Event Title:

TSPE September General Meeting: Deepwater Horizon Incident: The Cause and/or Effects
 

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Event Date/Time:

Start: 9/14/2010 11:30:00 AM
End: 9/14/2010 1:00:00 PM
 

Speaker:
 
James Pappas, P.E., M.B.A.
 
Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America (RPSEA)
Vice President, Technical Programs
 

Location:
HESS CLUB
 

Pricing:
 
Before 10-September-2010
After 10-September-2010
Member:
$30.00
$35.00
Non-Member:
$35.00
$40.00
Student Member:
$0.00
Student Non-Member:
$0.00
Government Employee:
$15.00
 

Event Deadline:

09/10/2010 17:00
   

Event Notes:

James Pappas, P.E., M.B.A.
James Pappas, P.E. M.B.A. 
 
 
Deepwater Horizon Incident: 
The Cause and/or Effect
 
 
 
Note:  As we draw closer to the meeting, more details regarding this presentation will be made available. 
 
James Pappas is the Vice President of Technical Programs for RPSEA, the Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America, in Sugarland, Texas.  He has held the positions of Global Technology Coordrinator, Facilities Engineer in the Deepwater & International Well Engineering & Facilities Division, Deepwater Project Coordinator for Devon Energy in the past, as well as Production Engineer in the Gulf of Mexico Division for Devon, and Santa Fe Snyder prior to their merger.  He has also held drilling, completions, production, operations superintendent, reservoir, and acquisitions and divestitures (A&D) positions with Fina Oil and Chemical Company, UPRC and Amoco Production Company.
 
  • James has been involved with TSPE for 10 years.  He has held program committee, scholarship committee, and YP committee positions as well as Director position with the Greater Houston Chapter. 
  • He is hte immediate past Private Industry Practice Chair and Executive Committee memeber of TSPE and serves ont eh Ligislative and Governmental Affairs Committee. 
  • James has been involved with the Society of Petroleum Engineers for 30 years.  He has been the immediate past SPE International Production and Operations Technical Director and SPE Technical Programs and Meetings Committee Chair, and is a former chair of the 13,000 member SPE Gulf Coast Section in Houston. 
  • He serves on several technical program committees for meetings including: the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE), the Latin American Continental Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (LACPEC), the SPE R&D Conference, and the SPE Production & Operations (P&O) Conference.
  • He is also active in the American Petroleum Institute (API), National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE), the American Associateion of Drilling Engineers (AADE), and Marine Technical Society (MTS), and he chairs the University of Texas Petroleum Engineering Advisory Council.
James has authored over 40 papers or spoken at various conferences and interviews on various technical and professional topics including:  Monte Carlo reservoir simulation, hydraulic fracture analysis, well conformance remediation, subsea tiebacks, flow assurance issues, floating platform concepts, project management, drilling, government and the oil and gas industry, engineering, professionalism, recruiting, training and development, retention, volunteerism, and ethics.
 
James earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry with Math and Spanish minors from the University of Texas at Austin in 1979.
 

Event Comments:
 

Speaker Information:

James Pappas, P.E., M.B.A.
James Pappas, P.E. M.B.A. 
 
James Pappas is the Vice President of Technical Programs for RPSEA, the Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America, in Sugarland, Texas.  He has held the positions of Global Technology Coordrinator, Facilities Engineer in the Deepwater & International Well Engineering & Facilities Division, Deepwater Project Coordinator for Devon Energy in the past, as well as Production Engineer in the Gulf of Mexico Division for Devon, and Santa Fe Snyder prior to their merger.  He has also held drilling, completions, production, operations superintendent, reservoir, and acquisitions and divestitures (A&D) positions with Fina Oil and Chemical Company, UPRC and Amoco Production Company.
 
  • James has been involved with TSPE for 10 years.  He has held program committee, scholarship committee, and YP committee positions as well as Director position with the Greater Houston Chapter. 
  • He is hte immediate past Private Industry Practice Chair and Executive Committee memeber of TSPE and serves ont eh Ligislative and Governmental Affairs Committee. 
  • James has been involved with the Society of Petroleum Engineers for 30 years.  He has been the immediate past SPE International Production and Operations Technical Director and SPE Technical Programs and Meetings Committee Chair, and is a former chair of the 13,000 member SPE Gulf Coast Section in Houston. 
  • He serves on several technical program committees for meetings including: the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE), the Latin American Continental Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (LACPEC), the SPE R&D Conference, and the SPE Production & Operations (P&O) Conference.
  • He is also active in the American Petroleum Institute (API), National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE), the American Associateion of Drilling Engineers (AADE), and Marine Technical Society (MTS), and he chairs the University of Texas Petroleum Engineering Advisory Council.
James has authored over 40 papers or spoken at various conferences and interviews on various technical and professional topics including:  Monte Carlo reservoir simulation, hydraulic fracture analysis, well conformance remediation, subsea tiebacks, flow assurance issues, floating platform concepts, project management, drilling, government and the oil and gas industry, engineering, professionalism, recruiting, training and development, retention, volunteerism, and ethics.
 
James earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry with Math and Spanish minors from the University of Texas at Austin in 1979.
 
 

Contact Name:
  Elizabeth Kirk

Contact Phone:
  (281)350-7027

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