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The SPE Board of Directors has revised its structure, accepting recommendations from a task force that studied its geographical and technical makeup. Board membership will be reduced from 27 to 19 under this revision. Changes to the board structure will be phased in over the next 3 years as the terms of current board members end.

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 2017 Outstanding Technical Editor Award.

Ali Dogru, SPE, Saudi Aramco Fellow and chief technologist at EXPEC Advanced Research Center, and SPE John Franklin Carll Award winner was elected to the US National Academy of Engineering. Dogru was elected for his outstanding achievements in the “development of high-performance computing in hydrocarbon reservoir simulation.” He is internationally renowned in this fi…

As the president of the SPE Foundation, I wanted to provide an update on what the Foundation is doing for SPE. Some history might be helpful to those who are unfamiliar with the Foundation and the important role it plays for SPE members worldwide.

Exxon Mobil Corp. elected Neil Chapman to the position of senior vice president and member of the corporation's management committee. Chapman is currently president of the ExxonMobil Chemical Company. He joined Esso Chemical in 1984 at the Esso refinery in Fawley, UK. He has held a range of senior engineering, operations, planning, and marketing roles in various chemi…

Stork has appointed Donald Brown as asset integrity director for the UK, Middle East, and Africa. Brown will oversee a number of the company's product lines and services; quality services including third-party inspection, heat treatment, monitoring solutions, and cathodic protection and integrity engineering. He has held senior leadership roles over the course of thre…

Unit Corporation named Les Austin as its senior vice president and CFO. Austin holds more than 23 years of energy finance and leadership experience, most recently serving as senior vice president and CFO of Cypress Energy Partners. From 2008 to 2011, he was the senior vice president and chief financial officer of Ram Energy Resources, eventually being promoted to COO …

SPE welcomes 99 members into the Legion of Honor, which observes 50 years of consecutive membership in the Society. Each honoree becomes dues exempt and receives a commemorative plaque marking the milestone. The honorees are listed below under their respective sections.

Crystal Industrial’s injection quills are designed to introduce corrosive chemicals into a pipeline without damaging the pipe wall or the side port at the point of injection, ensuring an even distribution of chemicals into the pipeline’s center. Their tapered shape reduces the effects of vortex shedding, which in turns reduces the likelihood of erosion-corrosion, cavi…

DriX is a multi-purpose autonomous unmanned surface vessel (AUSV) optimized for coastal and offshore operations. Consisting of a main body, a mast, and a gondola bolted onto a drop keel, the AUSV is suitable for multiple applications such as exploration, pre-site installation, touchdown monitoring, undersea inspection, Metocean, decommissioning, as well as environment…