A World of Opportunity

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A World of Opportunity
Society of Petroleum Engineers
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A Brief History of SPE
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SPE Has Grown with the Industry

• 1871 American Institute of Mining Engineers
  (AIME) forms in Pennsylvania USA
• 1913 AIME creates oil and gas committee
• 1957 Officially founded as SPE
• 1985 SPE incorporates separately
• 2007 SPE celebrates 50-year anniversary
• 2008 SPE surpasses 88,000 members worldwide

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SPE Mission

• To collect, disseminate, and exchange technical
  knowledge
• and to provide opportunities for professionals
  to enhance their technical and professional
  competence.

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SPE TodayGlobal, Diverse Membership

• 88,000 members in 118 countries
• 169 member sections
• 197 student chapters

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Diverse Job Focus

• ? Engineer
• ? Executive/Manager
• ? Consultant
• ? Geologist or Geophysicist
• ? Other
• ? Educator
• ? Superintendent or Foreman

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Diverse Technical Disciplines

• ? Reservoir Description and Dynamics
• ? Drilling and Completions
• ? Production and Operations
• ? Management and Information
• ? Projects, Facilities, and Construction
• ? Health, Safety, Security, Environment, and
  Social Responsibility

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Diverse Company Categories

• ? Independent Oil and Gas Co./Major Integrated
  Oil/National Oil Co.
• ? Service/Manufacturing
• ? Consultant
• ? Other
• ? Academia
• ? Government Agency

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Member Benefits

• Tangible
• Journal of Petroleum Technology (monthly)
• Membership in Technical Interest Groups,
• technical sections, geographic sections
• Discounts on technical papers, books,
• periodicals
• Online resources www.spe.org
• Discounts on conferences, forums,
• workshops
• Visiting lectures by distinguished experts
• Intangible
• Leadership opportunities
• Networking
• Add professional standing to your resume
• Give back to the industry by sharing knowledge

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SPE Online Resourceswww.spe.org

• Search and download
• SPE technical papers
• Join Technical Interest Groups
• Access professional networks
• Connect through eMentoring program
• Read peer-reviewed technical journals online

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SPE Technical Papers

• 50,000 SPE technical papers
• 1,700 new papers added annually
• Historical papers back to 1884
• 1 million downloads per year
• 125 papers downloaded per hour

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SPE Events

• 100 conferences, forums and workshops each year
  globally
• Collaborate with other industry organizations
• EAGE/SPE Europec
• SPE/IADC Drilling Conference
• International Petroleum Technology Conference-
  SPE, AAPG, SEG, EAGE
• Joint workshops with other societies

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Preparing the Next Generation
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No. of Young Members Increases 2008 Average Age
of Members 46
of members
SPE member age groups
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Projection to 2010 of Industry Demographics
Knowledge Gap
Coming in
Going out
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Who Are Young Professionals?

• Under age 35
• Less than 10 years of industry experience
• Industrys next generation of leaders

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Benefits of SPEs Young Professionals Programs

• Provides opportunities to enhance technical and
  professional competence, including soft skills
• Helps companies get highest returns on their
  human resources

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SPE Young Professionals Programs

• The Way Ahead Magazine in print and online
• Young Professionals Awards
• Young Professionals Workshops
• Global Young Professionals
• Coordinating Committee
• Ambassador Lecturer Program
• to universities
• Online Young Professionals Network
• Local Young Professionals activities
• in SPE Sections
• eMentoring

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SPE Student Member Growth

• 2007 22,400 student members at university
  chapters in 52 countries
• Chevron sponsors student membership fees

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SPE Accelerates Transition for University Students

• Development Opportunities
• Regional Student Paper Contests develop paper
  writing and presentation skills
• Ambassador Lecturer Program - young professionals
  visit student chapters to talk about career
  experiences
• Special student activities tutoring, field
  trips, events
• Networking - interact with practicing
  professionals
• Technology resources local section meetings,
  SPE online resources
• eMentoring and online technical groups connect
  to professionals globally to get answers to
  technical and career questions

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SPE Petroleum Professional Certification

• SPE Professional Certification offered in Middle
  East, Asia Pacific, United States and other
  regions that express interest
• Four-step evaluation process
• - Education
• - Examination
• - Experience
• - Ethics

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SPE Requirements for CertificationCertification
is a voluntary add-on and not automatic with SPE
membership

• SPE member in good standing
• Undergraduate degree - engineering, science or
  technology (accredited university)
• 4-years hands-on engineering experience
• Complete comprehensive exam
• Accept SPEs Guide to Professional Conduct
• Participate in 16 hours continuing education
  annually

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Accurate global energy information from a
trusted resourceSPE .
SPE reaches pre-college students
Key Audiences Educators Students
Industry Professionals

• Energy4me SPEs Global Energy Education Outreach
  
• Provide K-12 teachers with hands-on energy
  lessons and activities that meet state/national
  science standards, and offer teacher training
  workshops at SPE conferences
• Enlarge the pipeline of students with interest
  and preparation to pursue science, technology and
  engineering careers in the energy field
• Engage our 88,000 members worldwide in serving
  as classroom speakers, student mentors, science
  fair judges
• Present balanced information on all energy
  sources to the public
• through www.energy4me.org

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Expanded distribution and translations available
in 2009.
2009 Program Global Expansion

• Oil and Natural Gas - Educational Book
• Expand distribution to 53,000 secondary schools
  internationally, including areas outside of oil
  and gas producing regions
• Translate into 5 languages
• - Arabic - Chinese - French -
  Russian - Spanish

• Energy4me Kit
• Translate into 5 languages
• - Arabic - Chinese - French -
  Russian - Spanish
• Make materials easily accessible to download
  online at energy4me.org

• Energy4me.org
• Create the premier global platform for energy
  information and multidisciplinary career
  resources
• Present in additional languages, beginning with
  Spanish
• Update and expand video library

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Keys to SPEs Success

• Respected resource for technical knowledge
• Diverse, global membership
• Member-driven
• Lifelong opportunities for career development
• Neutral, non-competitive and non-commercial
  exchange