Show Lecturer to speak at AIME RIME Thomas B B. B OBrien O'Brien an independent independent independent in in- dependent drilling engineer in Midland Texas and a 77 1976 Distinguished Lecturer for the Society of Petroleum Engineers of AIME will be the guest speaker at the April meeting of the Uintah Basin Petroleum Section of The meeting is scheduled for Thursday April 21 at pm p.m. at the Country Club in Vernal SPEECH entitled entitled entitled en en- titled Deep Well Drilling will review the economics of drilling costs with emphasis on depth drilled and inflation He will discuss improved bit performance types of currently in use deviation problems and completion techniques OBrien O'Brien also will emphasize the importance of qualified supervisors and detailed imaginative planning in drilling operations A 1948 graduate of Louisiana State U. U with a B. B S. S degree in chemical engineering OBrien O'Brien was first employed by Gulf Oil Corp as a roughneck and mud engineer lie He also served as a drilling engineer and as Head of the Drilling Section in Gulfs Gulf's Technical Services Group In 1967 OBrien O'Brien took a position with liNG Oil Co and later became the company's Vice Vice- president of Drilling and Production OBrien O'Brien left liNG in early 1976 to operate as an independent independent independent in in- dependent engineer The Society of Petroleum Engineers of Al MME AIME ME is an international international international in in- technical and professional organization for engineers scientists and managers in the exploration drilling and production phases of the petroleum and natural gas industries has more than members located in major oil producing areas of 01 the world |