SPEGCS Regional Director Report

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SPE-GCS Regional Director Report

• Friday, August 22, 2008
• SPE-GCS Kickoff

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SPEI Honors and Awards 2008 Gulf Coast Region
Winners

• Honorary Member
• Kenneth E. Arnold, K Arnold Consulting, Houston,
  Texas USA
• Elmond L. Claridge, TCA Reservoir Energy Services
  (retired), Pearland, Texas USA
• Lester C. Uren Award
• Rodolfo Camacho Velazquez, PEMEX, Mexico City,
  Mexico
• Distinguished Member
• Lewis B. Ledlow, ConocoPhillips, Houston, Texas
  USA
• Daulat D. Mamora, Texas AM, College Station,
  Texas USA

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SPEI Honors and Awards 2008 Gulf Coast Region
Winners

• Drilling and Completion Award
• Phillip D. Pattillo, BP, Houston, Texas USA
• Norman R. Warpinski, Pinnacle, Houston, Texas
  USA, (previously approved as the recipient of the
  2008 Drilling and Completion Award.)
• Health, Safety, and Environment Award
• John A. Hall, Halliburton, Houston, Texas USA
• Management and Information Award
• J. Roger Hite, Business Fundamentals Group,
  Houston, Texas USA
• Production and Operations Award
• A. Dan Hill, Texas AM, College Station, Texas USA

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New Awards in 2009 at International and Regional
levels

• 1) Establishment of a new Completions
  Optimization Technology Award at the
  international level and (2) Establishment of a
  Completions Optimization Technology Award and a
  Formation Evaluation Award at the regional level
  to align the regional awards with the
  international awards

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More Regional Service Awards for Larger Sections

• New from Board Committee on Membership
• The Board Committee on Membership recommends
  revising the number of Regional Service Awards to
  accommodate regions of all sizes. The number of
  Regional Service Awards will vary depending on
  the total number of members in the region.
• Region Membership up to 2,999 3 awards
• Region Membership 3,000 to 4,999 4 awards
• Region Membership 5,000 or more 5 awards

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SPEI Honors and Awards - 2009

• Deadline is February 15, 2009
• Forms are online http//www.spe.org/spe-app/spe/
  about/honors/index.htm
• SPE-GCS Past Chair heads up GCS nominating
  committee
• Any SPE member can nominate another SPE members
  for awards at the Regional and International Level

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SPE-GCS Representation on SPEI Board

• Current
• Gulf Coast Region Director Susan Howes (chairs
  Board Committee on Membership)
• Technical Director, Production and Operations
  James Pappas (chairs Board Committee on Technical
  Programs and Meetings)
• Incoming, September 2008
• Technical Director, Health, Safety, Security,
  Environment, and Social Responsibility
• Tom Knode
• Vice President Finance Ken Arnold(to complete
  term of Behrooz Fattahi)

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SPE Membership Workshop at ATCE, Sunday
1130-330

• Membership Development Awards Section Contest
  Results (10 minutes)
• Successful Membership Development Programs and
  Best Practices
• (90 minutes) - Presentations of specific best
  practices from the seven sections
• selected to receive the 2007-2008 President's
  Award for Section Excellence,
• Preceded by presentations from the Most
  Improved Section and section with the
• Most Innovative New Program
• Shekou (China ) Section (Most Improved
  Section) San Joaquin Valley Section
• Moscow Section (Most Innovative New
  Program) Permian Basin Section
• Ohio Petroleum Section Saudi Arabia Section
• Alaska Section Denver Section
• Java Indonesia Section
• LUNCH

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SPE Membership Workshop at ATCE, Sunday
1130-330

• Roundtable Discussion (75 minutes)
• Divide into groups of five or more and reassemble
  at tables discussing one
• of the following suggested topics and volunteers
  from each table to report
• on recommendations of the group
• Section Operations/Finances/Officer Succession-
  how can we increase volunteer involvement or
  start making bulk membership dues payments, etc.
• Technical Workshops/Short Courses- how to
  organize, what work is involved and what
  resources are needed including volunteers, etc.
• Joint meetings- how can or should sections
  interact with other groups with similar missions
  and how do you make the initial contact?
• Young professionals (YPs)- how can section
  leaders keep YPs motivated and interested in
  section activities?
• SPE Presidents Award for Section Excellence- how
  is this award determined, why should sections
  apply, how reports are scored and why it is not
  as difficult to achieve as it may seem!

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SPEI Charitable Contributions

• SPEI is often called upon to make donations in
  areas of the world in which we do business in
  times of natural disaster. Making a contribution
  is integral to SPEs role of social
  responsibility, its part of building strong
  regional business relationships, and it generates
  good will.
• A protocol will be established to address
  requests.
• Monetary
• Volunteerism
• Legality
• Review

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SPE.org Update 

• Online SPE services directory offers staff
  contact information
• A new searchable SPE Services Directory is now
  available, providing a short description of SPE
  projects and programs, as well as contact
  information. Nearly 120 items are already listed.
  Your member log-in is required to access the
  directory.
• For more information Liz McDonald,
  lmcdonald_at_spe.org or 1.972.952.1133

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SPE. Org Update 

•  Multilanguage glossary attracts users
• The new multilanguage SPE EP Glossary has had
  over 2,900 visits since it was launched in late
  June. Several pages have been added or edited by
  members in each of the target languages. This
  online resource for explaining upstream terms
  allows SPE members to contribute oil and gas
  terms and definitions in English and, initially,
  Chinese, Russian, Spanish, and Portuguese. Anyone
  can use the glossary for reference.
•   For more information Georgeann Bilich,
  gbilich_at_spe.org or 1.972.952.9444