Past Events

Another Perspective moves forward

Another Perspective – The new Aberdeen CGSD sub-committee formed to help bring a better gender balance to SPE and the oil and gas industry –held its inaugural meeting in April 2009 to agree a way forward.The event sponsored by Senergy and attended by women and men representing a range of companies and disciplines, included a round table introduction and scene-setting presentation, followed by an informal discussion of awareness-raising activities and volunteers to facilitate them.“As with the get-together, the meeting benefited from the positive,thoughtful, collaborative and enthusiastic contribution of all attendees”says AP Chair Maria Trujillo. Maria will present the new committee’s forward plan to the CGSD Committee and SPE Board this month.

Another Perspective Launches in Aberdeen

An inspirational talk on the challenges and opportunities for women in the oil and gas industry launched the new SPE Aberdeen Another Perspective sub-committee, in November 2009.

Held in the grand granite-and-marble surroundings of Aberdeen Art Gallery, the launch event was attended by a broad cross-section of Aberdeen members, who listened with interest as Oonagh Werngren, Head of Technology for BP’s North Sea business, shared her personal perspective on how to achieve a rewarding career – advice that applied equally to the significant number of men in the audience.

AP Desk Calender 2010

A 2010 desk calendar was produced by Another Perspective titled “A year of Gender Diversity” which showcased different scenarios of wAP Desk Calender 2010

Note on AP's Technical Presentation

SPE Aberdeen’s Another Perspective Committee’s busy programme of activities continued in early April 2010 with our first Technical Presentation, by Maria A Jimenez, Production Technologist, Senergy. She gave an interesting presentation on The Role of Coupled Geomechanics – Fluid Flow Reservoir Modelling for Water Injection Performance Prediction’, which outlined the importance of considering the influence of the reservoir stress state over the injectivity when modelling water injection processes. She showed an example of professionalism and technical excellence and her presentation was well-received by the audience and there was great show of interest in the subject, which although it has existed for many years in the industry, is still not standard practice.

The evening event was held at the Douglas Hotel, attracting around 40 people from different backgrounds, including Reservoir, Drilling and Production Engineers, Geologists, Geophysics and students from the Robert Gordon University and the University of Aberdeen. The presentation was opened by Jeb Tyrie, of Focus Energy Limited and former Chairman of the Aberdeen SPE Section, who highlighted the importance of involvement in SPE and the platform it provides for members to interact with other engineers and geoscientists.

Another Perspective once more has proved its commitment to the energy sector by bringing gender balance and providing mentoring and networking opportunities for those already working in the industry.

2010 Devex Young Professional Workshop

First of its kind, in collaboration with SPE Another Perspective, PESGB, AFES, and SPE YP , the Devex Young Professional workshop was held in May 2010. The topic for the day was "Making the Unconventional Energy Resource Conventional" which proved to be a success, also attended where a group of high caliber panelist: Fazrie Wahid: Chief Production Engineer, Schlumberger (North Sea Geomarket), Andrew Gunning: Operations Manager, CBM, Centrica Energy and Dr Mehran Sohrabi, HW University, who contributed earnestly to the discussions.
The aim of the workshop was to discuss the science and technology that will enable the discovery and economic production of unconventional resources within a framework of social and environmental responsibilities and also to create an awareness and platform for the young professionals on how to tackle the issue and put steps in place for the future.