SPE GULF COAST SECTION

APRIL 2020

COVID-19 Update

CHAIR’S CORNER

Gabrielle Morrow 2019-2020 SPE-GCS Chair A VIRTUAL GCS On behalf of the Gulf Coast Section volunteers and the Board of Directors, I want to first thank our local volunteers for all of their hard work over the year. We rely heavily on these volunteers to host our technical and networking events every month. With the new Covid-19 threat we all face, hosting events in person has been suspended for the near term future. However, our volunteers still manage to drive our Gulf Coast Section forward in any way they possibly can. They always find a way. With the new mandate to ‘Stay Home, Work Safe’ from the Harris County judge, the Gulf Coast Section has adjusted our education to a virtual platform. We are currently offering select webinars with the same high caliber of speakers that you expect to see from the Gulf Coast Section. Below is a list of upcoming topics that our volunteers have put together, as well as the registration information you need. I hope that everyone in the Greater Houston area is taking the necessary precautions to keep themselves and their loved ones safe and healthy while we navigate through this pandemic. Please be careful, but also remember to be caring. Until next month, Gabrielle Morrow SPE-GCS Chair

A NOTE FROM SPE DISTINGUISED LECTURER PROGRAM

In response to COVID-19, SPE has added current Distinguished Lecturer (DL) Webinars for the first time. This will allow the mission of the DL Program, to disseminate technical information with outstanding speakers who are experts in their field, to continue virtually during the pandemic. SPE members all over the globe can join DL webinar presentations in their location. These webinars can be viewed by SPE members for free, Live or On-Demand from a computer or a smart phone. Please go HERE to register (webevents.spe.org/distinguished-lecturer) and feel free to share with SPE-GCS members. We will be scheduling additional webinars over the next few weeks, so please check the schedule often. We hope you and your family are able to stay safe and well and appreciate your support of SPE and the DL Program. With kind regards, The SPE Distinguished Lecturer Program DL@spe.org

APRIL 2020

April Event Updates The following list shows the April events that have been converted to webinars. The HSE and Reservoir events will be hosted by SPEI. Please follow the links below to register. EVENT ID

EVENT TITLE

DATE

TIME

GROUP NAME

5671

Members in Transition Seminar #45

4/3/2020

10:00 am

Members in Transition

5658

COVID-19 Update & Business Response

4/9/2020

2:00 pm

Health Safety & Environment

5674

Prospering During an Industry Downturn

4/9/2020

5:30 pm

Young Professionals

5621

Using Multi-Phase Flow Meters for Well Test Optimization in the New Digital Yet Cost Sensitive Environment

4/14/2020

11:30 am

Northside

5668

Containment Dynamics and Treatment Distribution in a Limited-Entry Fracturing Program

4/15/2020

12:00 pm

Westside

4428

DISTINGUISHED LECTURE - Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) for Unconventional Reservoirs: The Next Big Thing?

4/27/2020

11:00 am

Reservoir

4704

Examples of Forces Not Accounted For by the Wave Equation

4/29/2020

12:00 pm

Completions & Production

The events below have not be scheduled for webinars at this point. Please check the SPE-GCS April Event Calendar for updates. EVENT ID

EVENT TITLE

DATE

TIME

GROUP NAME

5666

The Texas Railroad Commission Today

4/9/2020

11:30 am

General Meeting

5657

Commissioner George P. Bush: How the Texas General Land Office Supports the Energy Industry

4/15/2020

11:30 am

Business Development

5673

Standardization of Mechanical Specific Energy (MSE) and Emerging Operational Applications

4/16/2020

11:30 am

Drilling

4682

KPMG: Improving Decisions Across the Upstream

4/16/2020

5:30 pm

Young Professionals