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The Offshore Technology Conference has announced the recipients of the 2023 Distinguished Achievement Awards.

Drilling systems automation has made great strides in applications, with more progress coming. The question now is how the value proposition holds up and what growth is potentially in the future for automation of well completion, intervention, and P&A activities.

Spending plans announced by oil and gas companies indicate that about 80% of their budgets are directed toward traditional E&P, efforts to reduce emissions and carbon footprints, and sustainable investment in new energy. It is reasonable to expect that with these budget increases, there will be an uptick in the employment of petroleum professionals.

SPE’s Board of Directors approved changes to SPE’s bylaws at their meeting on 21 January 2023. Read about these changes and the process followed in making them.

Membership rose slightly as industry recovers from the pandemic, while the composition of the membership continues to change.

Recognize your peers by nominating them for an SPE award. Act fast, as the International and Regional deadlines approach.

Recognize a young professional in the industry with the Offshore Technology Conference Emerging Leaders Program for exceptional work in their field of service.

The TWA Energy Influencers are a selection of outstanding young professionals in the oil and gas industry whose work positively influences and inspires others.

The SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition is being held 31 January–2 February in The Woodlands, Texas.

As was announced in JPT’s SPE News in September, SPE CEO Mark Rubin will be retiring in 2023. An SPE Search Committee has been formed, and it has engaged the services of Korn Ferry to coordinate the search for the new senior executive of SPE’s staff.