Show Amoco research supervisor to be petroleum speaker 9 t ti i i M V rt f RALPH W. W VEATCH JR Ralph W. W Veatch Jr Research Supervisor with Amoco Production Co in Tulsa Okla and a 78 1977 Distinguished Lecturer for the Society of Petroleum Engineers of AIME is scheduled to speak at an October 20 meeting of the Uintah Basin Petroleum Section Section Sec Sec- tion of The meeting will be beheld beheld beheld held at pm p.m. at the Country Club InVernal in inVernal Vernal His speech entitled Massive Hydraulic Fracturing for Tight Gas Reservoirs will cover the current the state-of-the-art of massive hydraulic fracturing A viable means for commercial exploitation of tight gas reservoir resource potential successful requires considerable knowledge of reservoir anatomy The presentation covers critical aspects of l application and UH HU HUH places emphasis on pretreatment ment investigation to determine potential responsiveness of a reservoir to high cost stimulation VEATCH holds BS DS and MS degrees In petroleum engineering a PhD In engineering science from the University of Tulsa and is registered as a professional engineer in three states His experience includes seven years in operations with Amoco Production Co in drilling production formation evaluation secondary recovery and reservoir engineering six years years with Amoco Research fri hi hithe the area of well completion and stimulation and two years as Associate Professor of Petroleum Engineering at the University of Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette La He is currently o on Re Uie Board of Directors for the Mid- Mid Continent Section and serving as a member of the Well Completions Committee He is a past member of the Education and Professionalism Committee The Society of Petroleum Engineers is an international international international in in- technical and professional society for engineers engaged in many phases of the oil and gas in in- serves a membership membership membership mem mem- of over with an extensive program of meetings and publications and is a constituent society of The American Institute of Mining Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers U o |