Start the Cinco de Mayo weekend off right by going to Top Golf (Dallas) for a Social Event & Happy Hour on Thursday, May 3rd at 6:30pm. See attached flyer.

$10 (cash at the door) gets you golf, appetizers and 2 drink tickets, sponsored by Scientific Drilling, TEAM Oil Tools, and Icon Oilfield Services.

RSVP to Matt Kerr (matt.kerr@scientificdrilling.com) by Wednesday at 5pm. http://topgolf.com/dallas/

Please forward to other engineers. Hope to see you there!   Lesley Hughes   lesley.hughes@encana.com (214) 263-7200 (cell) (214) 987-7171 (office)

We will be having our March SPE YP Luncheon on Tuesday, March 6th.

Terry Palisch from Carbo Ceramics will be talking to us about “Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Proppants, but were Afraid to Ask.”  Please plan on attending and spreading the word to those who may not be on this email.

We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday.

When:   Tuesday, March 6th
Where:  Brookhaven College, EMGI Building
RSVP:  http://www.spedallas.org/luncheon.htm
Topic: “Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Proppants, but were Afraid to Ask”

Thanks,

Dustin Bozarth
DBozarth@TeamOilTools.com
(214) 600-9065

What:  Co-ed (2:1 male:female) Oil & Gas Softball Tournament hosted by the SPE Dallas Young Professionals aimed at promoting industry camaraderie and benefitting SPE Dallas Community Outreach, which assists with educational programs in the DFW Metroplex. All teams are guaranteed at least two games. Tournament will be capped at 16 teams.

When:  April 21, 2012 at 8:00 am (first games will start at 8:30 am)

Where:  McInnish Park Softball Complex, 2335 Sandy Lake Rd, Carrollton, TX 75019

How:  Send your team name with contact person information (name, email and phone number) to Brian.Chacka@Denbury.com and pay the $250 entry fee donation by April 12, 2012.

Donate online at http://www.spedallas.org/luncheon.htm or send a check to:

Larry Champlin
DeGolyer & MacNaughton
5001 Spring Valley Rd, Suite, 800 East
Dallas, TX 75244

Who:  The tournament is open to only oil and gas industry personnel and their spouses (no ringers). If you don’t have enough players for a full team or are an individual, we will try to help you put together a team.

All sponsors, participants, coworkers, and family will receive free lunch, snacks and beverages, so even if you are not playing, come support your colleagues.

The winning team will get their team’s name inscribed on the Tournament Champions Cup and get to keep the cup until next year’s tournament.

Sponsorship!     PLEASE CONTACT YOUR EMPLOYER/COMPANY ABOUT SPONSORING THIS EVENT. SPONSORSHIP IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF MAKING THIS EVENT A SUCCESS!

$500 – Gold Field Sponsor – Donation will help pay for field rental and umpire fees. Sponsorship includes recognition on the tournament bracket banner, tournament program, SPE YP webpage, and during announcements at the tournament. You are welcome to hang your company banner on one of the fields.

$200 – Silver Food/Drink Sponsor – Donation will go towards paying for food and drinks for participants. Sponsorship includes recognition on the tournament bracket banner, tournament program, SPE YP webpage, and during announcements at the tournament.

Sponsors may also hand out items at the tournament.

Additional Info: All games will be officiated by USSSA umpires and game balls will be provided.

Teams are required to furnish their own bats and gloves.

Uniforms (same colored shirts) and numbers are not required, but are encouraged. Tournament format will be double elimination with 55 minute games. Team seeding will be based on the previous year’s finish. 

Questions?
Check the SPE Young Professionals webpage (http://www.dallasspeyp.com/) or contact Sara Miller (SMiller@spemail.com) or Brian Chacka (Brian.Chacka@Denbury.com).

Directions:  From 35E or the President George Bush Tollway, turn west on Sandy Lake Road in Carrollton (north of 635 and south of 121). Follow Sandy Lake Road just past Carrollton Animal Services and turn south (left) into McInnish Park. Follow the main driveway in the park towards the back and stay to the right. The softball complex will be on the right just south and west of the parking lot.

SPE Dallas Softball Tournament Rules

Teams must play at least 9 players in the field, of which at least 3 must be female. There are no restrictions to where players can be positioned in the field. If a team does not have at least 9 players and at least 3 female players, they will forfeit. Teams can bat as many players as they want, but only 10 may play in the field at one time. Fielding substitutions can be made in or out throughout a game for any player in the batting order, but the batting order may not change.

No more than two male players may bat consecutively. If a team does not have enough female batters for the exact 2:1 ratio, they will cycle the female players through the lineup.

All batters start with 1-1 count. 1 courtesy foul is allowed.

Extra innings will be played 1 pitch.

12” softballs will be supplied and will be used for all batters and all games.

If a male batter walks before a female batter, he will be awarded second base. If it occurs with two outs, the female batter may elect to take first base.

Teams are required to hustle on and off the field between innings. No warm-ups allowed after the first inning.

Only USSSA, ASA and old bats allowed.

No new inning will start after 55 minutes.

Mercy run rule: 20 runs after 3 innings, 15 after 4, and 10 after 5. Flip-flop rule will be used.

Pitching arc is 6’-10’.

Three over the fence home runs allowed per team per game. After three it will be an out.

No base stealing.

Batting team is required to fetch all balls that go out of play and return them to the field.

All rules not mentioned above follow USSA’s slow pitch softball rules (http://www.usssa.com/usssa/usssa-general/2011SPRuleBook.pdf) and will be interpreted by the Field Umpire and if necessary Tournament Committee Members Brian Chacka and Sara Miller. You may protest an interpretation, but NOT a judgment call.

For any emergencies, call Brian Chacka (972.835.1920) or Sara Miller (817.504.0976).

Unfortunately the Lunch & Learn that was scheduled for today is canceled.  Our speaker came down with an illness and will need to re-schedule.  For those of you who have RSVPd and paid online, I will be in touch this afternoon on how you will be refunded.

I apologize for the late notice.  If you need to get a hold of me do not reply to this email.  Email or call me with the contact data below.

Thanks,

Dustin Bozarth DBozarth@TeamOilTools.com (214) 600-9065

I hope each of you had a wonderful and safe Holiday.  We will be starting up our 2012 YP events on Tuesday, January 10th with a highly recommended luncheon from Clay Brelsford, President of Bass Engineering Company.

Mr. Brelsford will be speaking to us on “External Well Casing Corrosion and Cathodic Protection Evaluation Program in the Barnett Shale.”   Mr. Brelsford has 31 years experience in supervision, design, installation and maintenance of galvanic and impressed current cathodic protection systems primarily for on-shore oil and gas applications, i.e. transportation pipelines, gathering systems, well casings, including assistance with down-hole logging program implementation and evaluation, storage tanks (internal and external systems), heater treaters, free water knock-outs, cooling towers, gas distribution systems, underground storage tanks (UST), and ship terminals as well as electric power generation facilities.

Please RSVP and forward to other co-workers.  If you have any new hires, could you please forward on so they are aware of our meetings?

Location: EMGI, Brookhaven College Time: 11:45am – 1:00pm Date: Tuesday, January 10th

RSVP: http://www.spedallas.org/luncheon.htm Cost: $15 online, $20 at the door

Thanks and hope to see all of you on the 10th.

Dustin Bozarth DBozarth@TeamOilTools.com (214) 600-9065

We will be having our October luncheon on Tuesday, October 11.  Eric Burnett has graciously offered his time to speak to us on “The Science Behind Drilling Shale Wells.”  The basic principles that are involved and what natural phenomena are being overcome while drilling long lateral wells.

Please plan on attending and bring your young colleagues.

Location: EMGI, Brookhaven College
Time: 11:45am – 1:00pm
Date: Tuesday October 11th
RSVP: http://www.spedallas.org/luncheon.htm
Cost: $15 online, $20 at the door

Thanks and we look forward to seeing you on the 11th.

Dustin Bozarth
DBozarth@teamoiltools.com
(214) 600-9065

Come join us Tuesday September 13, 2011 from 5pm – 7pm at Black Finn – Addison for drinks and appetizers.  A portion of the drinks and appetizers will be sponsored.  Please RSVP to dbozarth@teamoiltools.com so we can have enough food and drinks.

When: Tuesday September 13, 2011
Where: Black Finn.  4440 Belt Line Rd.  Addison, TX 75001
Time: Starts at 5pm

Thank you,
Dustin Bozarth
(214) 600-9065

Come join us Tuesday September 13, 2011 from 5pm – 7pm at Black Finn – Addison for drinks and appetizers.  A portion of the drinks and appetizers will be sponsored.

Please RSVP to dbozarth@teamoiltools.com so we can have enough food and drinks.

When: Tuesday September 13, 2011
Where: Black Finn.  4440 Belt Line Rd.  Addison, TX 75001
Time: Starts at 5pm

Thank you,
Dustin Bozarth
(214) 600-9065

Where: EMGI

Abstract: Unconventional Reservoirs Are The Future – Be Prepared To
Develop and Implement New Technologies

Are we running out of oil and gas in the U.S.?  Heck no.  There are enough hydrocarbon-based resources to last another 100 years.  Are we running out of the “easy” stuff to produce?  Well, maybe.  Almost all of the reserves remaining to be discovered and produced are trapped in unconventional reservoirs that require new (and more expensive) technologies to exploit.  Many of these technologies have been developed over the past several years, while some are still being developed as we speak.  Even more ideas that have not even been considered yet will be developed over the next 20 years and the young engineers of today will be the ones to develop and implement these technologies.  You need to stay up-to-date, so you will not be left behind.

Bio:

Bradley M. Robinson
Matador Resources Company
Vice President – Reservoir Engineering

Brad Robinson joined Matador Resources Company in August 2003 as one of its founders and serves as the company’s Vice President – Reservoir Engineering.  Prior to joining Matador, Mr. Robinson held the position of Advisor with Schlumberger Data & Consulting Services.  He worked with Schlumberger for six years following its acquisition of S. A. Holditch & Associates, Inc. in 1997.  Mr. Robinson joined Holditch as a Senior Petroleum Engineer when the consulting firm was formed in 1979, then later served as the Vice President – Production Engineering.  Mr. Robinson began his career in 1977 with Marathon Oil Company, serving as an Associate Production Engineer and later as a Reservoir Engineer in Midland.  Mr. Robinson received Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1977 and 1986, respectively.  He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas, a member of SPE and is serving as the 2011 – 2012 Chairman of the Dallas Section of SPE.

We will be having our annual summer social event on Thursday, June 9th, at Top Golf.  This is sure to be a fun filled evening with great food and drinks, unlimited golf, and friendly conversation.  Bring your friends, colleagues, and interns so we can make this a very successful event.  Entry will be $10 cash/check at the door.  RSVP’s are required, so please RSVP with the number of people in your group along with names so we accommodate accordingly.   

When: Thursday, June 9th
Time: 7:00pm
Where: Top Golf
8787 Park Lane
Dallas, TX 75231

Sponsorship opportunities are available.  Please email or call to discuss. 

We hope to see each of you June 6th!!

Thanks,
Dustin Bozarth
elpdfw@spemail.org
dbozarth@teamoiltools.com
(214) 600-9065