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Title: SPEPAST, PRESENT
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SPE-PAST, PRESENT FUTURE
- Presented to
- Arkansas SPE Section
- Fort Smith, Arkansas
- November, 2008
- By
- Dr. William M. Cobb
- President
- William M. Cobb Associates, Inc.
- and
- Worldwide SPE President 2008
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The World of SPE
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Membership
- More than 80,000 members worldwide
- SPEs membership represents
- 117 countries
- 169 sections
- 194 student chapters
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SPE Arkansas Section
- Formed in 2002 with 31 members
- 2007 membership 72
- Recent growth
- reflects activity in
- Fayetteville Shale
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SPE Arkansas SectionSix-Year Anniversary
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Legion of Honor
- Celebrating 50 years of consecutive membership in
SPE - 2008 Rex Martin
- 2009 Charles Jenkins
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THE PAST
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Founded for petroleum engineers
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Celebrating our History
- Founded for petroleum engineers
- United by a mission to share technical knowledge
- Guided by our worldwide membership
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SPE is Formed
- 1950s
- The Petroleum Branch of AIME became the Society
of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) of AIME - First SPE Board of Directors meeting was held 6
October 1957 - Membership was 12,500
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Service Excellence
- 1960s
- First issue of SPE Journal
- Distinguished Lecturer series
- Monograph series
- Reprint series
- Offshore Technology Conference
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Long Range Vision
- 1970s
- Membership doubled in this decade
- First Long Range Plan developed
- Would make SPE a true international society
- First SPE Forum held
- Foundation is started
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United by a mission to share technical knowledge
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Stable Growth
- 1980s
- 1985 SPE incorporated separately from AIME
- Growth in professional membership
- Industry suffered a downturn
- Roughly half of all jobs were lost
- SPE membership remained stable, between 48,000
and 52,000 members
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Diversity
- 1990s
- Section growth was increasing, SPE was becoming
more diverse - The largest number of new sections in the eastern
hemisphere (40) - Cultural Diversity Committee was formed
- First non-US and first woman presidents elected
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Disseminating Technical Knowledge
- Meetings and conferences 1.3 million attendees
- Papers 50,000
- Books 95 titles, 360,000 copies sold
- Periodicals 7 titles, 1,300 issues published
- eLibrary More than 4,000,000 downloads
- SPE.org unique visitors 150,000 in 2007, 65
increase since 2005
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THE PRESENT
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Meetings and Conferences
- More than 100 conferences, exhibitions, forums
and workshops planned for 2008 - Over the past 50 years there have been
- More than 3,000,000 attendees
- More than 45,000 technical papers
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Guided by our worldwide membership
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New Beginnings
- 2000s
- Highest growth in student members and student
chapters - Young Professionals, Energy Education
- New governing structure of technical directors
and disciplines - Launch of eLibrary
- More than 4,000,000 downloads to date
- All-time high membership more than 80,000
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Then and Now
- 1957 2008
- 12,500 80,000
- 31 169
- 3 117
- 4 100
- 3,500 200,000
- Membership
- Sections
- No. of Countries
- Meetings held
- Attendance
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Meetings
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Membership
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1997 Age Group
2007 Age Group
2002 Age Group
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THE FUTURE
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The Challenge Energy Demand
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Providing global access to technology
- Online technical resources- OnePetro multisociety
library - 100 meetings globally
- 2010 ATCE in Florence
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Serving the Industry
- Petroleum Resources Management System
- Carbon Capture and Sequestration
- Industry Advisory Council
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Serving our Diverse Member Needs
- Growing areas whose first language is not English
- Serving retired members
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Solving the Talent Shortage
- SPE Talent Council
- Scholarships
- Adjunct Faculty Clearinghouse
- Energy4me outreach
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Recent SPE Initiatives
- New bimonthly Russian newsletter
- Online EP Glossary in multiple languages
www.spe.org/glossary (Chinese, Russian,
Portuguese, Spanish) - Expert Alumni programme matches retired members
with companies needing assistance - Production and Operations Technical Section
launched - Chinese Professional Network to be launched
shortly - New regional SPEI scholarship, fellowship for
Middle East (30 total worldwide) - Energy education resources to be translated
- into additional languages book donations
- to school libraries
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- Essential Energy Education
Energy4me is SPEs global energy education
program with educational resources for students,
teachers, and the public.
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- Three Educational Initiatives
Energy4me.org
Educational Book
Energy4me Kit
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SPE YP Member Growth
- YPs make up 21 of SPE membership
- 54 local YP groups in sections worldwide
- US local YP groups
- Dallas Houston Lafayette
- New Orleans Alaska Denver
- Fort Worth Oklahoma City Permian Basin
- Vernal, UT
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Keys to Professional Development
- Seek mentoring
- Take charge of your career
- Learn how to write technical papers
- Move beyond your comfort zone
- Be a team player
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SPE Is Your Career Assistant
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Your Questions
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