Several SPE sections and student chapters celebrated milestone anniversaries in 2019. With some dating back to 60 years ago and others more recently established, SPE sections and chapters are present in 154 countries around the world. According to the 2019 SPE Fact Sheet, there are 201 SPE sections and 396 student chapters serving oil and gas and professionals and students in technical knowledge sharing.
| SPE Believers "What a picture! Darcy Spady, 2018 SPE President (left), James Jorden, 1984 SPE President (right), and I during the Owls Club Reception and Dinner on Sunday 8 October during the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. James was the first SPE President to visit and launch the SPE France section officially, when I founded it in early 1984 with a bunch of SPE believers." |
SECTION NAME | ANNIVERSARY in 2019 | YEAR ESTABLISHED | CITY, COUNTRY |
|---|---|---|---|
Eastern Venezuela | 65 | 1954 | Puerta La Cruz, Venezuela |
San Joaquin Valley | 65 | 1954 | Bakersfield, California, US |
New York and New England Petroleum | 65 | 1954 | Boston, Massachusetts, US |
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | 60 | 1959 | Dhahrana, Saudi Arabia |
Sumatra | 60 | 1959 | Duri, Sumatra, Indonesia |
Appalachian | 60 | 1959 | Charleston, West Virginia, US |
Amarillo | 55 | 1964 | Amarillo, Texas, US |
Trans-Pecos | 55 | 1964 | Odessa, Texas, US |
Midwest Gas Storage | 55 | 1964 | Pontiac, Illinois, US |
Michigan | 50 | 1969 | Lansing, Michigan, US |
Aberdeen | 45 | 1974 | Aberdeen, Scotland, UK |
Stavanger | 45 | 1974 | Stavanger, Norway |
Java Indonesia | 40 | 1979 | Jakarta, Indonesia |
Salt Lake City | 40 | 1979 | Salt Lake City, Utah, US |
France | 35 | 1984 | Paris, France |
Copenhagen | 35 | 1984 | Copenhagen, Denmark |
Lima | 35 | 1984 | Lima, Peru |
New Zealand | 30 | 1989 | New Plymouth, New Zealand |
Sarawak | 30 | 1989 | Sarawak, Malaysia |
North India | 30 | 1989 | Dehra Dun, India |
Korea | 25 | 1994 | Seoul, South Korea |
Romanian | 25 | 1994 | Campina, Romania |
South China Sea | 25 | 1994 | Shekou, Guangdong Province, China |
Southern China | 25 | 1994 | Dongying, Shandong Province, China |
Vietnam | 25 | 1994 | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
Sakhalin | 25 | 1994 | Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia |
Western Siberia | 15 | 2004 | Noyabrsk, Russia |
Southern Africa | 15 | 2004 | Cape Town, South Africa |
Spain | 15 | 2004 | Madrid, Spain |
Volga | 15 | 2004 | Almetyevsk, Russia |
Lloydminster | 10 | 2009 | Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada |
South Saskatchewan | 10 | 2009 | Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada |
Timan-Pechora | 10 | 2009 | Ukhta, Russia |
Ufa | 10 | 2009 | Ufa, Russia |
Grande Prairie | 5 | 2014 | Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada |
Maputo | 5 | 2014 | Maputo, Mozambique |
Nairobi Section | 5 | 2014 | Nairobi, Kenya |
Novi Sad | 5 | 2014 | Novi Sad, Serbia |
Tashkent | 5 | 2014 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
Tel Aviv | 5 | 2014 | Tel Aviv, Israel |
Ireland | 5 | 2014 | Dublin, Ireland |
Ivano-Frankivsk | 5 | 2014 | Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine |
Vancouver | 5 | 2014 | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
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