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PETRONAS, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), and the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) recently collaborated on how best to leverage the collective strengths, expertise, knowledge of the industry, academia, and professional association.

Giovanni Paccaloni, 2005 SPE President and a towering mentor and inspirational figure for SPE young professionals, died 28 May. He was 75. An Honorary Member of SPE, Paccaloni helped launch many successful, legacy SPE young professional (YP) programs.

Eni appointed Claudio Descalzi, SPE, as CEO and general manager. Descalzi has been Eni’s CEO since 2014. He joined Eni in 1981 as an oil and gas field petroleum engineer and then became project manager for the development of North Sea, Libya, Nigeria, and Congo. In 1990, he was appointed head of reservoir and operating activities for Italy. His previous executive role…

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Hisham Nasr-El-Din, an SPE Distinguished Member, professor, and scholar in stimulation and oilfield chemistry, died 3 July.

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SPE’s mission as a journal publisher is to provide readers with content they can trust on cutting-edge solutions and technical advances in the oil and gas field. SPE also understands the value to researchers to publish in a well-respected journal and to get their research out there quickly. We are pleased to say that in 2020 SPE continues making great strides in every…

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David Reid, SPE, was appointed CTO at NOV. He succeeds Hege Kverneland, SPE, who retired as corporate vice president and CTO. Kverneland joined NOV through the acquisition of Hitec in 1999. Starting in 2001, he was corporate research and development manager and was promoted to CTO in 2009.

Two key themes have underpinned the advancement of human society: innovative technologies and an abundance of energy. The people working at the intersection of these two continue to shape and influence our collective future. These people are “Energy Influencers.”