January 2011 President’s Corner

January 2011

Dear Members,

As it often happens in the oil industry, our Chapter President Jesús Salazar will be transferred out of the country in January 2011. We all wish Jesús good luck in his new assignment and meanwhile Alexander Kostin will take his post as the Chapter President.

December is the month of holiday shopping and vacations and traditionally instead of monthly meetings SPWLA Houston hosts the Annual Petrophysical Software Show and Exhibition. This year it was held for the 17th time on December 9th. As always, we had a great participation from more than 15 vendors and attracted many of our Chapter members for whom this event has become a traditional place to meet up with friends and former colleagues and see what s new on the petrophysical software market.

Traditionally as well, the Houston Chapter Board held the year-end meeting after the show. The main subject was the Spring Topical Conference that we are planning to hold at the end of April.

We will resume our monthly meetings on January 10th, so don t forget to check our web site for the announcements http://www.spwla-houston.org/index.shtm.

Happy New Year everybody!

Alexander Kostin
Interim Houston Chapter President