CHAPTER OFFICERS – 2010-11

Chairman – Philip C. Crouse
Vice Chairman – Gary Swindell
Secretary/Treasurer – P.J. “Jay” Thrash, Jr.
Membership Chairman – Dean Eiland
SPEE Liaison – Paul McDonald

MEETINGS

Dallas meets bimonthly, September through May at the Dallas Petroleum Club.

The first meeting of the fiscal year was held at the Petroleum Club of Dallas with about 50 in attendance. The talk was given by Lance Robertson, Manager of Drilling and Completions for Pioneer Natural Resources' Eagle Ford Asset Team and entitled "Eagle Ford: Uniquely Positioned for Commercial & Technical Success". Lance's talk focused on the commercial impacts of condensate/oil versus dry gas, the unique mineralogical and structural features of the Eagle Ford and recent completion practices and advances. A robust Q&A followed from an excellent and well received presentation. Paul McDonald was recognized by everyone at the meeting for the excellent year the Dallas Chapter had and was presented with a token of gratitude for his contributions and serving as Chairman to the Chapter.

A robust crowd attended the second meeting on November 4, 2010 with C.W. Clark, P.E., Director of Compliance & Enforcement from the Texas Engineering Board "Ethics" This qualified for the yearly ethics requirement to PE's.

On January 20, 2011 - Russ Hall gave an excellent talk on "Reserves in Resource Plays" with a record 80+ in attendance at our new meeting place at the Ellison Miles Institute at Brookhaven College in North Dallas.

Russ Hall of Midland speaks to a full house at the January 20th Dallas Chapter Meeting

Upcoming meetings (We encourage anyone to attend)

March 24, 2011

Michael Collier – Partner, US Energy M&A, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Houston Texas
“Environment, Trends and Developments in Mergers and Acquisitions”

May 19, 2011

Anas Alhajji – Chief Enexrgy Economist, Natural Gas Partners

Meetings for March and May are scheduled at Brookhaven College at the Ellison Miles Institute (same building SPE holds its Production Study Group meetings).