09 May 2010
Dhahran -- More than 2,500 people attended the first combined symposium and exhibition of the SPE Saudi Arabia Section and the Dhahran Geoscience Society (DGS) recently at Seef Center, Al-Khobar.
The 2010 SPE/DGS Annual Technical Symposium and Exhibit offered a high-level array of keynote speakers, including Society of Petroleum Engineers president Behrooz Fattahi, Shell International vice president Jeroen Regtien, and Ibrahim Al-Saadan, on behalf of Saudi Aramco Exploration vice president Abdulla Al-Naim.
Participants in the SPE Half Moon Bay field trip analyzed area sand dunes and sabkhas. Participating in each trip were professionals representing Saudi Aramco and service companies along with college students.
Also attending were Amin H. Nasser, senior vice president of Exploration and Producing, and Mohammed Y. Gahtani, executive director of Petroleum Engineering and Development.
In his opening address, Faisal Al-Nughaimish, chairman of the symposium and exhibition, put the event in context. With 17 technical sessions, panel discussion, poster sessions, pre-event courses, field trips and exhibition, the symposium offers one of its richest programs over more than 25 years of history.
Fattahi lauded the annual event. We offer our congratulations to the technical committee for developing the outstanding program - The Saudi Arabia Section's Annual Technical Symposium has a 25-year history of bringing together regional and international industry professionals to exchange knowledge and to promote the latest innovations and technologies, he was quoted as saying in a report carried by Saudi Aramco's web-site.
© Saudi Press Agency 2010
Dhahran -- More than 2,500 people attended the first combined symposium and exhibition of the SPE Saudi Arabia Section and the Dhahran Geoscience Society (DGS) recently at Seef Center, Al-Khobar.
The 2010 SPE/DGS Annual Technical Symposium and Exhibit offered a high-level array of keynote speakers, including Society of Petroleum Engineers president Behrooz Fattahi, Shell International vice president Jeroen Regtien, and Ibrahim Al-Saadan, on behalf of Saudi Aramco Exploration vice president Abdulla Al-Naim.
Participants in the SPE Half Moon Bay field trip analyzed area sand dunes and sabkhas. Participating in each trip were professionals representing Saudi Aramco and service companies along with college students.
Also attending were Amin H. Nasser, senior vice president of Exploration and Producing, and Mohammed Y. Gahtani, executive director of Petroleum Engineering and Development.
In his opening address, Faisal Al-Nughaimish, chairman of the symposium and exhibition, put the event in context. With 17 technical sessions, panel discussion, poster sessions, pre-event courses, field trips and exhibition, the symposium offers one of its richest programs over more than 25 years of history.
Fattahi lauded the annual event. We offer our congratulations to the technical committee for developing the outstanding program - The Saudi Arabia Section's Annual Technical Symposium has a 25-year history of bringing together regional and international industry professionals to exchange knowledge and to promote the latest innovations and technologies, he was quoted as saying in a report carried by Saudi Aramco's web-site.
© Saudi Press Agency 2010
