Volunteer Opportunity Details

About the Committee

The ATCE Program Committee is comprised of a Program Chairperson, Vice Program Chairperson, Specialty Coordinators and eight subcommittees. The conduct and leadership of the committee is held by the Program Chairperson. The Vice Program Chairperson is in attendance for all functions, being mentored by the Program Chairperson with the agreement that he or she will step up to fill the Program Chairperson position the following year.  The subcommittees are comprised of approximately 12 to 20 members.

 Qualifications and Experience

• Actively engaged in one or more areas involved in the subcommittees scope of coverage

• • Drilling: Covers topics from well planning and wellbore design through drilling equipment, systems, and operations to casing and cementing
  • Completions: Topics include completion design and installation, intelligent wells, sand control, hydraulic fracturing, acidizing and stimulation, and well integrity.
  • Projects, Facilities and Construction: Topics include processing, flow assurance, subsea systems, measurement and control, platforms and floating systems, and facilities operations.
  • HSE & Sustainability: Comprises core HSE topics as well as research and sustainability issues.
  • Management: Topics range from strategic planning to energy economics.
  • Data Science Engineering and Analytics: Topics include information systems, data use and management with specializations covered in technical sections
  • Production and Operations: Focuses include artificial lift, well operations, optimization, surveillance, monitoring, production chemistry, well intervention and decommissioning.
  • Reservoir: Topics range from simulation and formation evaluation to unconventional and enhanced recovery processes.

• Should have excellent knowledge of industry operations in the area

 Expected Time Commitment

• An organizational or “kick-off” meeting for the next year’s Program Committee, will be held during the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. A mandatory Program Committee Clinic will take place virtually after the conference.  Those attending will gain access to the review and rating system.
• The subcommittees will have status calls during the open call for paper with their chairperson during this period to evaluate current participation
• A conference call of the Program Committee is held in January for the chairpersons to provide a status report on the solicitation efforts being made by their committees
• In February, the subcommittees meet to review the rated paper proposals submitted and develop recommendations for technical sessions, including special sessions, for submittal to the ATCE Program Committee
• A selection meeting of the Program Committee will be held in March to review all recommendations and select special sessions to finalize the technical program
• Two weeks prior to the manuscript deadline date, Session Chairpersons will review a draft version of the author’s manuscript for commercialism and/or trade names as well as confirm the technical content does not differ from the original proposal submitted and accepted for presentation
• One month prior to the conference, Session Chairpersons will review the author’s presentations materials for clarity, commercialism and/or trade names or use of company logos

 Deliverables and Expectations

• Monitor activity in their fields worldwide
• Identify topics that should be pursued for presentation in the technical program. This includes identifying companies and individuals active in development work and operations in the area worldwide, and the encouragement to submit paper proposals
• Members are to also serve as Session Chairperson in their developed sessions

 Committee notifications and an invitation to participate will be sent by August