Society of Petroleum Engineers

Society of Petroleum Engineers
FoundedOctober 6, 1957
TypeProfessional organization
OriginsThe Petroleum Division of the AIME
Area served
Worldwide
MethodConferences, publications, training
Members
127,000
Key people
Simon Seaton (CEO/Executive Vice President), Terry Palisch (2024 President), Olivier Houzé (2025 President), Med Kamal (2023 President), Kamel Ben Naceur (2022 President), Mark Rubin (former CEO, ret July 2023)
Employees
270
Websitewww.spe.org

The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) is a 501(c)(3)[1][2] not-for-profit professional organization.[3][4]

SPE provides a worldwide forum for oil and natural gas exploration and production (E&P) professionals to exchange technical knowledge and best practices. SPE manages OnePetro and PetroWiki, in addition to publishing magazines, peer-reviewed journals, and books.[5] SPE also hosts more than 100 events each year across the globe[6] as well as providing online tools and in-person training opportunities. SPE's technical library (OnePetro) contains more than 314,000 technical papers—products of SPE conferences and periodicals, made available to the entire industry.

SPE has offices in Dallas, Houston, Calgary, Dubai and Kuala Lumpur. SPE is a professional association for more than 127,000[7] engineers, scientists, managers, and educators. There are about 59,000 student members of SPE.[8]

  1. ^ "U.S. Tax Exemption Certificate" (PDF). SPE. December 27, 2017. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  2. ^ ProPublica, Mike Tigas, Sisi Wei. "Nonprofit Explorer – ProPublica". ProPublica. Retrieved 2017-12-27.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Dallas Business Journal: Society of Petroleum Engineers related content
  4. ^ "About Us | Society of Petroleum Engineers". www.spe.org. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
  5. ^ "Publications | The Society of Petroleum Engineers". www.spe.org. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
  6. ^ "SPE Event Calendar". www.spe.org. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
  7. ^ "Membership Demographics | Society of Petroleum Engineers". www.spe.org. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  8. ^ "Membership Demographics | Society of Petroleum Engineers". www.spe.org. Retrieved 2022-12-28.