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Colorado School of Mines successfully defended its PetroBowl championship, beating out The University of Texas at Austin in the final contest at the 2013 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition.

Regional winners of the SPE Student Paper Contest at the undergraduate, master’s, and doctorate level advanced to compete at the international level all day at the 2013 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held in New Orleans. Eight undergraduate, seven master’s, and nine doctoral students competed to win first place in their respective divisions. Students h…

Orhun Aydin and Mojtaba Shahri are the 2013 Nico van Wingen Memorial Graduate Fellowship in Petroleum Engineering recipients.

The Permian Basin Section recently dedicated three sustaining scholarships honoring the legacy of three former SPE presidents from the Permian Basin: Ed Runyan, Arlen Edgar, and Scott Hickman. Runyan served as SPE president in 1975, Edgar in 1981, and Hickman in 1997.

Don Vardeman joined the board of directors at Independent Project Analysis. Vardeman recently retired from Anadarko as vice president of worldwide project management after serving as an officer at the company since December 2011. He was responsible for facilities execution for Anadarko's major projects in Algeria, Ghana, Mozambique, and the US Gulf of Mexico. Vardeman…

Every year, SPE recognizes members who have made an exceptional effort to ensure the technical excellence of the Society’s peer-reviewed journals. For their contributions, the following individuals are recipients of the 2015 Outstanding Technical Editor Award.

Carlos Murrieta Cummings was named managing director of Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex). Murrieta served as corporate director of operations at Pemex from 2009 to 2015, where he was responsible for strategic planning, operational coordination of subsidiaries, consolidation, and implementation of sourcing strategies. Before joining Pemex, he served as managing director for…

Chevron named Dambisa Moyo to its board of directors, effective October 11. She will serve on the company’s Audit Committee. Moyo is an economist and is the founder and chief executive officer of Mildstorm. From 2001 to 2008, she worked for Goldman Sachs in various roles. Prior to that she worked at the World Bank. She currently serves on the boards of Barclays, Barri…

In May Praeger published 2006 SPE President Eve Sprunt’s book, A Guide for Dual-Career Couples: Rewriting the Rules. Her advice on ways for both individuals to achieve career success is based on a re-evaluation of traditional styles of working and focuses on productivity, flexibility, and negotiating win-win solutions. She incorporates the learnings from three SPE Tal…

Phaneendra Kondapi, SPE, was appointed director of subsea engineering for the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. He has more than 20 years of experience in the industry including with FMC Technologies and KBR in engineering and consulting projects worldwide. Kondapi has been recognized for his work in designing and developing university-level curriculum i…