Congratulations to Pioneer Natural Resources!!!

Posted on April 11, 2011 by admin

Pioneer Natural Resources has won the 4th Annual Softball Tournament.  Congratulations!!!

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2011 Softball Bracket Info

Posted on April 8, 2011 by admin

Find the 2011 Softball Tournament Bracket Info is available.

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SPE YP Lunch and Learn (04/12) — NOTE change of venue!

Posted on March 30, 2011 by admin

Hi all!

We have a special meeting planned for April! John Barker with J-W Energy will be presenting on Natural Gas as the Alternative Fuel for Vehicles in America. With the abundance of natural gas located here in the US, the technology is available to use TODAY in place of foreign oil.

NOTE THE VENUE CHANGE:
J-W will be hosting us at their new facility in Addison!
J-W Training and Conference Center
15508 Wright Brothers Drive
Addison, Texas 75001

The presentation will cover:

-What is CNG/NGV’s?
-Why should we use CNG instead of other alternative fuels
-How CNG relates to us as Americans
-What it takes to use CNG as a fuel in vehicles

John Barker joined J-W Energy Company in 2005 where he was a Human Resources Coordinator and Corporate Recruiter. In this position he was exposed to all of J-W Energy Company’s business lines including Exploration & Production, Completion Services, Gas Compression, Gas Measurement, Gas Processing, and Pipeline/Gas Transportation. In 2008, John accepted a position with J-W Power Company, a subsidiary of J-W Energy Company, to pursue Gas Compression Equipment rental & sales opportunities and develop the CNG equipment business. John is currently involved in promoting natural gas as THE alternative fuel for American vehicles and expanding the CNG re-fueling infrastructure across the US. Not only does J-W Power Company operate the largest private gas compression fleet in the US, but J-W Power Company’s CNG equipment can be found at Natural Gas refueling stations across the US. John is a graduate of Abilene Christian University with a Bachelor Degree in Business Administrati! ! on.
 
As always, please register online at http://www.spedallas.org/luncheon.htm!  We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday, April 12, 2011. 
 
Also, we still have sponsorship opportunities available for the softball tournament coming up on April 9, 2011!  Please contact me for details!  If you’re an individual who wants to play, please let us know — we’ll try and get you set up with a team!
 
Thanks!
Sara Elizabeth Miller
SPE Dallas – YP
Chairman

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Lunch & Learn (3/8) Cancelled

Posted on March 3, 2011 by admin

Hi all,

Unfortunately I’m going to have to cancel Tuesday’s Lunch and Learn due to finding out I get to have surgery!  We will be back in April, so be watching for information on that. 

In the meantime, don’t forget to sign up your softball team for the April 9, 2011 tournament!  We are also looking for sponsors!  Please let me or Brian Chacka (brian.chacka@denbury.com) know if your company will sponsor! 

Thanks!
Sara Elizabeth Miller
SPE Dallas – YP
Chairman

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Congratulations!

Posted on March 2, 2011 by admin

Congratulations to SPE Members Jason Vining TSPE – Young Engineer of the Year and David S. Hamilton – TSPE Engineer of the Year.

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Dallas Section SPE YP 4th Annual Softball Tournament

Posted on February 11, 2011 by admin

What:                    Annual Co-ed (2:1 male:female) Oil & Gas Softball Tournament aimed at promoting industry camaraderie through competition and benefitting construction of the Tom Hunt Energy Hall (http://www.natureandscience.org/expansion/the_vision.asp).

All teams are guaranteed at least two games. Tournament capped at 16 teams.

When:                  April 9, 2011 at 8:00 am (first games will start at 8:30 am)

Where:                 Huffhines Park Softball Complex, 1500 Apollo Road, Richardson, Texas

How:                     Send your team name with contact person information (name, email and phone number) to elpdfw@spemail.org and pay the $200 entry fee donation by April 1, 2011. Donate online at http://www.spedallas.org/luncheon.htm or send a check to:

Brian Chacka
C/O Denbury Resources Inc.
5320 Legacy Drive
Plano, TX 75024

Who:                     The tournament is open to only Oil & Gas industry personnel and spouses. If you don’t have enough players for a full team or you are an individual, we can try to help you put together a team. All sponsors, participants and their families get free lunch and drinks throughout the day and the winning team will get their team name inscribed on the Champion’s Cup and get to keep it until next year.

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

$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 put up a sign or banner at the event and hand out items.

$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. Your company banner will be hung on one of the fields.

Additional Info: All games will be officiated by 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 “1 pitch” extra innings if necessary to determine a winner.

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

Download Information:

 

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SPE YP Lunch & Learn Today!

Posted on February 8, 2011 by admin

Hi all,

The next SPE YP Lunch and Learn will be Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 11:45 at Brookhaven College, EMGI. DJ Snyder will be presenting “Open Hole Multi-Stage Fracturing — A Return to Good Frac Practices“. He will be flying in from Houston specifically for this presentation, so let’s make sure we don’t have to cancel this one. 

DJ is a YP working as a Technical Sales Support Engineer with Packers Plus Energy Services out of Houston, Texas. He has been working for Packers Plus for four years and is currently working on production analysis and research. He has a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from Montana Tech.

Presentation Abstract

Operators working in a number of basins around the world are experiencing faster than expected production decline rates. This may be in part due to the abandonment of good fracturing practices developed over the past 50 years, which have been ignored or abandoned with the advent of horizontal, multi-stage fracturing. Advancements in open hole, multi-stage fracturing systems are addressing issues such as near wellbore conductivity, flowback, and fracture tortuosity that can have a significant effect on the long-term production of wells. Multiple case studies will be presented to demonstrate the effective application of these systems in unconventional resource plays.

As always, please try and RSVP online at http://www.spedallas.org/luncheon.htm by Monday afternoon!

Have a great week!

Thanks,
Sara Miller
SPE Dallas-YP
Chairman

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SPE YP Lunch and Learn next Tuesday!!

Posted on January 31, 2011 by admin

Hi all,

The next SPE YP Lunch and Learn will be on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 11:45 at Brookhaven College, EMGI. DJ Snyder will be presenting “Open Hole Multi-Stage Fracturing — A Return to Good Frac Practices“. He will be flying in from Houston specifically for this presentation, so let’s give him a warm welcome to Dallas!

DJ is a YP working as a Technical Sales Support Engineer with Packers Plus Energy Services out of Houston, Texas. He has been working for Packers Plus for four years and is currently working on production analysis and research. He has a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from Montana Tech.

Presentation Abstract

Operators working in a number of basins around the world are experiencing faster than expected production decline rates. This may be in part due to the abandonment of good fracturing practices developed over the past 50 years, which have been ignored or abandoned with the advent of horizontal, multi-stage fracturing. Advancements in open hole, multi-stage fracturing systems are addressing issues such as near wellbore conductivity, flowback, and fracture tortuosity that can have a significant effect on the long-term production of wells. Multiple case studies will be presented to demonstrate the effective application of these systems in unconventional resource plays.

As always, please try and RSVP online at http://www.spedallas.org/luncheon.htm by Monday afternoon!

Have a great week!

Thanks,
Sara Miller
SPE Dallas-YP
Chairman

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Texas Hold’em with SPE!!!

Posted on January 18, 2011 by admin

Hi all,

Just wanted to encourage you all to sign up for the 1st Annual SPE Dallas Texas Hold ‘Em Poker Tournament on Friday, February 18, 2011 at the Doubletree Hotel (4099 Valley View Lane, Dallas, Texas 75244).

The entry fee is only $75 and will include playing chips and food. There will be prizes for the top finishers, door prizes, various hands (top finishers, best hand of the night, first to lose, bad beat of the night, etc), and of course, door prizes (must be present to win)!! You do NOT have to be a pro to play, and there will be plenty of newbies playing (me!!). We will have professional dealers to help you out and move the game along! There will also be tables available for open play after tournament elimination.

For more information, please check out the following link: http://www.spedallas.org/Texas_holdem_files/2011_Texas_Holdem_revised.pdf!!

Sponsorship opportunities are also available!

Sign up online at www.spedallas.org/luncheon.htm or through John Tabor (13760 Noel Road, Suite 1030, Dallas, Texas 75240).

Please email me if you have ANY questions! Hope to see you there!

Thanks!
Sara Elizabeth Miller
SPE Dallas – YP
Chairman

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4th Annual SPE Softball Tournament Info

Posted on January 11, 2011 by admin

Hi all – 

Just wanted to let you know that the 4th Annual SPE softball tournament will be at Huffines Park in Richardson on April 9, 2011.  If you would like to be a part of the planning committee, we are planning to meet on January 26, 2011 – so drop me an email and I’ll put you on the list. 

We will be able to have food, drinks, etc inside the complex this year, so that should work much better and make the event more social. It will be a double elimination tournament with a maximum of 16 teams. Please spread the word and get your team prepared to compete for the Champion’s Cup. In fairness of the event, we would like all players to work in the oil and gas industry or be a spouse of a player from the industry (NO RINGERS). The format will be similar to last year, which will require one female batter for every two male batters and allow no more than 7 male players in the field (3 female).

Looking forward to seeing you all on the field!

Thanks!
Sara Miller

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