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March 26-28, 2013. CTWI’s full title? The Coiled Tubing and Well Intervention Conference and Exhibition 2013, brought to you by ICOTA, the International Coiled Tubing Association, a not-for-profit, member-funded organization with the primary objective of improving communication and promotion of technical awareness within the well intervention industry. Membership comprises individuals from all sectors of the coiled tubing industry, including service users, service providers, tubing and equipment manufacturers. The event featured a diverse range of presentations that covered innovative solutions, practices, and performance improvements across all sectors of the industry. This claims to be the global E&P industry’s foremost venue for the latest intervention technologies, with a peer-selected technical program. Attendees were typically design and drilling engineers, completion engineers, production engineers, R&D professionals, operations managers, executives and consultants. All were “Well Coiled” to strike, you might say…
February 4-7, 2013. At 1.1 billion gallons and climbing, biodiesel has become a force to be reckoned with in meeting America’s ever-escalating fuel supply needs. The annual National Biodiesel Conference & Expo is the event that gathers biodiesel decision-makers from all around the United States and beyond. The theme of this year’s conference was Momentum, referring to the powerful platform that drives biodiesel business year-round. The show was attended by fuel producers, petroleum distributors, corn and soybean growers and agricultural commodity organizations, scientists, policy makers, and alternative fuel users and enthusiasts. The Biodiesel Conference explored topics of governmental policy, technical issues and marketing trends in the biodiesel industry. United States Agriculture Department (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack addressed a standing room only crowd on the final day, saying that the biodiesel industry is helping the country become secure through innovation. King Corn has a new domain…
February 6-8, 2013. The Northeastern Retail Lumber Association (NRLA) was established in New York in 1894 by a small group of pioneering lumbermen who recognized the value of cooperation (and could see the wood from the trees). These are people on a mission: to promote and support investment, education, and research related to, and for the benefit of, the lumber and building material dealers, their employees, customers, and the general public. Today the NRLA has 1,150 members. The association represents independent lumber and building-material suppliers and associated businesses in New York and the six New England states. Education seems to be one aspect distinguishing the independent lumber dealer from the rest, and has continued to be major focus. This year NRLA’s education team produced 21 seminars and webinars, launched an NRLA Facebook page, and built a new small dealer roundtable. Whad’ya mean, what’s the round table made of? This is a lumber association, Mac…
Nov. 13-15, 2012. This is one of those shows that plays guessing games with its target constituency. Okay, see if you can figure out what these folks do. DUG East is about “developing unconventionals”. This trade show and conference for the “unconventional resources industry” has grown in leaps and bounds, each year steadily drawing more attendees and exhibitors to an ever-expanding show floor. This year the hot gossip was about “unleashing the Utica” and “monetizing the Marcellus”. Still baffled? Okay, here’s a clue quote: “Producers are moving rigs into the liquids-rich-gas Marcellus and Utica windows, while midstream gatherers, processors and marketers are working on yet another phase of Appalachian-resource monetization: more NGLs—plus… oil”. Ohhhhh… this is the energy business they’re talking about…! We nominate DUG East as a worthy contender for this year’s Bafflegab Award for incomprehensibly obscure corporate jargon….
Nov. 13-16, 2012. Companies from throughout the oil spill prevention & response industry were in attendance at the 23rd Annual CLEAN GULF Conference & Exhibition. Key professionals and decision makers from the Gulf Coast and beyond came together to view the latest products, services and technologies, as well as hear about trends and developments in the oil spill response industry. From spill prevention to clean-up, CLEAN GULF offered top caliber content for anyone who prepares, prevents or responds to an oil spill or large incident. The trade show floor featured over 270 exhibits showcasing the latest tools and technologies for oil spill prevention & response. Okay, just keep it clean, guys…!
Nov. 5-9, 2012. The SEG is the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, and their annual meeting claims to be the world’s largest oil, energy and mineral exposition, showcasing cutting-edge technology for use in exploration and associated industries. SEG is the premier venue for energy exploration buffs to meet and discuss new geophysical technologies and their uses, as well as to make the acquaintance of new and innovative geophysical products and services. Apparently the Technical Program Committee had to sort through 1,500 expanded abstracts to select the 576 oral papers, 189 posters and 152 e-posters that were made available to delegates and students. Students, we heard, “are the future and lifeblood of geophysics”. So they needed to put plenty of “energy” into studying up on all those papers….
Oct. 31 – Nov. 1, 2012. WEEC stands for the World Energy Engineering Congress. The show featured an extensive multi-track conference agenda, a full line-up of seminars on a variety of energy topics, and a comprehensive exposition of the market’s most promising new technologies. Beginning with a welcome from Georgia Governor Nathan Deal, the WEEC opening session featured General Colin L. Powell, who spoke about leadership during a time of crisis and change. Energy policies past and present were reviewed, and former president Jimmy Carter chipped in with a special video message. In amongst the keynoters, the ceo and president of Southern Company Services, Susan Story, had something to say about Smart Energy — a strategic framework for customer satisfaction. NBC and New York Times special correspondent Ted Koppel shared his thoughts on current events in the Middle East, musing on how those events will affect energy prices, and on differences between the energy policies of President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger. To get through all this, you needed quite a bit of “energy”…
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