Chairperson's message for June 2010
Hello Fellow SPE Members,
WRM
Congratulations to all LASPE Western Regional Meeting (WRM) Committee Members for everyone’s hard work, time and efforts on making the 2010 WRM a success. Everyone on the Technical and Program side dedicated their personal time to help the LASPE Section to increase participation. Everyone was very pleased with all the planned activities that covered a wide range of scientific, technical and educational disciplines. LASPE also achieved its goal by networking and sharing information with other professional societies that are active in petroleum engineering or related areas. Involved societies included the Pacific Section American Association of Petroleum Geologists, and The Geological Society of America-Cordilleran Section.
I appreciate our member’s participation in the LASPE/PTTC short courses, field trips, technical sessions, student paper contest, SPE presidents and WRM luncheon. Special thanks to Jalal Torabzadeh and Scott Hara, our 2010 WRM Chair and Co-chair, for putting together the event. Thank you Iraj Ershaghi, your committee, and the speakers for your excellent Technical Program and special thanks to your tireless assistants, Julie Legat and Idania Takemoto. Thank you all Board and Committee Members, especially Brandy Fellers, for coordinating and volunteering in our SPE Booth. We are indebted to Jerry Anderson of the West Coast PTTC, AB Gorashi of the DOGGR, and the instructors for their wonderful workshops, which attracted almost 250 participants.
YP Activities
During our short course luncheon, section members participated in the YP Student Panel with Dr. Behrooz Fattahi 2010 SPE President and Sam Sarem, our WNAR Director. Our two speakers targeted young students and our Young Professional and provided feedback on YP experiences, industry training, internships, responsibility and challenge of work assigned, transfer opportunities, compensation, recruitment programs, etc.
On Wednesday, May 26, during the evening, The Young Professional group also put together a Dinner Cruise at Newport Beach Harbor for the Student Paper Contest Awards. The night included a relaxing and fun evening of sailing aboard the Tiki Boat. The dinners included a delicious Persian Cuisine and we also had our 2010 SPE President present to announce the winners of the Student Paper Contest.
Thank you Candra Janova, Katy Canan, and Aditya Varma for being active in our LA SPE Young Professional group and your participation at the WRM.
Scholarships
Jack Smith, Scholarship Chairperson, along with the Scholarship committee selected the final recipients, which are listed in our newsletter. We had a very impressive list of applicants with high GPAs and SPE involvement. We are very proud and Congratulation to all of our students.
Vanessa Perez
SPE Chairperson