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Volume 9 • Issue 6 • November 2009 |
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| Our Perspective | |
This year is almost behind us, and we took
a grateful look back for personal initiatives which are making changes in a lot
of people's lives in New Orleans,
the city in which our company was founded.
The message is that government does not make the positive
difference in our lives, but individual human beings do.
Our industry has a lot of very big-hearted people - who
also happen to be very talented and innovative. A look forward shows the importance of the expertise
which will continue to power up America.
And this is something to be thankful for.
Have a safe and happy holiday.
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International Petroleum Technology Conference December 7-9, 2009 Doha, Qatar Sheraton Doha Resort and Convention Hotel |
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Deep Offshore Technology International February 2-4, 2010 Houston, Texas George R. Brown Convention Center
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| Employer Tips |
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Good
News! You can make a
difference!
This is a special kind of article about how ordinary people
in our communities are making a difference! They are using everyday human needs, like food, to uplift
disadvantaged people.
Liberty's Kitchen trains at-risk youth 16 to 20 years old
to be employable members of the New Orleans community through on-the-job
training, educational support (GED), mental health services, and job
placement. Liberty's Kitchen began on donations, but supports
itself through its café and catering sales.
It trains eight young adults at a time.
Two of its first upcoming graduates, Jermaine and George, will
graduate in December. Jermaine plans to finish his GED and work
in the construction industry with dreams of becoming a general contractor.
George wants to go to college. Liberty's Kitchen wants to place
graduates on paths to successful futures!
Café Reconcile, also a New Orleans program, addresses poverty,
violence, and neglect. The
job training program assists young people (ages 16-22) from at-risk
communities who desire to make positive changes in their lives.
Reconcile's students possess a deep desire to break the cycle and
become productive, contributing members of society.
They work in the restaurant during breakfast and lunch and learn in
the afternoons.
Common Threads is a Chicago-based program supported by Art Smith,
who was Oprah Winfrey's personal chef.
It provides after school nutrition programs for 8-to 12-year-olds
to help increase confidence and nutritional balance and help control
obesity. Some students pay,
but those who cannot afford it are admitted free.
It also has summer camps.
Can you see a way that you can use these fundamental ideas in our own
industry? We are so shy about
tooting our own horns, especially talking about the fantastic technological advances
in our own industry. Energy
is essential to our very existence, as essential as food.
Why don't we make this our year to move into our communities,
make a difference, and expose young people to our industry as possible
careers? For those of you who
are interested in talking to young people at schools or at work, there are
many resources, including www.energy4me.com,
www.spe.org, and even our own personal
presentations about petroleum and engineering careers which you are
welcome to use. We challenge
you to step out and make a difference!
The
following biographies are just a small sampling of the kind of talent
available in our talent pool of over 17,000 experts. Please call our
placement
managers if you are interested in learning more about
these professionals, or check out our website for more candidates.
Talent Pool
Geoscientist with a bachelor's degree in geology and over 30 years of experience working for large and small oil and gas companies. Successful in finding highly profitable oil and gas opportunities. Experience in exploration prospect generation, development, project management, and mature field studies. Expert in 3-D seismic interpretation. Experienced in interpreting geological, seismic, and production data in the Plio-Pleistocene and Miocene trends in offshore Louisiana and Texas. Software proficiencies in SMT and Landmark. Ask for G1041.
Geophysicist
with
a bachelor's degree in geology and over 30 years of experience working for
large and small oil and gas companies. Experienced in exploration,
development, risk analysis, seismic attribute analysis, AVO analysis,
seismic interpretation, gradient analysis, 3-D structural and
stratigraphic interpretation, and pre-stack depth migration.
Additionally experienced as a team leader and project manager with a
proven track record of commercial oil and gas discoveries in the Gulf of
Mexico with a very high drilling success rate. Geographic areas of
experience include the shelf and deepwater Gulf of Mexico, the Texas
and Louisiana Gulf coast, and the Texas panhandle. Expert level
software proficiencies in Landmark, SMT, Hampson-Russell, and GeoQuest. Ask for GP598.
Geophysicist with a
bachelor's degree in geophysics and 28 years of exploration and
development experience working for large and small oil and gas companies.
Experienced in generating structural and stratigraphic prospects, 2-D and
3-D seismic interpretation, seismic inversion techniques, seismic sequence
stratigraphy, depth migration, AVO modeling, and regional studies.
Geographic areas of experience include the Alaska North Slope, shelf and
deepwater Gulf of Mexico, Texas and Louisiana Gulf coast, west Texas, and
the Mississippi Interior Salt basin. Software proficiencies include
GeoQuest, Landmark OpenWorks, and Discovery. Ask for GP1117.
Geoscience
Technician
with 25 years of experience as a geotechnical, engineering, and
geophysical technician working for oil and gas companies and service
companies. Experienced in drawing wellbore diagrams, digitizing well logs,
and creating LAS files for applications in petrophysics, geophysics, and
engineering. Additionally experienced in building structural and
stratigraphic cross sections, picking formation tops, and building
structure maps. Software proficiencies include Neuralog, WellView,
Landmark, GeoGraphix, Geoatlas, PI/Dwights, and IHS. Fluent in
Spanish and Portuguese. Ask for TG522.
HSE Specialist with
an associate's degree in petroleum engineering and 36 years of diverse
industry experience. Expert in developing and integrating HSE
management systems into the normal business process and achieving
performance improvement. Experienced in auditing HSE management
systems, assessing and improving HSE performance, conducting in-depth risk
assessments, and performing incident root cause analysis. Geographic
areas worked include the US, South America, West Africa, Europe, and Asia.
Fluent in English, Spanish, and French.
Project Manager
with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and 32 years of
supervisory and engineering experience with a major oil and gas company.
Expert
in FEED, EPC, and site engineering management of international capital
projects for major LNG/LPG gas plants and FPSOs. Experienced in a
wide range of onshore and offshore positions including construction
supervision, facilities engineering, drilling and completion operations,
quality assurance, and control management. Geographic areas worked
include the Gulf of Mexico, Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar,
Nigeria, and Angola. Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of
Louisiana.
Project Controls Manager with a master's degree in business administration and 35
years of experience in the oil and gas industry. Expert in cost
controls and scheduling. Experienced in upstream and downstream
construction projects including offshore platforms, LNG plant expansions,
and facility upgrades. Geographic areas worked include Texas,
Louisiana, Florida, Mexico, Equatorial Guinea, and the United Arab
Emirates. Software proficiency in Primavera, MS Project, SAP, JD
Edwards, Kildrummy CostMANAGER, and
PeopleSoft. Ask for BA27.
Drilling Operations Engineer with 30 years of experience working for drilling
service companies. Experienced in wellsite supervision including crew
supervision, fishing operations, packer operations, completion operations,
fracturing operations, tubing operations, wireline operations, and
plugging operations. Geographic areas worked include west Texas, Colorado,
New Mexico, Utah, and Arizona. Computer skills include DIMS software.
Ask for D476.
Production Engineer with a bachelor's degree in petroleum engineering and 32
years of experience working for a major as well as a small oil and gas
company. Experienced in platform and facility construction, hurricane
damage repairs, pipeline installation, gas compressor design, gas lift
optimization, well completions, historical production reconciliation, and
acquisition evaluation. Geographic areas worked include the Gulf of
Mexico, Louisiana, and Florida. Ask for P616.
Reservoir Engineer with a master's degree in petroleum engineering and 19
years of oil and gas experience working for major and large independent
oil and gas companies as well as a consulting firm. Experienced in reserve
estimating, economic analysis, field studies, acquisitions, divestitures,
and SEC reporting. Geographic areas worked include Texas, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Alabama, Wyoming, Colorado, Angola, Gabon, China, Colombia,
Venezuela, Ecuador, and Argentina. Software proficiency in ARIES, PROSPER,
OFM, PHDWin, MBAL, Peep, SAPHIR and F.A.S.T. RTA. Ask for R925.
Engineering Technician with 15 years of experience working for a large independent
oil and gas company. Experienced in loading and analyzing integrated sales
volumes, processing monthly allocations and regulatory reports, processing
monthly prior period adjustments, preparing annual state reports,
coordinating with Sarbanes-Oxley auditors, streamlining reporting
processes, and training and coaching junior analysts. Geographic areas
worked include Texas, Louisiana, and the offshore Gulf coast. Software
proficiency in Oracle P2. Ask for TE511.
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Outlook 2010 and Beyond
Are the crystal balls on the economic outlook foggy? There is a huge disparity between the relative heating values and prices of crude oil and natural gas. How can we predict how the economy will behave and how it will affect consumer prices? What will be the effects on the capital budgets of companies in our own industries? Will the demand for oil in the "BRIC" countries (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) continue to influence economies around the globe?
In addition to these uncertainties, we are seeing high natural gas inventories in the U.S., which continue to rise at a rate of two billion cubic feet per day. Growing gas shale production around the U.S. will add to high inventories. The production of shale gas was up by 500 million cubic feet per day in August this year alone.
While
there are many uncertainties in the economic sector, there are fewer
uncertainties in the areas of technology that will dominate the industry
for years to come. For many of you who are involved in these areas
these advances come as no surprise, but for some of us, it may be helpful
to review them.
The pursuit of resources in the arctic and deep waters will remain dominant in the development of technologies. Entire industries that are now generated around specialty areas without which exploration and production could no longer be fathomable:
• Land and marine seismic data acquisition techniques will improve the processes to find the next mammoth reservoirs.
• Coping with and finding solutions for high-pressure and high-temperature environments has continued to push demands on drilling and evaluation materials and equipment.
• Developing subsea technologies and specifically process and control equipment will provide the solutions in the future as the largest reservoirs are to be found in continually deeper waters. This will also require a further understanding and expertise in flow assurance.
• Micro-seismic imaging's role in maximizing the understanding of reservoirs will grow with increasing computing power and economic demands from the E&P community.
• Horizontal and multilateral drilling techniques have become a main staple in the drilling community. Enhanced techniques and tools that save operators capital will continue to do well for many years to come.
• Extended reach drilling can save precious capital as more isolated reservoirs can be accessed.
Hydraulic fracturing may have a significant environmental impact, and this bears a certain amount of commercial risk; without a doubt this technology will not go away and will continue to be critical in accessing the resources which are increasingly harder to get.
A major area of growing interest over the next decade will surround our planet's water resources. This problem will include a whole list of specialized industry sectors dealing with the control of water, the avoidance of contamination, the saving of water resources, desalination and water treatments, waste water management, and the transportation of water. Many consider water the next frontier and potentially in the future the most precious natural resource. No doubt our industry will also play a part in providing solutions to thus far unknown problems.
These are interesting and exciting times for sure for our industry and our society! Rock on!
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