rolla did not submit applications due to confusion in the petroleum engineering department. The applicant age range was from 17 to 26 years. There were 14 female applicants. One school, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette alone submitted 12 applications. At least one award was give to eight schools. *One student, Eric Paul Lege will be a three-time recipient of a scholarship from our section.
I thank Dan and his Committee for their hard work and deliberation.
John Tabor and his golf committee played golf on June 4th. The 24th Annual Dallas SPE Golf Tournament. was held on at Fire Wheel Golf Course in Garland. By all accounts the Tournament was a success. Thanks to John and his committee!
Brian Chacha and Mitzi Orkus are leading the way for the (ELP) Emerging Leaders Program. Our younger SPE members are using ELP to network and socialize. Look for Brian’s announcements at the monthly meetings and for the ELP link on the Dallas SPE website for upcoming ELP events.
I look forward to seeing you at an upcoming luncheon meeting!
J. Brian Walter 2006-2007 Chairman 214 369-4564
Chairman’s Corner June 2007
John Tabor and his golf committee are ready to tee off on June 4th with our 24th Annual Dallas SPE Golf Tournament. The Golf Tournament will be held June 4th at Fire Wheel Golf Course in Garland. John is still looking for Sponsors and Volunteers. If you have any questions you may reach him at 214 981-1918.
During our May Luncheon meeting we voted on the proposed slate of officers for the 2007-2008 year. The Slate was voted in unanimously. Thanks to Gary Patterson and the Nomination Committee for their hard work in fielding our next slate of officers. Also Congratulations to Danny Bell our 2007-2008 Chairman! Thanks to all of the 2007-2008 Officers and Directors for their volunteer commitment to the Dallas Section.
Casino Night was held Friday May 4th at Royal Oaks Country Club. We had the highest attendance ever and are projected to earn a record amount for our Scholarship program! Thanks to Gary Patterson and the Casio committee for the great work in hosting the party.
Brian Chacha and Mitzi Orkus are leading the way for the (ELP) Emerging Leaders Program. Our younger SPE members are using ELP to network and socialize. Look for Brian’s announcements at the monthly meetings and for the ELP link on the Dallas SPE website for upcoming ELP events.
I look forward to seeing you at an upcoming luncheon meeting!
J. Brian Walter 2006-2007 Chairman 214 369-4564
May 2007
Dan Auces and his Scholarship Committee will put our charity funds to work filling our 2007 Dallas SPE scholarships. Dan has received a number of applications before the May 1st deadline. The Scholarship committee will convene shortly to deliberate on the applications. Dan has been the Scholarship chairman since 1998!
During our April Luncheon meeting we announced the proposed slate of officers for the 2007-2008 year. The Slate will be voted on during the May 16th Luncheon meeting. Nominations closed on April 30th. Thanks to Gary Patterson and the Nomination Committee for their hard work in fielding our next slate of officers. For more information please see the website.
Casino Night is Friday May 4th at Royal Oaks Country Club. We are almost sold out. I recommend making your reservations as soon as possible. A portion of the Casio night profits will go to fund our Scholarship program.
John Tabor is back again this year with his Golf committee. The 24th Annual Dallas SPE Golf Tournament will be held June 4th at Fire Wheel golf Course in Garland. John is still looking for Sponsors and Volunteers. If you have any questions you may reach him at 214 981-1918.
I look forward to seeing you at an upcoming luncheon meeting!
J. Brian Walter 2006-2007 Chairman 214 369-4564
April 2007 Come by and roll the dice with Gary Patterson and the Casino Committee on Friday May 4th at Royal Oaks Country Club. This event has strong early reservations and I recommend making your reservations as soon as possible. Last year the Casio Night sold out. A portion of the Casio night profits will go to fund our Scholarship program. During our April Luncheon meeting we will be announcing the proposed slate of officers for the 2007-2008 year. If you wish to run for an SPE Dallas Section Office please contact Gary Patterson, the Nomination Committee Chairman, to be included on the slate. HEES 2007 was held April 1st through the 3rd, 2007. Congratulation goes out to Eddie Rhea and his committee for a great job. Early estimates project the Dallas Section will clear $17,000 to $19,000. Most of the monies raised will go toward the Scholarship program. Dan Auces and his Scholarship committee will put the funds to work filling our Dallas SPE scholarships. I look forward to seeing you at an upcoming luncheon meeting!
J. Brian Walter 2006-2007 Chairman 214 369-4564
March 2007
HEES 2007 (Hydrocarbon Economic Evaluation Symposium 2007). The theme of this year’s event will be “Unconventional Economics”. Eddie Rhea and his committee have been working hard for the last 10 months to plan our biannual Symposium.
We are fortunate to have Ken Hersh CEO of Natural Gas Partners to give our Keynote Luncheon presentation on Monday April 2nd. Tuesday, Barry Davis president of Dallas based Crosstex Energy will be our Tuesday luncheon speaker.
Gary Patterson will be running our short courses at HEES 2007. The first short course will be on Saturday the 31st by Larry Lake on Enhanced Oil Recovery. The second short course will be presented Sunday by Sada Joshi on reservoir parameters of horizontal well projects.
HEES 2007 will be held April 1st through the 3rd, 2007 and is the biggest fund raising event for the Dallas SPE Chapter. Please go to SPE.org website and sign up under Meetings and Conferences.
I look forward to seeing you at an upcoming luncheon meeting!
J. Brian Walter 2006-2007 Chairman 214 369-4564
February 2007 Congratulation to Dallas SPE member Gary Patterson for receiving the 2007 Engineer of the Year Award from the Texas Society of Professional Engineers Dallas Chapter. Congratulation also goes out to Janice Mineke for receiving the 2007 Young Engineer of the Year Award. Last month we were fortunate to have Eve Sprunt President of SPE International speak at our luncheon meeting. Ms. Sprunt presented the Legion of Honor Inductees their certificates for 50 years of membership in SPE. Many of the Inductees imparted words of wisdom to the lunch crowd, which made for an interesting time. Please mark your calendars now for the HEES 2007 (Hydrocarbon Economic Evaluation Symposium 2007). Eddie Rhea and his committee have been working hard for the last 10 months to plan our biannual Symposium. HEES 2007 will be held April 1st through the 3rd, 2007 and is the biggest fund raising event for the Dallas SPE Chapter. I look forward to seeing you at an upcoming luncheon meeting!
J. Brian Walter 2006 Chairman 214 369-4564
January 2007 Happy New Year! I would like to start the year on a positive note and make a call for nominations for an SPE Award. We are requesting nominations for both SPE Regional Service Awards and for Dallas Section Service Awards. February 15, 2007 is the deadline for submitting candidate’s information packages for the SPE Regional Service Awards. Please contact Gary Patterson (gpatterson84@yahoo.com) our awards committee chairman for help in recognizing our star SPE Dallas members. Names may be submitted anytime for the Dallas Section Service Award. There has been some recent interest in starting a new SPE study group for production and operations. If any one is interest in chairing a new study group please contact me. SPE international has workbooks available on how to start a new study group and keep in active. Please mark your calendars now for the HEES 2007 (Hydrocarbon Economic Evaluation Symposium 2007). Eddie Rhea and his committee have been working hard for the last 10 months to plan our biannual Symposium. HEES 2007 will be held April 1st through the 3rd, 2007 and is the biggest fund raising event for the Dallas SPE Chapter. I look forward to seeing you at an upcoming luncheon meeting! J. Brian Walter 2006 Chairman 214 369-4564
December 2006
We are fortunate to have Eve Sprunt, the 2006 SPE International president, to speak at our January 10th monthly meeting. Ms. Sprunt has agreed to present this year Legion of Honor Certificate of achievements to our Dallas Section recipients. This year we have 18 new members of the Legion of Honor.
The Legion of Honor Certificate is awarded to an SPE member recognizing 50 years of continuous SPE membership. This year’s recipients are:
Marion D Arnold Charles J Holland Jr. Claude L McMichael Jr. E C Mlcak James C Thompson Jr. James R Nichols James W Kerr Jarl P Johnson K R Withrow Louis Harlan Perry B Morris Robert Alexander Robert Mayer Jr. Robert L Spottswood Robert M Tittle Robert P Schafer Thomas Perkins W W Dollison
The Legion of Honor Recipient and their families will be invited to attend our January meeting.
Please mark your calendars now for the HEES 2007 (Hydrocarbon Economic Evaluation Symposium 2007). Eddie Rhea and his committee have been working hard for the last 8 months to plan our biannual Symposium. HEES 2007 will be held April 1st through the 3rd, 2007 and is the biggest fund raising event for the Dallas SPE Chapter.
I look forward to seeing you at our upcoming luncheon meeting on December the 20th where Charlie Kinard with Southwestern Energy will talk about their Fayetteville shale play.
J. Brian Walter 2006 Chairman 214 369-4564
November 2006
Last month I had the pleasure of shooting in the Dallas SPE’s Shoot For Your School Sporting Clay Tournament. Twenty seven schools were represented and will receive monies from the tournament. Kudos go to John Tabor, Allen Miller, Long Hunt, and PJ Edsall and the tournament committee members for their hard work and preparation. The event was well received, especially by all of the participants winning the 50 plus door prizes including shotguns, gift certificates and hunting gear.
It is not too late to be thinking about the SPE Dallas Christmas party. This year we will hold a joint Christmas party with the Dallas Geological Society and the Dallas Geophysical Society at the Belo Mansion Downtown on December 1st. You may register online at the Dallas SPE website ($75 per couple). Reservations are limited and are first come basis until the party is full. For other details please see the website.
Eddie Rhea and the HEES 2007 (Hydrocarbon Economic Evaluation Symposium 2007) Committee has been working hard for the last 7 months to plan our biannual Symposium. HEES 2007 will be held April 1st through the 3rd, 2007. Please mark your calendars now.
I look forward to seeing you at an upcoming luncheon meeting!
J. Brian Walter 2006 Chairman 214 369-4564
October 2006 This month I would like to recognize the efforts David Lancaster and his committee for their work in managing the Well Planning Seminar short course held at the Ellison Miles Geotechnology Institute on August 22nd and 23rd. Over fifty people attended the short course and raised over $7000.00 for the Dallas Section. Thanks for the good work!! Our next event will be the Sporting Clays Tournament to be held on October 23rd. John Tabor, Allen Miller and PJ Edsall have been working on the Tournament and estimate that we will have a larger participation than last year. Last year we raised over $7000 for SPE Student Chapters. The tournament is not full and there are still team openings. The Dallas SPE Board of Directors has appointed Diane Brownlee to head our Community Relations Committee. Diane is the current Director at Ellison Miles Geotechnology Institute at Brookhaven College. She has some great ideas for the Community Relation Committee and a lot of enthusiasm. I look forward to seeing you at an upcoming luncheon meeting!
J. Brian Walter 2006 Chairman 214 369-4564
September, 2006 Your new slate of officers for 2006-2007 was elected by acclimation at the May General meeting. The new officers will be serving our section beginning September 1, 2006. Please take time to congratulate and thank the following officers |
