SPE News
The 2021–2022 Drillbotics competition will require the contestants to integrate human factors engineering considerations into their automated drilling rigs for the first time.
Given the rapidly rising investments in robotics and drones, why is the SPE Unmanned Systems Technical Section struggling to find volunteers willing to form a new board and keep the rest of the Production and Facility Community up to date on the opportunities and challenges in applying these new tools in the field or at construction sites?
Steve Sawaryn, who made world-leading contributions to directional drilling and surveying fields, died 29 August. He was 66.
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This section recognizes SPE members accomplishments and positions within the oil and gas industry. -
The newly formed SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technical Section is working on a project to identify a set of best practices for completions engineers. Once completed, they will be accessible to the entire SPE technical community.
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This section lists with regret SPE members who recently passed away.
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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 2021 Outstanding Technical Reviewer Award.
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This section lists with regret SPE members who recently passed away.
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SPE welcomes 158 members into the Legion of Honor recognizing 50 years of consecutive membership in the Society. Each honoree is bestowed Lifetime membership and annual VIP registration to ATCE to mark the milestone achievement. The honorees are listed below under their respective sections.
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Kamel Ben-Naceur sees petroleum engineering as essential to the energy transition not only because of the continued role that oil and gas will play in the energy mix moving forward but also because the skills of the profession are foundational and transferable.
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The ATCE Startup Village is a partnership between SPE and the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship at Rice University. Find out which firms took this year's top honors during the annual competition.
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This section lists with regret SPE members who recently passed away.
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This year, six individuals join this elite group, bringing the total membership of A Peer Apart honorees to 192 dedicated members.
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