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Milestone Anniversaries of SPE Sections and Chapters in 2023

Twenty-six Sections and 67 Student Chapters are reaching exceptional milestone anniversaries this year.

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Sections and Student Chapters around the world provide an operating framework for all major society activities, thus providing the foundation for our members to remain actively engaged at a local level. This network is instrumental to member engagement and development, and it helps SPE build recognition as a unique world-class professional society.

Geographical Sections Reaching Milestone Anniversaries 

75 years ◊ Wichita Petroleum Section (Wichita, Kansas)

70 years ◊ Mississippi Section (Jackson, Mississippi)

70 years ◊ Dallas Section (Dallas, Texas)

70 years ◊ Billings Petroleum Section (Billings, Montana)

70 years ◊ Denver Section (Denver, Colorado)

65 years ◊ Edmonton Section (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)

65 years ◊ Balcones Section (San Antonio, Texas)

60 years ◊ Northern West Virginia Section (Bridgeport, West Virginia)

Student Chapters Reaching Milestone Anniversaries

50 years ◊ Stanford University Chapter (Palo Alto, California)

40 years ◊ Nicholls State University Chapter (Thibodaux, Louisiana)

35 years ◊ Indian Institute of Technology, Dhanbad Chapter (Dhanbad, India)

35 years ◊ MIT-World Peace University Chapter (Pune, India)

35 years ◊ Universidade Estadual de Campinas Chapter (Campinas, Brazil)


We hope to see our members continue to benefit from their involvement with SPE and we look forward to seeing these amazing tenures continue to grow.

SPE Geographical Sections are located around the world and provide an operating framework for all major Society activities. Sections are organized into regions, and each region has representation on the SPE Board of Directors. To find a Section near you, visit https://www.spe.org/en/sections/.

Student Chapters are located around the world and provide an operating framework for Society activities at a university level. Each SPE Chapter is sponsored by an SPE Section. To find your Student Chapter, visit https://www.spe.org/en/chapters/.

Click the links for a full list of Sections and Chapters reaching milestone anniversaries in 2023