Section Introduction

 

Membership Overview

SPE NY and New England Section Membership Overview:

Date Established: 16 December 1954

About 175 members (out of 350) have joined in the last 5 years …                         

Where do all the members in our section live?

 

About 50 members reside or work beyond 100 miles of New York or Boston. They are distributed in the northern and western regions of NY State (about 30), in VT, and in PA. There are some in ME and NH as well.  

SPE Worldwide Member Statistics

Total Members:  104,762

Professional Members: 75,395

  • Number age 35 and under: 20,272
  • Number age 65 and older: 5,714
  • Average age: 46
  • Professional members in 123 countries
  • SPE Sections: 187

 

Student Members: 29,367

  • Student members in 103 countries
  • SPE Student Chapters: 238
 

Percentage of membership by region (professional only):

Africa

3.92%

Asia Pacific

11.95%

Europe

14.31%

Middle East

13.91%

North America

50.21%

Russia and Caspian

2.10%

South America and Caribbean

3.09%

Unknown

0.51%

 

Thanks to Jamie Zarda, Communications Specialist, PR. Society of Petroleum Engineers

Source: http://www.spe.org/about/annualreport.php.