SCHLUMBERGER’S JEFF SPATH NAMED 2014 PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIETY OF PETROLEUM ENGINEERS
News Release
Society of Petroleum Engineers SPE
July 6, 2012
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<P><STRONG><EM>Richardson, Texas, USA (26 June 2012) –</EM></STRONG> The Society
of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) has named Jeff Spath, vice president of industry
affairs for Schlumberger Limited in Houston, as 2014 president. Spath will take
office as president-elect of the 100,000-member international organization on 10
October 2012, at the close of SPE’s Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
in San Antonio, Texas, USA.</P>
<P>Spath has a long history of involvement in SPE. His volunteer positions
include service as a Technical Editor and Associate Editor on the Editorial
Review Committee, the Society’s committee for peer-reviewed journals, during
1992-99. He served as Technical Director for Management and Information on the
SPE Board of Directors during 2005-08, and an SPE Distinguished Lecturer in
1999-2000. In 2011, he was named an SPE Distinguished Member.</P>
<P>Spath’s prior positions with Schlumberger include president of the Reservoir
Management Group and president of Data and Consulting Services. He joined
Schlumberger as a well testing field engineer in 1984 and has held various
global positions in reservoir engineering, research, and management. He
has published extensively in oil and gas literature and holds 14 patents in
production and reservoir engineering. Spath earned BS and MS degrees in
petroleum engineering from Texas A&M University and a PhD degree in
reservoir engineering from the Mining University of Leoben, Austria.</P>
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<P><STRONG><EM>Richardson, Texas, USA (26 June 2012) –</EM></STRONG> The Society
of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) has named Jeff Spath, vice president of industry
affairs for Schlumberger Limited in Houston, as 2014 president. Spath will take
office as president-elect of the 100,000-member international organization on 10
October 2012, at the close of SPE’s Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
in San Antonio, Texas, USA.</P>
<P>Spath has a long history of involvement in SPE. His volunteer positions
include service as a Technical Editor and Associate Editor on the Editorial
Review Committee, the Society’s committee for peer-reviewed journals, during
1992-99. He served as Technical Director for Management and Information on the
SPE Board of Directors during 2005-08, and an SPE Distinguished Lecturer in
1999-2000. In 2011, he was named an SPE Distinguished Member.</P>
<P>Spath’s prior positions with Schlumberger include president of the Reservoir
Management Group and president of Data and Consulting Services. He joined
Schlumberger as a well testing field engineer in 1984 and has held various
global positions in reservoir engineering, research, and management. He
has published extensively in oil and gas literature and holds 14 patents in
production and reservoir engineering. Spath earned BS and MS degrees in
petroleum engineering from Texas A&M University and a PhD degree in
reservoir engineering from the Mining University of Leoben, Austria.</P>
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