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Sevan Marine named Reese McNeel as its chief executive officer (CEO) effective 1 January 2017. McNeel is currently the company's chief financial officer (CFO) and will continue in the role after assuming CEO duties. McNeel has previous experience in several interim finance management positions, including a stint as interim CFO at Sevan Marine in 2001. He previously se…

The Western North America and Rocky Mountain SPE regions held their first joint conference, 15–18 April, in Denver, Colorado, at the Sheraton Downtown Denver Hotel. The gathering offered attendees a panel discussion featuring oil and gas commission chairs from five US states; networking events; an exhibition; and five short courses, both on conventional and on unconve…

The SPE Lagos Section 61 collaborated with the Lagos State Power Kids program to help bring Energy4me to 50 secondary schools in Lagos State, Nigeria. The Power Kids initiative was started by the state government for the purpose of teaching students about the importance of the efficiency and conservation of power usage, and is offered as an extracurricular club at sch…

SPE Europe funded Energy4me’s presence at the 2014 Big Bang UK Young Scientists and Engineers Fair in Birmingham, UK, held 13–16 March. SPE Europe’s GBP-10,000 allocation paid for logo display throughout the fair; stand space, including room for Energy4me activities—such as Exploring Core Sampling—in the fair’s “Energise Zone”; seats at the supporters’ dinner; and inv…

SPE now has a presence in Myanmar. Its 214th section—the Myanmar Section—was established 25 September 2013. The SPE International Board of Directors meeting this month will be held in Yangon, and the section’s inauguration will become official with that meeting. According to Jeff Spath, SPE president, in his column in this issue of JPT, the new Myanmar Section’s prese…

Under certain circumstances, SPE offers a dues waiver for renewing members for up to 2 consecutive years for those facing

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Gretchen Watkins was named chief executive officer of Maersk Oil. Watkins has served as the company’s chief operating officer since 2014. Prior to that, she spent six years at Marathon Oil, serving as vice president of international production operations from 2008 to 2012 and vice president of North American production operations from 2012 to 2013. She began her caree…

Jerry Hubbard, SPE, died at his home in Houston, Texas, on 1 January 2015. He was 63 years old. Most recently, Hubbard served as president and CEO of Energistics, an international energy standards organization. During his tenure, the number of active corporate members increased from 60 to more than 125 at the organization. Hubbard was instrumental in the development a…

James Lee Rike, SPE, of Tickfaw, Louisiana, died on 3 August 2014. He was 87. An SPE member since 1949, Rike played a key role in the development of new completion concepts, directional perforators, sand control using plastics, coiled tubing rigs, concentric tubing workover/completion operations, and advanced offshore completion practices. He authored patents and pape…