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Join us in congratulating the International Award recipients.
Six SPE geographical sections across the world have won the 2026 Presidential Award for Outstanding Section.
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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SPE’s Senior Professionals – members aged 55 and older – are integral to SPE and the oil and gas industry. That’s why this year, we’re initiating programs and services that will target the extensive skills, expertise, and experiences of this member group.
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Lawrence Buck Curtis, SPE, died 25 January. He was the SPE president in 1971 and a trustee of the SPE Foundation. Curtis joined Conoco in 1949 and spent his career of more than 40 years with the company. He held several management positions there, including chief engineer and manager of international operations and general manager for production engineering services, … -
For more than 35 years, the SPE Foundation has played an important role in providing support for SPE programs and services for members. SPE Foundation trustees, who are all past presidents of SPE, are dedicated to the principles of OneSPE, and are particularly keen to fund activities that benefit SPE members worldwide.
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Michael Lyle Payne, SPE, died 9 September 2016. He was 56. Payne had more than 30 years of experience in the industry, including in drilling operations, computing, research, and consulting. He was recognized with the SPE Drilling Engineering Award in 2000. Payne was a segment engineering technical authority at BP and previously held positions at the company leading up…
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Keith Hal Coats, SPE, died 13 September 2016. He was 81. He was an accomplished teacher and pioneer developer of reservoir simulation software. In 1992, Coats founded Coats Engineering and served as the president until 2005 and technical director until his death. There he developed the reservoir simulator, Sensor, beginning in 1992 and continued to work on it until hi…
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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 2016 Outstanding Technical Editor Award.
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Six more will join the elite group of members who have attained the milestone of reviewing 100 papers.
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The 2016 SPE Legends of Artificial Lift are announced. Recipients will be honored at the 2016 SPE Artificial Lift Conference and Exhibition for North America to be held this month.
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The SPE Board of Directors has realigned the Production & Operations and Projects, Facilities & Construction technical disciplines under one Technical Director.
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Please congratulate SPE’s Regional Award recipients for 2016.
