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Non-profit name | Society of Petroleum Engineers |
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Non-profit logo | |
Non-profit type | Professional Organization |
Founded date | January 31, 1963 |
Location | |
Origins | The Petroleum Division of the AIME |
Key people | Behrooz Fattahi (2010 President), Alain Labastie (2011 President), Ganesh Thakur (2012 President), Mark Rubin (Executive Director) |
Area served | Worldwide |
Method | Conferences, Publications, Training |
Revenue | · |
Endowment | · |
Num volunteers | · |
Num employees | 250 |
Num members | 97,000+ |
Owner | · |
Homepage | www.spe.org |
Tax exempt | · |
Dissolved | · |
Footnotes | · |
The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) is a not-for-profit professional organization whose mission is to collect, disseminate, and exchange technical knowledge concerning the exploration, development and production of oil and gas resources and related technologies for the public benefit and to provide opportunities for professionals to enhance their technical and professional competence.
The SPE provides a worldwide forum of oil and natural gas exploration and production (E&P;) professionals for the exchange of technical knowledge and a professional home for more than 88,000 engineers, scientists, managers, and educators. SPE's technical library contains more than 42,000 technical papers — products of SPE conferences and periodicals, made available to the entire industry. SPE has offices in Dallas, Houston, Calgary, London, Dubai, Moscow and Kuala Lumpur.
In 1922, the committee was expanded to become one of AIME’s 10 professional divisions. The Petroleum Division of AIME continued to grow throughout the next three decades. By 1950, the Petroleum Division had become one of three separate branches of AIME, and in 1957 the Petroleum Branch of AIME was expanded once again to form a professional society.
The first SPE Board of Directors meeting was held 6 October 1957, making 2007 the 50th anniversary year for SPE as a professional society.
OnePetro currently contains more than 85,000 documents, with more being added frequently. The number of documents is expected to grow as additional organizations choose to make their materials available through OnePetro. OnePetro is the first online offering of documents from some organizations, making these materials widely available for the first time.
The following organizations currently have their technical documents available through OnePetro:
Certified professionals use SPEC after their name
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