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SPENDSEC announces the Scholarship funds to be about Rs 100,000(nearly USD 2500) for the year.

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The kickoff meeting to establish this section was held on December 13, 2004 wherein a provisional Section Officers’ Committee, under the chairmanship of Mr. N.K Mitra, took up the responsibility of initial setting up process.

On March 13, 2005.New Delhi Section of Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPEI) became an official section when SPE Board of Directors approved its formation.

Founder section officers continued till the full board was formed in October 2005.

Society of Petroleum Engineers
Special Address at New Delhi Section

2009 SPE President
Dr. Leo Roodhart,Shell International

Venue: Desire, Le Meridien

Date: Friday 6, 2009

Abstract:

Professional societies supply a forum for like-minded individuals in which an exchange of ideas and information can take place. Joining a professional society, such as the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), is beneficial for engineers, geologists, and other professionals throughout their entire careers.

 Besides keeping up with emerging technology, professional societies offer members the opportunity to establish contacts with other operating and service companies with whom they can share experiences and seek advice, not to mention building friendships with people who share common goals, concerns, and perspectives. Professional societies contain a veritable wealth of information available through conferences, meetings, online, publications, and presentations.

Members may also publish papers to establish individual reputation and to stimulate discussion on topics of importance to the industry. Bottom line, professional societies allows members to excel in their performance and optimize profits for their employers and clients making membership a win-win situation for everyone.

The Society of Petroleum Engineers is the largest of all Oil and gas related societies and growing rapidly on a Global scale. With over 80,000 members worldwide, of which over 50% are now outside the U.S., the Society is the E&P industry’s “power-house of knowledge”. 

SPE’s long range plan, which is redrawn every five years, was completed two years ago. The plan is based on the facts that by 2030, worldwide energy demand will be almost 40% greater than today. In order to achieve this growth, over $20 trillion of global investment has been forecasted for next 20 years, of which a large fraction will be in technology development. Also the expectation is that 80% of world energy need till 2030 will continue to be met by fossil fuels.  Challenges were identified, such as how do we attract the best and the brightest young people to the industry and, how can we do better in adapting to local industry needs and cultures in every corner of the world.

SPE’s long-range plan can be summarized as follows:
• Grow membership in Russia, CIS/Central Asia, India and China
• Identify regional needs, language, conferences etc. and implement those needs
• Put new technology topics on the meetings calendar: Unconventional oil/gas; Carbon Capture, arctic etc.
• Help members to innovate
• Engage National Oil Companies

In 10- 20 years time, the Oil Industry as we know it, will not be the same. However, SPE and its members will be ready to face the challenge and help the industry enter a new era.

Biography:

Leo Roodhart is currently leading Shell’s corporate strategic innovation program, GameChanger, which identifies and sponsors the development of new breakthrough technologies in the context of the various technology futures for the oil industry. He joined Shell in 1980 and has worked in research and development, production engineering, business development, and innovation. He is an Associate Fellow at Templeton College and Said Business School, University of Oxford, on strategic innovation. He has papers published in numerous technical journals such as the Journal of Petroleum Technology and business journals, including Research Technology Management Journal.

Roodhart has been an active member of SPE since 1983, making many contributions in the area of developing new technology. He served as an SPE Distinguished Lecturer for 2007–2008. He served as chairman of the SPE Forum Series Implementation Committee for the Eastern Hemisphere and chairman of the Forum Series Coordinating Committee. He has been both program and section chairman for the SPE Netherlands Section. Internationally, he has served on the executive committees for SPE’s EUROPEC and the 2001, 2003, and 2005 Offshore Europe conferences. He chaired the first two Netherland’s SPE Applied Technology Workshops (ATWs) on mature reservoirs, and served on many other workshop and forum committees.

Roodhart holds a master’s degree in chemistry and a PhD in mathematics and physics from the University of Amsterdam

SPE History and its growth in India

SPENDSEC Annual Awards

Last Year Journey

New Wells and New Challenges: Selecting the most appropriate
Drilling and Drilling Fluid Practices

Robert Brewin, Country Manager, Mitchell Drilling

Steve Cheung, SPE Distinguished Lecturer

Besides, what we know of what we have achieved through knowledge sharing, technical deliberations and presentation, we have had the privilege to come across persona of extraordinary people and pioneers – synthesizing proud cultures, perceptions and capabilities. SPENDSEC anniversary twin talks were the latest in the series.

Talk by Sara Thomas on January 16, 2006 under the aegis of SPE, New Delhi section, was just short of reminder to organizations involved in upstream business in India. What emerged from the discussion – Chemical EOR may be finally out of the laboratory, otherwise struggling to get a foothold against the high cost involved. Largely due to the rising cost of fuel, stage may be set for attempting ultimate recovery of whatever is left inside the reservoir and there is lot left (two trillion barrels!). It is indeed a time to run down the financials for EOR schemes again.

Thursday,December 1, 2005

• Keynote address by SPE 2005 International President

Giovanni Paccaloni
Senior Advisor
Eni-Agip

• Deepwater Frontiers - The Future of India

Dr. Ravi Bastia
Vice President (E&P), Reliance Industry Limited

Great News!!!

SPENDSEC is pleased to announce that the section has instituted several Section Awards to recognise the outstanding services of the SPE section members and Industry Professionals.

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SPENDSEC acknowledges all the Corporates who have come forward to Sponsor our Section Meetings.

As a gesture SPENDSEC has decided to host the logos of all Sponsors on our site http://newdelhi.spe.org with hyperlinks to their respective sites. This shall be free of cost for one full year.

SPE New Delhi section has the honour of having support from maximum number of Sponsors this year compared to any other section in India. We thank our sponsors for their support and trust in our activities.We assure bringing value to all our members and corporate sponsors.