Welcome to the Mid-Continent Section of SPE

Welcome to the Mid-Continent Section

The Mid-Continent Section of SPE was founded on December 28, 1917. It predated, by two years, the establishment of the American Petroleum Institute (API). Today, the Mid-Continent Section has over 700 members located in Tulsa, Oklahoma USA and surrounding area. Our diverse membership comes from a mix of medium and small businesses including major oil & gas companies, independent producers, drilling contractors, well services, equipment suppliers, gas transmission, universities, government agencies, and consultants.

The Mid-Continent Section maintains a tradition as one of the most active of more than 140 SPE sections in the world. One of its more unique activities is an annual series of 18 twice monthly luncheons with guest speakers, started in 1965, and continued through the present for over 40 years.

Another unique activity is the origination and sponsorship of the biennial SPE/DOE Improved Oil Recovery (IOR) Symposium. The IOR started in 1969 as the Oil Recovery Symposium, later known as the Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Symposium. Since 1980, the meetings have been jointly sponsored with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The IOR Symposium attracts hundreds of members and exhibitors to the Plenary Session, Technical Sessions, Short Courses, and Exhibition. We are very proud of the professional organization and great volunteer effort of our IOR Committee.

Technology is our main interest, but Mid-Continent SPE members enjoy annual sporting events, too. Our Fall Roundup Scramble at Meadow Brook draws hundreds of golfers. Our Sporting Clays Tournament also is popular with the members.

We sponsor Continuing Education short courses, typically 4 per year.

If you are a member of SPE International and work or reside in the Mid-Continent region, then you are automatically a member of the Mid-Continent Section. For many of our members, Section activities greatly enhance the value of SPE membership. This is reflected in the tremendous energy of the Mid-Continent Section—which is 100% voluntary and dedicated to the enrichment of practicing petroleum professionals.
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Mid-Continent Section Luncheon Presentations

May 27 , 2010—Maximizing Value in the Woodford Shale
Valerie Mitchell, Newfield

April 15, 2010—Stopping Oilfield Lightning Damage - Presentation Photos
Tom Brinner, PM&D Engineering

March 11, 2010—Haynesville Shale Reservoir Evaluation for Optimized Drilling and Stimulation
Dan Buller, Halliburton

February 11, 2010—Horizontal Wells: What We Know and What We Will Never Know
Dr. Sada Joshi, Joshi Technologies International, Inc.

February 25, 2010—What Makes a Good Gas Shale?
Rick Lewis, Schlumberger

January 14, 2010—Commodity Hedging
Dan Schooley, Laredo

December 3, 2009—Accurate and Reliable Rod Connections
Gary Oliff, Key Energy Services, Inc.

November 2, 2009—How to Stabilize and Strengthen the Wellbore during Drilling Operations
Dr. Fred Growcock, MI Swaco

October 22, 2009—Wellbore Isolation Solutions using Inflatable Packers
Dan Chambers, Weatherford

October 1, 2009—Why Coiled Tubing Fails and How to Avoid Failures in Your Well
Steve M. Tipton, The University of Tulsa

September 16, 2009—Effects Of Complex Reservoir Geometries And Completion Practices On Production Analysis In Tight Gas Reservoirs
Stewart A. Cox, Marathon Oil

September 10, 2009—Field Experiences with Assisted and Automatic History Matching Using Streamlines
Akhil Datta-Gupta, Texas A&M University

April 16 , 2009—HOOK Hanger Casing Fracturing System
Kent Evans, Baker Inteq

February 5 , 2009—Professional Ethics
Ron Hinn, Occidental Petroleum Corporation

December 4 , 2008—Non-Intervention Surface Well Testing
Nathan Waldman, Data Retrieval Corp

November 6 , 2008—Gas Well Deliquification—Identification of Loading and Selecting the right type of Artificial Lift Method **NOTE** This is a very large file (27MB)
T. Scott Campbell, Weatherford

October 2 , 2008—Horizontal Production Logging
Abraham Vereide, Schlumberger

September 18 , 2008—Overview, Environmental Restoration, & Education (Joint Meeting with SPEE)
Mindy Stitt, OERB

May 15 , 2008—Pre-frac Reservoir Characterization from Perforation Infow Diagnostic (PID) Testing: Measure Twice, Frac Once
Robert Hawkes
BJ Services Company

April 24 , 2008—Log Normalization and Categorization Helps with Pay Identification
Chris A. Talley
Halliburton Energy Services

March 27 , 2008—Microseismic Fracture Mapping: Woodford Shale vs Barnett Shale
Mike Mayerhofer
Pinnacle Technologies

March 13 , 2008—Multi-Stage Plunger
John Hoday
Production Control Services

February 14 , 2008—Big Crew Change-Integrating New People Into the Industry
Ford Brett
OGCI Petro Skills

January 17 , 2008—A Historical Perspective of Hydraulic Fracturing
Ralph W. Veatch, Jr.
SEI

December 6 , 2007—Unconventional Gas Plays SPEE
Steve Drake
Marsh Operating Company

November 29 , 2007—Insights into SEC Guidelines
Tom Tella
Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc.

Mid-Continent Section Past Chairpersons

1918 –- A. F. Heggem	1949 –- H. M. Cooley	1980 –- E. D. McCabe
1919 –- J. J. Rutledge	1950 –- R. H. Smith	1981 –- J. K. Hamby
1920 –- M. J. Munn	1951 –- J. N. McGirl	1982 –- R. P. Murray
1921 –- M. M. Valerius	1952 –- J. H. Beesley	1983 –- W. C. Tighe
1922 –- H. B. Goodrich	1953 –- G. C. MacDonald	1984 –- S. S. Mabry, Jr.
1923 –- W. R. Hamilton	1954 –- M. B. Penn	1985 –- W. G. Robertson
1924 –- J. O. Lewis	1955 –- R. H. Gwinner	1986 –- D. C. Anderson
1925 –- J. M Lovejoy	1956 –- G. F. Williams	1987 –- R. E. McCluskey, Jr
1926 –- F. A. Herald	1957 –- D. R. Johnson	1988 –- R. W. Veatch, Jr.
1927 –- A. W. Ambrose	1958 –- J. E. Eckel	1989 –- R. J. Keeling
1928 –- C. V. Millikan	1959 –- W. E. Stiles	1990 –- K. D. Oglesby
1929 –- L.G.E. Bignell	1960 –- V. J. Berry, Jr.	1991 –- H. M. Kershner
1930 –- H. H. Power	1961 –- H. A. Nedom	1992 –- A. S. Jones
1931 –- H. E. Wright	1962 –- W. E. Swearingen	1993 –- S. D. Voskuhl
1932 –- C. B. Mapes	1963 –- G. C. Howard	1994 –- S. R. Bergin
1933 –- H. H. Wright	1964 –- R. B. Benway	1995 –- W. C. Southmayd
1934 –- L. L. Foley	1965 –- W. B. Bleakley	1996 –- W. J. Winters
1935 –- L. A. Ogden	1966 –- J. P. Moran	1997 –- G. A. Johnson
1936 –- C. C. Robbins	1967 –- F. F. Craig, Jr.	1998 –- S. A. Faurot
1937 –- C. H. Keplinger	1968 –- P. C. Jennings	1999 –- A. E. Smith, Jr.
1938 –- K. A. Covell	1969 –- G. W. Hoffman, Jr.	2000 –- K. J. Wickham
1939 –- A. W. Walker	1970 –- J. Wanenmacher, Jr.	2001 –- J. McGehee
1940 –- P. E. Fitzgerald	1971 –- W. R. Nation	2002 –- D. K. Duvall
1941 –- H. F. Beardmore	1972 –- E. D. Davidson	2003 –- M. Griffin
1942 –- J. A. McCutchin	1973 –- J. P. Johnson	2004 –- Tom McCoy
1943 –- R. G. Hamilton	1974 –- J. L. Clifton	2005 –- Scott Lugibihl
1944 –- S. W. Wilcox	1975 –- - D. E. Godsey	2006 –- Ken Davis
1945 –- L. E. Elkins	1976 –- A. D. McCall	2007 –- Philip Johnson
1946 –- R.C. Earlougher	1977 –- G. W. Russell	2008 –- Buckley Walsh
1947 –- P. P. Manion, Jr.	1978 –- C. E. Seery, Jr.	2009 –- Erik Block
1948 –- J. P. Hammond	1979 –- W. J. Burris

Mid-Continent Section Executive Committee

Office	Name/Email	Phone	Fax
Chairman	Earl Logan, Cimarex	560-7142	587-3965
Vice Chairman Programs	Jonathan Bush, Sheridan Production	592-7392	592-7494
Secretary	Molly Boyd, Samson
Treasurer	Nathan Buchanan, St. Mary Land & Exploration	488-7631	488-7601
Directors	Betty Felber, Consultant	403-9199
	Steve Tipton , Newfield	732-1714	560-0141
	Tom McCoy, Cimarex	585-1100	392-2862
	Phil Schenewerk , Apache Corporation	491-4809	491-4877
	Dwight Rychel, Consultant	492-6964
Past Chairman	Erik Block, Samson	591-1531	591-7531
Regional Director	Roy Knapp, U. of OK	405-325-6829	405-325-7477
Past Regional Director	Michael Wiggins, William M. Cobb & Assc	972-385-0354	972-788-5165

Mid-Continent Section SPE Young Professionals

The Young Professionals were formed in September of 2006. This sub-section of SPE was created to offer opportunities for SPE members age 35 or below or with less than 10 years of experience in the Tulsa area oil and gas industry. This organization provides pathways for networking, career and professional development, technical education, leadership, and community involvement through outreach to elementary and high schools.

Since its formation, the YP group has held several networking socials at various establishments in Tulsa. These socials are now held regularly at 5:30pm on the 3rd Tuesday of every month. Attendees encompass all areas of the local industry – TU chapter students, service companies, and operators. At the end of March, the YP’s organized SPE’s involvement in the annual Engineering Challenge held at Tulsa Technology Center, Riverside campus. We had the opportunity to show middle and high school students the interesting aspects and benefits of pursuing an education and career in the oil and gas industry through SPE handouts, informational CDs, a casing fishing activity, and various drilling-related items for display.

We look forward to continued growth of this newly formed group and are excited about the opportunities it holds for young professionals in Tulsa’s oil and gas industry. If you are a young professional and would like to be included in our event announcements, please e-mail Julie Seibel, jdewitt@newfield.com.

Mid-Continent Section Continuing Education

The Mid-Continent Section Continuing Education Committee is committed to providing continuing educational opportunities for the membership.

Our goal is to support and augment professional and career development through:

Hosting four to five educational short courses per calendar year covering both technical and business issues.
Developing new courses of interest to all disciplines.
Working together with a wide variety of education outlets including long distance learning, computer-based training, local and regional universities, and other professional societies.

Check the calendar for scheduled short courses.

Mid-Continent Section Committee Chairpersons

Office	Name/Email	Phone	Fax
Newsletter Editor	Betty Felber	403-9199
Assistant Editor	Kristi Lovendahl	366-8986
Newsletter Advertising	Mike Stockard, BJ Services	622-1853	622-3920
Internet Coordinator	VACANT
Webmaster	Kristi Lovendahl	366-8986
Public Affairs (Publicity)	David Kvach, Guardian Energy	599-9327	599-9328
Continuing Education	Mohan Kelkar, The University of Tulsa	631-3036
Awards	Mark Bozich, Frac Tech	899-0706
Student Development	VACANT
Scholarships	Steve Tipton, Newfield	732-1714	560-0141
Memberships	Mark Bozich, Frac Tech	899-0706
Nominations	Erik Block, Samson	591-1531	591-7531
IOR Symposium	Phil Schenewerk , Apache Corporation	491-4809	491-4877
Young Professionals	VACANT
Golf Tournament	Kyle Randolph, Hughes Christensen	259-2036	259-2046
Sporting Clays Tournament	Mark Carr, Kaiser Francis	491-4369	491-4691

Mid-Continent Section History

An Indian Territory driller, looking for saltwater water, accidentally discovered oil in 1859. This is the first known oil well drilled in Oklahoma.
The American Institute of Mining Engineers, AIME, was founded in 1871.
The Nellie Johnstone No. 1, discovered in 1897, started the boom.
AIME officially recognized the need for an oil and gas committee in 1913.
The University of Pittsburg conferred the first formal degree in Petroleum Engineering in 1913.
In 1915, AIME started the Mid-Continent Section of AIME with the primary focus on Petroleum Engineering
The vision and hard work of Lucas, Bell, Arnold and DeGolyer result in the expansion of the O&G committee to the Petroleum Divisions of AIME in 1921.
In 1924, Doherty's paper proposes the unitized operation of oil reservoirs be made legally mandatory to conserve petroleum.
AIME publishes a Transactions volume in 1925.
The year 1930 marked the East Texas oilfield discovered.
In 1938, AIME assigns Naramore of the Institute staff in New York to oversee affairs of the Petroleum Division.
In 1946, AIME established the Petroleum Division office in Dallas.

Mid-Continent Section Calendar of Events

SPE Mid-Continent luncheon meetings are held at the Petroleum Club, 15th Floor from 11:20-1:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted. To register and pay by credit card, go to the corresponding link for a luncheon, for reservations to pay at the meeting by cash or check, e-mail or call Daena, 918-582-0963 ext. 10 by Tuesday noon. Luncheon cost is $25.00.

Ask How You Can Sponsor A Luncheon — Contact Mike Stockard at mstockard@bjservices.com

NOTE:

*Effective September 1, 2009, the luncheon price will increase to $25 per person.

*The Section is now accepting credit card payment for online luncheon registrations. Payment by credit card is for advanced registrations ONLY, no credit cards will be accepted at the meeting. Credit card sales will stop one hour prior to the meeting

SPE Luncheon Meetings

Special Events

— August 23, 2010 —

SPE Fall Round-Up Golf Tournament

SPE Fall Round-Up Golf Tournament Sponsorships Available

SPE Continuing Education

7/7-8 PTTC Workshop
Reserves Estimation in Unconventional Reservoirs – Tulsa, OK.
Contact: 918-631-3036

SPE Young Professionals

For additional details on YP events, please contact Julie Seibel, jdewitt@newfield.com

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