Management
A Technical Section represents a grouping of global members who share an interest in a specific technical topic. These communities of SPE members share ideas, promote competence, and develop projects related to their technical interest. Technical Sections tend to be more task-oriented than discussion-oriented. They meet virtually for the most part, but are encouraged to hold a face-to-face meeting at least once a year. The Technical Sections Operations Manual (TSOM) is your go-to source for information about how to conduct your technical section activities. You can learn about your individual role and find the forms and deadlines associated with your duties. Questions may be directed to your staff liaison, or to technicalsections@spe.org.
Ipieca, the global oil and gas association for advancing environmental and social performance across the energy transition, is marking its 50th anniversary. It was established in 1974 at the request of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to act as the engagement channel between UNEP and the oil and gas industry on environmental and climate issues. In the 5 decades that have followed, the non-lobby association's scope has expanded to cover social performance and mainstreaming sustainability, and it now works with a wide range of UN bodies across its strategic pillars of climate, nature, people, and sustainability. The association brings experts from its member companies together with its partners in UN, non-governmental organizations, and academic organizations to share knowledge and develop good practice guidance. To date it has published over 300 good-practice guidance to advance climate action, environmental responsibility, social performance, and sustainability.
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Adeshina Badejo is a petroleum engineering PhD student at Texas A&M University under the Texas A&M at Qatar Strategic Research Initiatives Program. He has a strong interest in reducing the environmental impact of the continued use of fossil fuels. His research focuses on flow assurance challenges of the CO2 value chain from the extraction point to the subsurface injectivity point with the integration of machine learning. Badejo has been actively involved with SPE since 2016 as a volunteer. He led the Heriot-Watt University PetroBowl team to the regional qualifiers in Zagreb, Croatia, and received the 2023 SPE Aberdeen Section Student Bursary Award. He also served as the 2018โ2019 SPE Programs Chairperson during his undergraduate studies and co-initiated the inaugural edition of The Industry Discourse, a student-led energy conference. He holds a masterโs degree in subsurface energy systems from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh and a bachelorโs degree in petroleum and gas engineering from the University of Lagos, Nigeria.
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Zhenzhen Wang is a lead simulation engineer and research scientist at Chevron Technical Center with 7 years of work experience. He has expertise in the areas of surrogate reservoir modeling, field development optimization, history matching, subsurface uncertainty assessment, pressure/rate transient analysis, and miscible flooding. Wang has published more than twenty papers and reviewed more than seventy manuscripts for various journals. He is the recipient of the Outstanding Technical Reviewer Award from SPE Journal and Reviewing Award from both Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering and Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. He holds a PhD from Texas A&M University, a masterโs degree from the Pennsylvania State University, and a bachelorโs degree (summa cum laude) from China University of PetroleumโBeijing, all in petroleum engineering.
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In this episode of Get To Know, 2023 SPE North America Regional Director Simeon Eburi discusses his various professional roles at Chevron, as well as his nearly 20-year history with SPE. SPE is looking for members to volunteer on committees that manage various programs and activities. Your knowledge, experience, and participation is needed to help ensure the success of these SPE programs. See the full list of opportunities. There are many local, global, and virtual opportunities that need volunteers.
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Organization of the PetroBowl Regional Qualifiers are planned collaboratively with SPE International and the Regional Directors who operate within each PetroBowl Super Region. Each "super-region" will select up to five teams to represent them at the PetroBowl Championship. In addition to the teams from each region, the first and second place Chapters from the previous year's Championship are also invited to defend their title. A total of 32 places are available for the Championship. Regional Qualifiers will be a mix of physical and virtual events depending on suitability for the region.
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The deadline for our highly sought-after SPE scholarships is fast approaching on 15 April 2024. Our scholarships are designed for passionate individuals pursuing degrees in fields that will shape the future of oil and gas and the energy industry. By applying for an SPE scholarship, you will have the opportunity to receive financial support and invaluable guidance from industry leaders.
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Robert Barba brings more than 4 decades of expertise in the petroleum industry, specializing as an openhole wireline engineer, petrophysicist, product development manager, and completion optimization advisor. His work emphasizes the integration of petrophysics with completion and reservoir engineering to enhance well recovery. With a wealth of knowledge in both conventional and shale reservoirs, Barba earned the 2018 SPE Southwest North America Regional Formation Evaluation Award. As an SPE Distinguished Lecturer (1995โ1996), he shared insights on optimizing completion designs through petrophysical and reservoir engineering inputs and was again nominated for the 2024โ2025 DL season. A recognized authority on refrac candidate selection and best practices, Barba developed techniques for evaluating well performance that have been used on over 5,000 wells. Recently, he focused on refrac reorientation and parent-child issues facing the unconventional sector, contributing significantly to the field's literature.