SPE Arkansas Section
MEETING REMINDER NOTICE – If you are planning on attending, please respond to ldwitt@stephenspro.com if you have not done so already. The head-count tally from your responses is the basis for determining how many place settings the Fianna Hills CC puts out, and also allows them to plan the meals accordingly. Walk-ins are always welcome.

Greetings,
The Arkansas Section of the Society of Petroleum Engineers will be holding its next luncheon meeting on Wednesday – March 10th.

Date: March 10, 2010

Location: Fianna Hills Country Club (1 Essex Place, Fort Smith, AR 72908; 479-646-7861)

Time: 11:30 – 12:00 Social Time and Lunch, 12:00 – 1:00 presentation

Speaker: Joseph Ayoub

Topic: Realizing Full Potential of Hydraulic Fracturing –

Damage Mechanisms and Mitigation

Cost: $20 per person ($10 for Legion of Honor members)

SPEAKER BIO
Joseph Ayoub is currently the Reservoir Engineering Domain Career Leader for Schlumberger Oilfield Services based in Houston, Texas. He has held many Engineering and Operations posts in the US, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Joseph has taught numerous industry seminars and published well over 25 papers mainly in the areas of well testing, hydraulic fracturing and frac and pack. His involvement was instrumental for introducing the pressure derivative method and for launching the frac and pack technique in the GOM in the early 1990. More recently, Mr. Ayoub formed and led the work of a JIP on fracture clean-up that resulted in significant discoveries on fracture fluid damage mechanisms and mitigation. Joseph was named Schlumberger Advisor in 1999 and SPE Distinguished Member in 2005. He has served on numerous SPE committees and is often invited as discussion leader to SPE forums. He served as SPE Distinguished lecturer in 1998-1999.

Please invite your co-workers for this meeting. If you are planning to attend, you need to send an RSVP to ldwitt@stephenspro.com by Monday March 8 As always, you do not have to be a member to attend the meeting.

Visit the Arkansas SPE Section website at www.arkansas-spe.org/ to learn more about Arkansas SPE. Also note and visit the sponsors of the website, as all sponsorship monies go towards Arkansas SPE Section scholarships. If you are interested in contributing to this worthy cause and at the same time gain prominent advertising space on the website for your company, contact Jerry Rusnak (jerryr@jblllc.com).

SPE Arkansas Section mugs are available, courtesy of Halliburton and Schlumberger. They are on sale at the SPE Arkansas Section meetings (including the Study Group meeting) for $5. All proceeds go towards the Arkansas SPE Section scholarship fund.