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 7, 2012—Let's Not Write Off Traditional Energy - How Unconventional Resources & Innovation Can Create a New Energy Future
C. Michael Ming, Oklahoma Secretary of Energy ( Distinguished Lecturer). Download or view Oklahoma’s comprehensive energy plan at: www.ok.gov/governor/documents/Governor%20Fallin's%20Energy%20
Plan%20-%20Jan%202012.pdf

February 16, 2012—Carbon Capture and CO2 EOR Storage
Dwight Rychel, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council (PTTC) representing the Permian Basin CCUS Center

January 26, 2012—Estimating Reserves in Unconventional Gas Reservoirs
Dr. John Lee, The University of Houston

January 12, 2012—Releasing Shale-Gas Potential with Fractured Horizontal Wells
Erdal Ozkan, Colorado School of Mines

December 9, 2011—Compression—The Undervalued Key
Larry Harms, ConocoPhillips

November 17, 2011—Evaluation of Reservoir Quality in Gas Shales
Chandra Rai, The University of Oklahoma

October 6, 2011—What TU Petroleum Engineering Does and How it Benefits the Industry
Dr. Cem Sarica, The University of Tulsa

May 25, 2011—Interference between infill and offset wells in the Woodford Shale
Mohan Kelkar, The University of Tulsa

May 12, 2011—Ethical Lessons from 2010 Engineering Scandals
Jennifer L. Keefe, Patton Boggs, LLP

April 7, 2011—2011 Drilling Forecast and its Impact on the Oilfield Equipment and Service Market
Richard Spears, Spear & Associates

March 24, 2011—Multilateral Selection Process and New Technology for Multistage Fracturing with Multilaterals
Gary Gill, Schlumberger

February 24, 2011—Horizontal Drilling of Deep Granite Wash Reservoirs in the Anadarko Basin of Oklahoma and Texas
John Mitchell, SM Energy

January 11, 2011—EOR—The Time is Now: Its Contribution to World Oil Supply
Paul Bondor, BonTech

December 9, 2010—Unconventional Frac Jobs for Unconventional Reservoirs — What Should You Be Concerned About?
Jennifer Miskimins, Colorado School of MInes

October 21, 2010—Good Fracturing Practices and Multi-Stage Fracturing System Solutions
Dan Themig, Packers Plus Energy Services

October 7, 2010—A Better Way to Forecast Production in Unconventional Gas Reservoirs
John Lee, Texas A&M University

September 23 , 2010—Oil and Gas Project Financing—Think Small
Allen Shook, BlueRock Energy Capital

September 15 , 2010—High End Coiled Tubing Evolution—The Last and Next Ten Years
Lance Portman, BJ Services Company —|- Distinguished Lecturer -|—

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

April 2 , 2009—Well Performance Analysis—Low to Ultra-Low Permeability Reservoirs
Tom Blasingame, Texas A&M University

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	2010 –- Earl Logan

Mid-Continent Section SPE Young Professionals

Presentation to Young Professionals - February 23, 2011

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 Lauren Silverman.

Mid-Continent Section Scholarships

Scholarship Administration Guidance Document

2012-2013 School year Scholarship Applications:

Non-Member Non-Freshman

Member Non-Freshman

Non-Member Freshman

Member Freshman

College Selection Form

Appraisal Form

The Gus Archie Memorial Scholarship is awarded to the most outstanding student who has not previously attended university. The submission process is all electronic and to apply students should visit this page www.spe.org/scholarships/archie.php. The deadline for completed submissions is 30 April.

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 in the Banquet Room on the 30th floor of the Summit Club** 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 your reservation by Tuesday Noon. Luncheon cost is $25.00.

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

May 24, 2012
Speaker: John Redmond, Bluestone Natural Resources & Roy Aneed, Natural Gas Partners
Topic: “ Start-up Energy Financing 101"
http://spemc052412.eventbrite.com

To access all current SPE Mid-Continent events, click HERE.

CONTINUING EDUCATION

SPECIAL EVENTS

*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

**Summit Club | Bank of America Center, 15 West Sixth Street (NE corner of 6th & Boulder) | Tulsa, OK 74119 | 918.582.5243 | Parking details are available at this link www.summittulsa.com/location.cfm

Office	Name/Email	Phone	Fax
Chairman	Jonathan Bush, Sheridan Production	918-592-7392	918-592-7494
Vice Chairman Programs	Molly Boyd, Samson	918-591-1892
Secretary	Michael Whitten, Thru Bit	918-260-0583	918-459-4594
Treasurer	Rita Behm, Cimarex	918-560-7151
Directors	Betty Felber, Consultant	918-403-9199
	Steve Tipton , Newfield	918-732-1714	918-560-0141
	Tom McCoy, Cimarex	918-585-1100	918-392-2862
	Phil Schenewerk , Apache Corporation	918-491-4809	918-491-4877
	Dwight Rychel, Consultant	918-492-6964
Past Chairman	Earl Logan, Cimarex	918-560-7142	918-587-3965
Regional Director	Mohan Kelkar, The University of Tulsa	918-631-3036
Chairman	Earl Logan, Cimarex	918-560-7142	918-587-3965

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Office	Name/Email	Phone	Fax
Newsletter Editor	Betty Felber	918-403-9199
Assistant Editor	Kristi Lovendahl
Newsletter Advertising	Mike Stockard, Baker Hughes	918-712-5603	918-713-3257
Internet Coordinator	Dwight Rychel, Consultant	918-492-6964
Webmaster	Kristi Lovendahl	918-366-8986
Continuing Education	Mohan Kelkar, The University of Tulsa	918-631-3036
Awards	Mark Bozich, Frac Tech	918-899-0706
Scholarships	Steve Tipton, Newfield	918-732-1714	918-560-0141
Memberships	Mark Bozich, Frac Tech	918-899-0706
Nominations	Earl Logan, Cimarex	918-560-7142	918-587-3965
IOR Symposium	Phil Schenewerk , Apache Corporation	918-491-4809	918-491-4877
Young Professionals	Lauren Silverman, Baker Hughes	918-232-5269
Golf Tournament	Nathan Nitchals, Baker Hughes	918-259-6850
Sporting Clays Tournament	Mark Carr, Kaiser Francis	918-491-4369	918-491-4691