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At the Regional Section Officers Meeting, which took place on 16 September 2017 at AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, Poland. The meeting was hosted by the SPE Poland Section and was organized by SPE Regional Director for South, Central, and East Europe at that time, Matthias Meister. Current SPE Director for the region, Jean-Marc Dumas, and more than…

Some might even say an “Alternative Battery.” Guess which way the product flows in this multi-stock-tank Permian Basin pad. That’s a whole lot of valve and bolt checking, before the product gets hauled off to midstream sales market. Located in Balmorhea, Texas, the middle of nowhere, where the oil and gas usually is. Photo by Tyler Bednar, Senior Engineer, Reservoir T…

Every Day is a Learning Day. Photo by Khang Nguyen, Texas Oil and Gas Institute. Thanks Brian Zachry and Elevation Resources for hosting me for a day on location to see the fracture job. I learned more in one day than one year in school. Everything was smooth and we were breaking some rocks. Another valuable message is to respect the people working on the field. They …

View on My Way to Work. Photo by Rafael Hincapie. Took this picture in 2012, now this is my view every day to work. The pumpjack is located in the onshore Matzen oil field near Gänserdorf, Austria. Matzen oil field is one of the most important assets of OMV in Austria, discovered in 1949. Camera: Nikkon D3100.

Our section recently held an SPE Cares activity as a competition between student teams to collect as much food, clothes, shoes, and toys as they could. The outcome was a success. We gathered 650 pounds of non-perishable food, 1800 cloth items, and 592 diapers and many hygiene products. The items were delivered to the chapter's partner institutions, which were very tha…

A picture of a pipeline right of way cutting through the forest west of Fort McMurray, Canada. Photo by Nicholas Smith, Technical Project Support, In-Line Pigging Solutions.

Picture and caption by Jean-Marc Dumas (middle), SPE Director South, Central and East Europe and SPE France Section Founder: "What a picture! Darcy Spady, 2018 SPE President (left), James Jorden, 1984 SPE President (right), and I during the Owls Club Reception and Dinner on Sunday 8 October during the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. James was the first…

On 23 June, the SPE Student Chapter of the Federal University of Ceara, Brazil, celebrated International Women in Engineering Day, which was attended by the directors of the university's technology center, professors, professionals, and students. The main objective of the event was to focus attention on the opportunities for women in engineering and to encourage girls…

A tanker sailing in the UAE Gulf during sunset. Photo taken by Anas Alhajji.

Peru UNI SPE Student Chapter Members Participate in Beach Cleaning Initiative.