Past Meetings

2021-2022 Meetings

When

Venue

Speaker

Title

Details
14 September 2021
(Tuesday, 11AM Pacific)		 Zoom Birol Dindoruk
University of Houston		 Reservoir Fluid Properties (PVT) and Phase Equilibria: What Fluid Data You Need & How
22 October 2021
(Friday, 11AM Pacific)		 Zoom Reynaldo Gomez
Nvidia

Special Talk: Data Science in the Energy Industry
(SPE GGS DSEA Event Kick-off)
9 November 2021
(Tuesday, 11AM Pacific)		 Zoom Mark Bentley
TRACS International & Heriot-Watt University
SPE Distinguished Lecturer		 How To Design A Good Reservoir Model
2 December 2021
(Thursday, 11AM Pacific)		 Zoom Andrei Popa
Chevron		 A Data-Driven Assessment of Production Impact during Un-planned Facility System Events
26 January 2022
(Wednesday, 11AM Pacific)		 Zoom Jessica Iriarte
Vroom
SPE Distinguished Lecturer		 Data Science Applications to Time-Series Data A Hydraulic Fracturing Case Study
14 February 2022
(Monday, 11AM Pacific)		 Zoom Tom Bradley
Baker Hughes Company
SPE Distinguished Lecturer		 Application of Oil and Gas Subsurface Evaluation Methodology to Geothermal: The Value of Data
16 March 2022
(Wednesday, 11AM Pacific)		 Zoom Adam Jew
Stanford University

Understanding the Geochemical Impact of Injection Fluids on Unconventional Shale Systems
2 May 2022
(Monday, 12:15 PM Pacific)		 In-person Akshay Sahni
Chevron		 Partnerships and ecosystems for driving innovation in energy
1 June 2022
(Wednesday, 11AM Pacific)		 TBD Rita Esuru Okoroafor
Stanford University

Maximizing The Use of Clean Energy Resources Through Underground Hydrogen Storage

2020-2021 Meetings

When

Venue

Speaker

Title

Details
15 September 2020
(Tuesday)		 Zoom Behrooz Fattahi
The EnerTrain Institute		 A Leadership Approach to Management
19 October 2020
(Wednesday)		 Zoom Leen Weijers
Liberty Oilfield Services
SPE Distinguished Lecturer		 Fracture Model Calibration for Conventional and Unconventional Rocks
4 November 2020
(Wednesday)		 Zoom Samaa Morsy
Chevron		 Optimized Development Strategy Workflow for Unconventional Reservoirs
20 January 2021
(Wednesday, 4PM Pacific)		 Zoom Derrick O'Keefe
NOPSEMA
SPE Distinguished Lecturer		 In Relentless Pursuit of Offshore Safety: A Privileged Perspective
24 February 2021
(Wednesday, 11AM Pacific)		 Zoom Roland Horne
Stanford University
SPE Distinguished Lecturer		 Big Data and Machine Learning in Reservoir Analysis
17 March 2021
(Wednesday, 11AM Pacific)		 Zoom Steven Shryock
Retired, Chevron Australia		 A Giant World-Class Development of Deep Water Gas in Australia
14 April 2021
(Wednesday, 11AM Pacific)		 Zoom Paul Craddock
Schlumberger
SPE Distinguished Lecturer		 Science of Kerogen: Engineering Applications for Shale Exploration & Production
19 May 2021
(Wednesday, 11AM Pacific)		 Zoom Naomi Boness
Stanford University		 Natural Gas in the Era of Decarbonization
7 June 2021
(Monday, 11AM Pacific)		 Zoom Christine Ehlig-Economides
University of Houston		 Cost Comparison Between Carbon Neutral Fuel and Alternative Low Carbon Energy Options

2019-2020 Meetings

When

Venue

Speaker

Title

Details
25 September 2019
(Wednesday)		 Stanford University Ahmed Badruzzaman
University of California - Berkeley
SPE Distinguished Lecturer
 Alternatives to Radionuclide-based Well Logging Techniques-Are they real or just wishful thinking?
03 October 2019
(Thursday)		 Chevron Jing Wan
ExxonMobil		 Technical and Regulatory Challenges Facing California Operators
14 November 2019
(Thursday)		 Stanford University Joytsna Sharma
Louisiana State University		 Applications of Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing in the Oil Industry
29 January 2020
(Wednesday)		 Chevron Gregory Walker
Repsol
SPE Distinguished Lecturer		 Enhancing Fluid Recovery in Shales: Why Pores Less Than 10nm Matter
18 February 2020
(Tuesday)		 Chevron Lynn Orr
Stanford University		 Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage: An Update Meeting Slides
09 March 2020
(Monday)		 Stanford University Mark Zoback
Stanford University		 Oil and Gas in the Era of Decarbonization
09 April 2020
(Thursday)		 Stanford University B. Todd Hoffman
Montana Tech University
SPE Distinguished Lecturer		 Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) for Unconventional Reservoirs: The Next Big Thing?
19 May 2020
(Tuesday)		 Zoom Russell Johns
Penn State University
SPE Distinguished Lecturer		 Compositional Simulation that is Truly Compositional Meeting Slides
19 June 2020
(Wednesday)		 Zoom Brun Hilbert
Exponent
SPE Distinguished Lecturer		 Well Design and Integrity: Importance, Risk, and Scientific Certainty

2018-2019 Meetings

When

Venue

Speaker

Title

Details
04 September 2018
(Thursday)		 University of California - Berkeley George Moridis
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory		 Some Recent Studies on Flow and Transportation Processes in Porous and Fractured Media: Unconventional Resources and Exotic Subjects
23 October 2018
(Tuesday)		 Stanford University Ding Zhu
Texas A&M University
SPE Distinguished Lecturer		 Using Downhole Fiber Optic Temperature-Sensing Technology to Monitor, Control, and Improve Well Performance
15 November 2018
(Thursday)		 Chevron Mark Zoback
Stanford University		 Unconventional Reservoir Geomechanics
10 January 2019
(Monday)		 Chevron Gary F. Teletzke
ExxonMobil
SPE Distinguished Lecturer		 CO2 in the Subsurface - from EOR to Storage Meeting Slides
04 February 2019
(Monday)		 Stanford University Behrooz Fattahi
The EnerTrain Institute
SPE Distinguished Lecturer		 A Soft Transformation Approach to Career Success
07 March 2019
(Thursday)		 Chevron Lloyd Avram
Chevron		 Oil Industry Efforts with Governments and Public Affairs
22-26 April 2019 DoubleTree Hotel, San Jose SPE 2019 Western Regional Meeting
13 May 2019
(Monday)		 Stanford University Srikanta Mishra
Battelle Memorial Institute
SPE Distinguished Lecturer		 Big Data Analytics: What Can It Do for Petroleum Engineers and Geoscientists? Meeting Slides
20 June 2019
(Thursday)		 Chevron Dimitri Bevc
Chevron		 The State-of-the-Art in Geophysical Technologies for Oil and Gas Applications