Dear, Richard

The January 2002 issue of your SPE eUpdate includes:

WHAT'S NEW
* December winner announced in SPE's Share Our Strength contest
* Register for your unique SPE e-mail account
* Housing and registration information available for 2002 Offshore Technology Conference


RESCHEDULED MEETINGS
IADC/SPE Middle East Drilling Technology Conference and Exhibition


FIND THE TECHNOLOGY 
New technologies, case studies, best practices, and information exchange at:
* Fourth International Symposium on Oilfield Scale
* 2002 SPE/IADC Drilling Conference
* Sixth International Conference on Health, Safety, and Environment in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production
* 2002 SPE International Symposium and Exhibition on Formation Damage Control
* 2002 SPE Forum Series in Asia Pacific (I and II)

Find "use-it-now" technology at SPE Applied Technology Workshops:
* Gas Utilization and Disposal
* Production Enhancement 
* Off Well Site Decision Making
* Geomechanics Applications for Reservoir Exploitation
* Real-Time Wellbore Stability
* E-Business in the Petroleum Industry
* Field Management of Mature Reservoirs


AUTHOR OPPORTUNITIES
Want to author a paper for presentation at an SPE meeting? Here are upcoming opportunities.


SPE CALENDAR
A list of coming Society events.

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WHAT'S NEW

David Rice of the Dallas Section is the December 2001 quarterly winner in SPE's Share Our Strength membership recruitment campaign contest. SPE members become eligible for monthly drawings when they recruit qualified new SPE members. Learn more about the campaign at http://www.spe.org/membership/

SPE e-mail is perfect for professionals who are constantly on the go. Accessible from any Web browser, your private, secure, and commercial-free SPE e-mail account allows you to check your e-mail from any place at any time. To register, visit the MySPE! section of SPE.org at http://www.spe.org/spelogin2.fcc?TYPE=33554433&REALMOID=06-3bd08167-9c38-0058-0000-3f3a00003f3a&GUID=&SMAUTHREASON=0&TARGET=http://www.spe.org:81/spe/cda/views/siteminder/authenticate/0,1587,1648_2394,00.html

Reserve your hotel room now for the 2002 Offshore Technology Conference, 6-9 May at the new Reliant Center at Reliant Park in Houston. View the conference schedule and technical program, as well as information about Topical Luncheons, General Sessions, and the Exhibition. http://speonline.spe.org/htmlevents/2002otc/conference.html


RESCHEDULED MEETINGS
The IADC/SPE Middle East Drilling Technology Conference and Exhibition has been rescheduled for 9-11 March in Bahrain.


FIND THE TECHNOLOGY
The Fourth International Symposium on Oilfield Scale, 30-31 January, Aberdeen, offers focused technical presentations related to the research and application of mineral scale control. The two-day event covers case histories, challenging environments, scale inhibition challenges, emerging technologies, and the economics of scale management. Registration is available through 22 January. For more information and to register, visit http://www.spe.org/spe/cda/views/events/eventMaster/0,1470,1648_2194_22035,00.html.

Conference registration and housing forms for the 2002 IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, 26-28 February, Dallas, are available online. Also, see who'll be exhibiting and what technology will be discussed at
http://www.spe.org/spe/cda/views/events/eventMaster/0,1470,1648_2236_24789,00.html

"Partnership for a Sustainable Future" is the theme of the Sixth SPE International Conference on Health, Safety, and Environment in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production, 20-22 March, Kuala Lumpur. Planned are three plenary sessions, 14 panel sessions, 44 technical sessions, and one poster session. For more information and to register, visit http://www.spe.org/spe/cda/views/events/eventMaster/0,1470,1648_2236_24800,00.html

As the largest and most diversified conference related to preventing, diagnosing, and remediating formation damage, the 2002 SPE International Symposium and Exhibition on Formation Damage Control, 20-21 February, Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S.A., will offer sessions designed to bridge the tasks expected of reservoir, drilling, production, and geological professionals. Find out more at http://www.spe.org/spe/cda/views/events/eventMaster/0,1470,1648_2236_22089,00.html

SPE Forum Series in Asia Pacific (Nusa Dua, Indonesia)
Forum I, The Continuing Role of Well Testing, 12-17 May. http://www.spe.org/spe/cda/views/events/eventMaster/0,1470,1648_2194_24723,00.html
Forum II, Delivering the 40,000 ft ERD Well, 19-24 May
http://www.spe.org/spe/cda/views/events/eventMaster/0,1470,1648_2194_24889,00.html


Find "use-it-now" technology in your technical interests or specialties at any of the following SPE Applied Technology Workshops:
* Gas Utilization and Disposal, 7-10 April, Phuket, Thailand, aims to facilitate sharing experiences and recent technological advances for maximizing the efficiency with which "gas" can be exploited and reducing negative environmental and economic impacts.
http://www.spe.org/spe/cda/views/events/eventMaster/0,1470,1648_2194_24792,00.html
* Production Enhancement, 21-24 April, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, will focus on incrementally increasing production based upon case histories and working examples that include application of new and existing technology, automation-artificial intelligence, cost reduction, business partnerships, and statistical-analytical methods. http://www.spe.org/spe/cda/views/events/eventMaster/0,1470,1648_2194_286329,00.html
* Case studies will be the focus of Off Well Site Decision Making, 22-23 April, Austin, Texas, U.S.A. Issues to be explored include offsite optimization of drilling operations - what works and what doesn't; integration of drilling and G&G information; offsite monitoring and management of major rig equipment; offsite optimization of non-drilling operations, such as completions stimulation; offsite decision making as a way to leverage and share knowledge; and psychological and cultural issues involved in transferring part of rig decision making activity off site. http://www.spe.org/spe/cda/views/events/eventMaster/0,1470,1648_2236_270287,00.html
* Geomechanics Applications for Reservoir Exploitation, 28 April - 1 May, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, is targeted to develop and enhance the understanding of each professional's role in the overall management of geomechanics in today's operating environment.  http://www.spe.org/spe/cda/views/events/eventMaster/0,1470,1648_2194_286058,00.html
* Drilling, geological, petrophysical, and geomechanics engineers involved in petroleum well construction can benefit from Real Time Wellbore Stability, 20-21 May, Houston. Presenters will address limitations of current technology and future developments. http://www.spe.org/spe/cda/views/events/eventMaster/0,1470,1648_2236_270517,00.html
* E-Business in the Petroleum Industry, 2-5 June, Singapore, will focus in discussing the various applications of e-business for the industry, the implications in work processes and change management, obstacles and potential benefits for operators and service companies, current practices, developments, and future trends. http://www.spe.org/spe/cda/views/events/eventMaster/0,1470,1648_2194_315201,00.html
* Post plateau and decline period in a field's life cycle curve is the focus of the third workshop on Field Management of Mature Reservoirs, 4-7 June, Scheveningen, The Netherlands. Discussions include technical challenges, best practices, case histories, risk management, and people management. Deadline for receipt of applications is 15 March 2002. For the workshop brochure and/or to submit an application please visit http://www.spe.org/spe/cda/views/events/eventMaster/0,1470,1648_2194_341720,00.html


AUTHOR OPPORTUNITIES
Want to author a paper for presentation at an SPE meeting? Here are upcoming opportunities:

* "Value Creation Through Appropriate Technology: Transforming Opportunities into Realities" is the theme of the IADC/SPE Asia Pacific Drilling Technology Conference, 9-11 September, Jakarta, Indonesia.. To explore possible paper proposal categories or to submit a paper proposal, visit http://www.spe.org/spe/cda/views/events/eventMaster/0,1470,1648_2194_25144,00.html 
* "Technology for Tomorrow's Reservoirs" is the theme for 2002 Europec, 23-25 October, Aberdeen. Areas of interest sought include deep water, individual technologies, subsea, construction, economic value of data, production optimization, risk management, well/reservoir modeling, and increasing recovery factors. View guidelines and the submission form at http://www.spe.org/spe/cda/views/events/eventMaster/0,1470,1648_2194_108046,00.html.
* "Creative Solutions for Maturing Basins and New Frontiers" is the theme of the SPE Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition, 8-10 October, Melbourne, Australia. Seeking paper proposals on gas technology, business uncertainty and risk, well construction, knowledge management, EOR, facilities optimization, management of maturing fields, reservoir characterization, case studies and other categories.  To see all of the categories and submit a paper proposal, visit http://www.spe.org/spe/cda/views/events/eventMaster/0,1470,1648_2194_25172,00.html. 

Are you an expert in your field? SPE's technical journals, the "Definitive Technical Series," seek technical editors to contribute their expertise to SPE Journal, SPE Drilling & Completion, SPE Production & Facilities, or SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering. Apply online at http://www.spe.org/spe/cda/views/shared/viewHtmlMaster/0,1565,1648_2312_8866,00.html


SPE CALENDAR
For a list of upcoming Society events, visit http://www.spe.org/spe/cda/views/events/channelMaster/0,1468,1648_2194,00.html


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