SPE News
Leaders of SPE’s Artificial Lift Technical Section outline the group’s mission, recent technical highlights, and a growing slate of global events shaping the future of artificial lift.
SPE’s newest technical community, the Critical Minerals Technical Section, aims to connect petroleum expertise with emerging opportunities to extract lithium, rare earth elements, and other critical minerals from subsurface reservoirs and industrial brines.
Initiative identified as the single highest-priority action to support geothermal capital market creation following a 2-year expert analysis of financial barriers to exponential-scale geothermal development.
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These SPE members will be recognized during the 2022 Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition in Houston in October. -
This section lists with regret SPE members who recently passed away.
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SPE Distinguished Member and a founder of the SPE’s first section in Moscow, died 13 March. He was 76.
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SPE’s technical sections and communities evolve with the industry’s current and foreseeable trends. Consolidations, splitting of existing communities, or the creation of new ones are considered, when needed, to provide maximum efficiency to our members.
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Namesake of the Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy at The University of Oklahoma (OU), died 23 June. He was 87.
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These awards recognize those members who have contributed exceptional service and leadership to the Society, as well as those who have made major professional contributions to their technical disciplines at the regional level.
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The two organizations recently signed a letter of cooperation. The agreement creates an opportunity to accelerate the practical application of human factors in the energy industry and create a bridge between energy industry professionals and human factors experts.
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How can you most effectively share your insights about technologies, new concepts, and innovations with SPE members? In this column, Bob Pearson, technical director of Production and Facilities, presents a concise guide to the many alternatives SPE provides to its members.
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With speakers from various disciplines and professions, the program focuses on industry trends, challenges, and technology applications and advances.
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SPE has received a request to petition for the addition of three candidates for the 2023 open Board positions. If successful, an election will be held.
