A World of Opportunity for Petroleum Industry Professionals Delta Section

1. SPE A World of Opportunity for Petroleum Industry Professionals Delta Section Membership Ambassador Program

2. What is SPE? • A worldwide forum for the exchange of technology to meet the world’s energy needs both today and in the future. • The professional home for nearly 60,000 engineers, scientists and managers working in the oil and gas E&P industry worldwide.

3. What is SPE-Delta? • The award-winning?? Delta Section of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, based in New Orleans, has more than 800 members • SPE International and the Delta achieve the society’s mission through: • Meetings and exhibitions • Periodicals • Short courses • Books • Electronic publications and interactive learning

4. Components of a successful career • Complexity / Opportunity • Visibility / Recognition • Technical Knowledge • Bright Future • Opportunities to Make a Difference • Networking

5. How can SPE ensure your success? • Complexity and Opportunity • Solving problems • Working with others • Multiple avenues of input and outgo • Service on committees • Networking

6. How can SPE ensure your success? • Visibility and Recognition • Group environment • Respect of others • Awards • Performance • Leadership • Small-group settings • Contribution to programs / direction

7. How can SPE ensure your success? • Increasing Technical Knowledge • Journals, newsletters, and web sites • Meetings/conferences • Seminars/short courses • Technical interest groups • Online access to technical papers

8. How can SPE ensure your success? • Confidence in a Bright Future • Continued opportunities • Career-building experiences • Career management • Industry activity • Salary surveys (International, Gulf Coast) • Monitors status of industry abilities and potentials Salary according to country/region 2000

9. How can SPE ensure your success? • Opportunities to make a difference • Within SPE • At your company • Among peers • In schools and community • Among future engineers

10. How can SPE ensure your success? • Networking Opportunities • Committee service • Meetings / conferences • Social activities

11. Opportunities for upward mobility

12. Emerging Leaders Program • Less than 10 years permanent industry experience • Social, community service, professional and technical programs • Network with your peers who will be the leaders of tomorrow and influence the future of the SPE.

13. SPE-DELTA solutions to member needs • Technical programs • Continuing education • Career management • Web-based communications • Monthly newsletter

14. Technical programs • Recent SPE-DELTA technical programs • Using Petroleum Geochemistry to Solve Field Development and Production Problems • General Overview of Horizontal Activity in the Permian Basin and Stimulation of high angle laterals and horizontal wellbores. • ROVs in the 21st century • Flow Assurance for an Onshore “Subsea” Development – the Camisea Project • Promoting Real-Time Optimization of Hydrocarbon Producing Systems • Underbalanced Drilling and Managed Pressure Drilling Technologies

15. Current continuing education • Low-Cost Rod Pump Control - Free Lunch & Learn Presentation - 10/16 • Injection Water Management - Free UTWID 5.0 Workshop – 10/3 • Oil Patch Orientation – 11/5

16. Career Management • Networking • Web site • Personal skills training • Career development programs

17. General meetings Focus meetings Deepwater Symposium Continuing education Golf Tournament Happy Hour for New SPE Members and NEW DELTA Members SPE’s Networking calendar is full

18. International Networking and Technical events in New Orleans and United States • Deepwater Symposium – August, 2004 • Offshore Technology Conference – May 3-6, 2004 • Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition – September 26-29, 2004 • International Symposium and Exhibition on Formation Damage – Feb. 18-20, 2004 – Lafayette

19. Web-based communications

20. Web site features • Job Bank • Calendar of upcoming opportunities • Study group, committee pages • Chairman’s View article • Member control • Enhanced industry advertising • Convenient feedback and comments • News and Information • Board of Director's meeting Minutes

21. Service through SPE • Focus on Young Learners • Magic Suitcase • road show • New Orleans Earth Science Program • teacher training

22. Service through SPE • Focus on Secondary Schools • High School Recruiting Fairs bring • Petroleum • Engineering • colleges to New Orleans students • E Week - National Engineering Week • (Feb. 22-28, 2004)

23. Service through SPE • Focus on university programs • Scholarships exceed $5,000 annually • Support for university student chapters • Financial • Advisory

24. SPE Ensures Personal Success • Group Insurance Program • Term Life • Comprehensive Health • Excess Major Medical • Disability Income • In-Hospital • High-Limit Accident • Cancer Expense • Medicare Supplement

25. SPE Provides Business Tool Discounts • Verizon Wireless • Discount of 12% off the Monthly Access charge • Area codes 713, 281, 936, 409, 832 and 979 • Discounted business pricing on cellular phones and accessories • Some restrictions apply

26. Membership requirements • Membership (there’s no longer an associate level) • Employment in the petroleum industry • AND • BS degree or higher in engineering, basic or applied sciences OR. . . . .

27. Membership requirements • 4 yr. degree in field other than science or engineering OR • 2 yr. degree in field other than science or engineering OR • 6 years of active practice in support of engineering or in the application of science in the petroleum industry

28. Levels of Participation • Basic • Receive JPT, GCS Newsletter, access to web site • Add membership line on your resume • Extended • Conferences / study groups • Network • Increase skills • Participate in sporting tournaments

29. Levels of Participation • Deluxe • Actively volunteer in Society activities • Realize all of the benefits of previous plans plus • leadership building • recruiting opportunities • public speaking engagements • further opportunities to ‘make a difference’

30. Become a member today! • Download membership application at www.spe.org • Secure SPE member endorsement • Mail to SPE International in Richardson, TX • Take advantage of SPE membership opportunities

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