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Add a heading to your document 1 @SPEgermany Newsletter of the German Section of the Society of Petroleum Engineers | Volume 26 | Issue 3 | November 2017 INTERVIEW WITH DARCY SPADY, 2018 SPE PRESIDENT “We have to proactively show the value of the energy we produce” sonoecho™ New Generation of Fluid Level Measurement No laptop computer or paper required in the field .com @SPEgermany | Volume 26 | Issue 3 | November 2017 Contents 3 FROM THE EDITOR 5 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 7 INTERVIEW WITH DARCY SPADY, 2018 SPE PRESIDENT 15 SECTION NEWS & SPE INFO STC Update Meet & Greet in Munich Student Liaison Report COVER PHOTO Online Learning with SPE for Free! Darcy Spady, 2018 SPE 23 STUDENT CHAPTERS President, speaking at the Student Technical ‘East Meets West’ Congress Conference, STC2017, in DEA Field Trip Clausthal. Photo courtesy Field Excursion to Wintershall in Emlichheim of Daniel Bücken. Halliburton’s Company Presentation in Clausthal Visiting Mittelplate – an Inspiring Field Trip IMPRESSUM PUBLISHER Deutsche Sektion der Society of Petroleum Engineers e.V. Suhrenkamp 29 22335 Hamburg Section Chair: Dr. Oksana Zhebel EDITOR Dr. Radu Coman Baker Hughes, a GE company radu.coman(at)bhge.com (+49)5141 203 6920 1 Rod Lift PUMPING SYSTEMS FOR ALL APPLICATIONS AND CONDITIONS Integrated rod lift services. With the acquisition of the industry’s leading rod lift companies, Schlumberger now offers a full range of pumping services and local expertise for every North American basin. Whether you need reliable pumping units, downhole equipment, automation, or specialized training and support, we solve your lift challenges wherever you operate. Our artificial lift experts are committed to maximizing production with minimal downtime. Find out more at rodlift.slb.com *Mark of Schlumberger. © 2017 Schlumberger. 17-AL-324843 @SPEgermany | Volume 26 | Issue 3 | November 2017 From the Editor The STC also yielded several novelties: “Coming together is a For the first time, the STC was jointly organized beginning; keeping by SPE Germany and SPE students. The together is progress; organizing committee consisted of Ulrike working together is Peikert and Ingo Forstner (from SPE Germany) success.” and 10 students from all German universities – Henry Ford with SPE chapters/groups: TU Clausthal, RWTH Aachen University, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, KIT Karlsruhe. In the last two months, both SPE International and SPE For the first time, a pre-conference program Germany have held their flagship conferences: was offered. The program included a The 2017 Annual Technical Conference and geothermal workshop and a geological Exhibition (ATCE) in San Antonio excursion; both of them have been fully The 2017 annual Student Technical Conference booked. (STC) in Clausthal. For the first time since 2006, the conference no This time there was a close link between these two longer took place in Wietze. In fact, the STC conferences: Mr Darcy Spady, the 2018 SPE President. returned to its place of birth as the first STC – in From 9th to 11th of October, the SPE attracted global 2005 – was held in Clausthal. exploration and production professionals for the 2017 For the first time, pictures from the presenters ATCE at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San during their presentations have been Antonio, Texas, USA. The ATCE 2017 featured nearly 400 distributed in real-time to the rest of the word technical papers in 46 technical sessions, as well as (e.g., via Twitter and Facebook) panels and ePoster sessions. Traditionally, ATCE is also For the first time, a live video stream of the place where the new SPE president receives the (selected) presentations was broadcasted on presidential gavel. the Internet (with Periscope via Twitter). The video streams are still available on Twitter at One months after the official start of his presidency, the twitter.com/SPEgermany SPE 2018 President, Mr. Darcy Spady, has attended the STC, the flagship conference of SPE Germany. One of the live streams was Mr. Spady's keynote speech. At the end of his speech, I conducted an The STC took place from 9th to 10th of November in the interview with him and this interview is included in this Aula Academica of the Technical University of Clausthal. newsletter. This 12th annual event brought together students from many European countries, most of them members of Enjoy reading, provide feedback, and share knowledge! SPE student chapters. The STC 2017 included 14 Sincerely, technical presentations, 15 posters, and a young Radu professional panel session. The highlight of the event was the keynote speech of Darcy Spady. His attendance was a great honor not only for the organizing committee, Dr. Radu Coman but also for all participants in this conference. Baker Hughes, a GE company radu.coman(at)bhge.com 3 CLEAN INNOVATION “ The world’s first hydraulic fracturing system sourced from food-industry ingredients gives you a clear advantage.” How ingredients sourced exclusively from food industry suppliers are helping produce more natural gas The world asked for cleaner fracturing chemistry and Halliburton delivered it. The CleanStim® formulation provides an extra margin of safety to people, animals and the environment. Laboratory testing indicates that it also produces higher retained conductivity than conventional fracturing fluids under many conditions. See if it’s right for you. Learn more at halliburton.com/cleanstim. Solving challenges.™ © 2011 Halliburton. All rights reserved. @SPEgermany | Volume 26 | Issue 3 | November 2017 Calendar of Events For latest information and details on SPE Germany events visit our website and/or our event page on Facebook. connect.spe.org/germany facebook.com/pg/SPEgermany/events Date Type Event Location November SPE Germany Dr. Rolf Schiffer: Geothermal potential of Turkey and the Black Hannover, 23 Lecture Sea region Germany Nov. 30 — ÖGEW/DGMK Herausforderung an Mobilität und Transport Wien, Austria Dec. 1 Tagung January SPE Germany Lecture by Hernan Buijs. Details will be made public via email, Hannover, 11 Lecture website, and social media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) Germany February DGG Leoben, Jahrestagung der Deutschen Geophysikalischer Gesellschaft 12-15 Jahrestagung Austria March SPE Germany Details will be made public via email, website, and social media Hannover, 1 Lecture (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) Germany March SPE SPE EOR Conference at OGWA Muscat, Oman 26-28 Conference April Distinguished Liang Xu: Surfactant Chemistry and Its Impact on Oil and Gas Hannover, 9 Lecturer Recovery From Shale Plays Germany April SPE Bergen, 2018 SPE Bergen One Day Seminar 18 Conference Norway April DGMK/ÖGEW Celle, Frühjahrstagung / Spring Conference 18-19 Tagung Germany April SPE Dammam, 2018 SPE Saudi Arabia Section Annual Symposium & Exhibition 23-26 Conference Saudi Arabia June Copenhagen, SPE Conference SPE Europec featured at 80th EAGE Conference and Exhibition 11-14 Denmark June SPE Aberdeen, SPE International Oilfield Corrosion Conference and Exhibition 18-19 Conference UK June SPE Copenhagen 2018 IADC World Drilling Conference 18-19 Conference Denmark Sep. 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Learn more at bhge.com @SPEgermany | Volume 26 | Issue 3 | November 2017 Interview with Darcy Spady, 2018 SPE President Interview by Radu Coman, BHGE, Communication Chair & Editor Darcy Spady, 2018 SPE President holding the keynote speech at the STC in Clausthal. Photo courtesy of Daniel Bücken. Mr. President, it is a great honor for us to have you as the keynote speaker at the Student Technical Conference. Before discussing the complex topics of our industry, let us talk about you: Who is the person Darcy Spady? Who is the professional Darcy Spady? I can't answer that question. I don't know who I am. I'm an average guy who has had a lot of different jobs. I'm a farmer, so I'm close to the land. And I'm not an academic. I've not had a long career with one company, but I think I represent the average SPE member who slogs away and is very satisfied with his career, which involves multiple “I like to get a companies. consensus, and I like to On the professional side, I have a BSc in Petroleum Engineering, 1986, from the lead a meeting” University of Alberta. Heavy oil was my specialty. I worked half my career on the service side, starting as a wireline logger, and half of my career on the operator side, mainly with small companies. I think, professionally, my skill and why am the SPE president is that I like to get a consensus and I like to lead a meeting. I'm always the guy in the middle building consensus. It's really working with people and getting people to agree is what I enjoy the most of anything; more than equations [laughs]. You have been the SPE President for a month. What is the state of the SPE? “The state of the SPE is The state of the SPE is nothing but growth and good future. People sometimes say, nothing but growth well, we are not growing, or, our people are getting old, but they are not seeing the and good future.” whole SPE.