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SEPTEMBER 2013 VOL 62 ISSUE 9
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IN THIS ISSUE:
Meeting Information/ Speaker Bio 2
Birthdays/Dates 3
ADDC Nominees 4
Community Corner 5 August Meeting Recap 6-7
Region IV Director’s letter 8
ADDC President’s letter 9
Board of Directors 10
President’s Letter“Bridging our Legacy - Educating
for our Future”
It’s hard to believe that the summer is over. Students of all ages have eagerly anticipated the first day of school. Everything is new again. New teachers, new clothes, new school supplies and new friendships formed.
We as Desk and Derrick members are not too different from those students. After all…Desk and Derrick is about education. We should have that same eager anticipation each and every month. E a c h m o n t h b r i n g s a n e w o p p o r t u n i t y t o e x p a n d o u r knowledge of our industry through the speakers that come to our clubs. What we take away from each meeting are our new supplies to help us reach out to others and pass on the knowledge we have gained. Friendships are formed by getting to know the other members of not only our club, but the members of other clubs in our region and the association. Getting involved is the best way to meet others and form these friendships. Involvement on any level will help you gain a greater understanding of the importance of Desk and Derrick and the commitment we need to make to continue the vision Inez Awty Schaeffer had so many years ago.
Desk and Der r ick offe rs numerous opportunities for us to
learn the different aspects of our industry. On Saturday September 7th we have the opportunity to attend the Social Media and Business Etiquette seminar. If you feel technology has passed you by, this is a great opportunity to leap into this century. The Association’s annual convention in Charleston, We s t V i r g i n i a i s q u i c k l y approaching on September 25th – 28th. The general arrangements committee has worked extremely hard to have a diverse selection of seminars and field trips to choose from. It’s not to late to attend.
We should not be content with the knowledge we currently have. We should thirst for more each and every day.
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
-Nelson Mandela
ARM YOURSELVES!
Susan Wrobbel2013 President
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SEPTEMBER 5 , 2013- MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP
This month’s speaker: Pat Handren, P.E. of Denbury Resources, Inc. presenting “Current Activity in the U.S. oil and Gas Industry – The Power
of the Unconventional Plays”
Doubletree Hotel Dallas Campbell Centre8250 N. Central ExpresswayDallas, TX 75206-1888
Our meeting will be held at:
Doubletree Hotel Dallas
It is located in the gold towers on the east side of Central Expressway (US 75), north of Caruth Haven.
The cost of the meal will be:
$22.00 for cash or check or $23.00 for credit card
Please check the hotel schedule for the day (near the front entrance) for the room location of our meeting.
** Please also note that the code for parking in the hotel’s garage is 1234#.
Join us for an unofficial “Meet and Mingle” downstairs at the Double Tree Lobby Bar before every monthly meeting between 5pm-6pm. It’s a great way to get to know your fellow D&D Members! Hope to see you there!
Pat Handren has worked in the petroleum industry for over 30 years. He was the Bakken Operations Engineering Manager for Denbury Resources, Inc. until it was recently sold to XTO/Exxon. Through his career, he has worked for Sun Gas Company (later Oryx Energy Company), as an independent consultant, as an engineer for Carbo Ceramics and as a completions engineer for Ascent Energy Company. Pat has worked in many of the oil and gas fields across the continental United States, as well as fields in South America. He has authored and co-authored numerous papers and articles through the SPE and industry trade journals. He is an author for the US patent on overbalanced perforating. Pat has spoken at many SPE meetings and conferences. He graduated in 1981 from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas with a BS in Petroleum Engineering. Pat Handren, P.E.
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We would like to wish you a very Happy Birthday from your Desk and
Derrick Club of Dallas!
Sep 2 Susan Johnson
Sep 13 Madonna Nuckolls
Sep 15 Kereata Whalen
Sep 20 Jenny Bueno
Sep 21 Theresa Booker
Sep 21 Polly Marek
Dates to Remember:
SEP 7th-September Seminar 10am-3pm @EXCO ResourcesSEP 25th-29th-62nd ADDC ConventionOCT 3rd-Monthly Membership MeetingOCT 12th-Perot Museum, 1-5pm
Quote of the month:“Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.”J. Paul Getty
Becky Perez has been Business Manager of Petroleum College International since 2001. She joined the Desk and Derrick Club of Victoria in March 2003 and become a member of the board the following year. And she’s still there! She just celebrated 10 years with the organization. She has two grown children: Ana (29), Miguel (23) and a daughter-in-law. Besides D&D, Becky is active in the Civilian Police Academy Alumni Association; Victoria Sheriff’s Auxiliary and is a member of CERT (Community Emergency Response Team). Her hobbies include reading, going to the movies, traveling and plastic canvas.
Region IV 2014 Director ElectBecky Perez
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Lori Landry- Nominee for President-Elect
Goals: I have gained tremendous knowledge of the Association serving as 2012 ADDC Treasurer and 2013 ADDC Vice President. With your help, we have taken great strides to gain new ideas to improve upon our Association, and I would like to continue to help make our Association the best it can be. There is still a lot of work to be done in order to increase membership, re-branding our Association to be recognized and re-energized and to educate our members about our industries as well as the general public about the Association. I hope that with your continued support and enthusiasm we can accomplish these goals and move forward into a brighter future!
Connie J. Harrison- Nominee for Vice President
What an honor and privilege it is to serve this Association in 2013 as Treasurer. I am proud to represent each and every member of this Association and wish to continue serving by being your Vice President. My goal is to preserve the legacy that our predecessors worked so diligently to leave for us. One benefit of my membership in Desk and Derrick is the knowledge I have gained, and I want to impart that to members and potential members. I will work steadily and continuously to represent our organization with the upmost dignity and respect and to increase our membership. If given the opportunity to serve, it will be in a professional manner as we continue to promote education to carry us into the future while never forgetting our past.
Barbara Ann Pappas- Nominee for Secretary
As secretary, my goals for 2014 will be to assist the President with recording accurate minutes of meetings, keep accurate records of elections, and advise in the ADDC board, as deemed necessary by the President. My personal goas as 2014 secretary will be to bring forth ideas which will incorporate the new direction our organization will be heading with the goals set out concerning strategic planning. I will initiate and sustain the Board with the enthusiasm and momentum needed to reach the milestones set forth by the Board for our organization to succeed in educating its members and the public.
Anna Lewis-McBeth- Nominee for Secretary
If I were elected as ADDC Secretary, I would have several goals. First and foremost I would maintain accurate minutes of all meetings and maintain accurate counts of the Board votes. I would also continue to spread the word about Desk and Derrick. I would visit companies wherever needed and explain to them about ADDC. I would continue to support all those that came before me. I would also work on getting the current membership to be active, encouraging them to become club presidents, then region directors and to continue to climb all the way to the top.
Maggi Franks- Nominee for Treasurer
The ADDC was founded with a focus on education---educating not only ourselves, but also our communities. In commitment to that vision, I have not confined my goals to accurately maintaining our financial records, although I shall coordinate with the ADO Manager to ensure that is accomplished. My goals extend beyond the duties of the office, to keep our educational commitment moving forward. I will fulfill my partnership with the Board by striving to discover new avenues for membership recruitment, working to retain the members we have, and making ADDC more inviting and accommodating to all energy industries and affiliates.
ADDC Nominees for 2014 Officers
Community Service Corner
Goals for 2013
Food Drive – Canned and Dry
Goods: We are collecting canned and dry goods to
benefit the White Rock Center of Hope at our monthly
meetings. They also asked for any reusable shopping
bags. Please remember to bring those canned and
dry goods. *************************************************************************
Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center – the DCAC
gives hope and healing to the most severely
abused children in Dallas County. They give a
stuffed animal to every child they assist – over
2,000 a year. We are collecting new, stuffed
animals to assist them so look for the collection
box at our monthly meetings. Please remember
to bring in those stuffed animals! ******************************************************************* Association of Desk and Derrick Clubs Energy Activity Books (from the ADDC website)
“The Association of Desk and Derrick Clubs is proud to present its “Bit of Fun” Energy Activity Book. PetroMolly and PetroMack were created to explain how
hydrocarbons and their byproducts are used to make modern products we use every day. They also perform
chemical experiments that further reveal how important petroleum is to our lives.”
If you know of a school or school district that you think would benefit from this, or you would be willing to be the Dallas club contact for getting this program up and
running, please contact Sharon Figueroa at [email protected] or 214-706-3308.
Halliburton Engineering Test Facilities Tour
By Jenny Bueno
For our August club meeting, we got the great opportunity to visit Halliburton's Engineering Test
Facility in Carrolton, TX. In this facility, Halliburton designs, manufactures and tests most of their
completions tools among other equipment. Naming all of the things being manufactured in this
facility would make for a long list, but a short example of is: packers, coiled tubing, ESP pumps,
plugs, safety valves, etc. Most of this equipment is currently being used for fracking - a technological
development that helps reach geological targets that were difficult to access prior to this
technology, therefore not only increasing production but creating production where none was
commercially viable before.
We were greeted by our tour guides, David Henry and Leslie Gage, Rebekah Willoughby, who
graciously made all the arrangements for our meal that night, and Art Baker, Global Director of
Technology. The tour, which took about three hours from beginning to end, started with an
introductory presentation by Art Baker about the Company's core values, safety and capabilities.
After a short business session, we were divided in two groups and proceeded to tour the facilities.
Manufacturing was our first stop, endless rows of CNC machines, manufacturing equipment, tools
and raw materials used to manufacture some of the most sophisticated completion tools and
equipment in the oil industry. It was quite impressive to see the size of these CNC machines and to
see the people behind their programming and operation.
Our group then went to the North Test Well, which is primarily used as a training tool for
Halliburton's field personnel during their "Rig Training Program", which lasts about 12 weeks. In
addition, this well is also used as a backup testing well for their downhole equipment and
completion tools.
Next was the "Mike Adams" Test Well, which is a wellbore with a cased hole of 20 in. x 13 3/8 in. x 9
5/8 in. casing, and a fully operational drilling rig used to test and evaluate tool designs and running
Susan with our tour guides
procedures in their actual environment. It also has a "doghouse" or safe viewing room for customers
and personnel alike to observe, supervise, and prepare for their tests.
Our last stop was at the High Temperature Gas Test Facility (HTGTF), a very impressive, spacious
area with high ceilings and multiple chambers equipped with three below-ground heated and cooled
test cells capable of conducting a test in one cell while installing/removing a test from the adjacent
cell. These cells can withstand pressures of up to 40,000 psi, and are a remarkable piece of
engineering. The HTGTF also has a control room with computers, as well as private conference
rooms from where customers can watch the equipment being testing.
Touring Halliburton's Carrolton technical facility was certainly a very educational experience that
allowed us to better understand some of the tools being utilized in the new era of oil exploration.
Tiffany and Jenny
Doghouse, safe viewing room
Test Well
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Terry LigonRegion IV [email protected]
September 2013
Region IV Members,
Here it is September and our thoughts and plans turn to the 62nd Annual Convention. By the time you read this letter many of you are making final preparations for the convention in Charleston, West Virginia. I do look forward to seeing you there. This will prove to be another memorable, educational convention and I am very excited to be there to learn and renew friendships. I am sure each of your clubs has started the nomination process for the 2014 slate of officers for your club. Take a few moments to read the duties and responsibilities for these positions in your club's bylaws. Then take another moment to choose a position for which you feel you are ready to serve. Each of us has our own strengths, talents, desires and goals that will enhance our local clubs which will, in turn, support and strengthen the Association. To serve at your club level is a great step in your personal journey with Desk and Derrick. While you are in Charleston take the time to look up your Region IV Director-Elect, Becky Perez, from the Victoria Club. I know that Becky will welcome getting to know those of you whom she has not yet met and to visit with old friends. Be sure to ask Becky what areas she needs volunteers for within the Region. I want to remind everyone of the "Challenge" put out by the Education Committee to help increase our ADO video library. If your club has not already, please purchase one new industry related DVD/video for the Association library. Before purchasing contact your regional representative on the Education Committee, Jill Coble, for approval. This will ensure that duplicates are not purchased. By now most schools are in session. Has your club made arrangements to present your local 3rd, 4th and 5th graders the Energy Activity Books and learning guides? Educating our community's children will lead to educated adults and, as you know, we need the upcoming generations to be educated in our vital industry. Always remember to "Communicate to Educate and Serve". Terry
Region IV Director’s Newsletter
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ADDC President Newsletter – September 2013Is it possible that Convention is upon us? By the time you read this newsletter, it will be just a few short weeks away. The emails have been flying with last minute details and I don’t know how everything could have been accomplished in years past without instant communication. The membership response has been amazing, and I am happy to say it will be one of the largest conventions in the past 5 years. Melinda Johnson and her committee, after 3 years of planning, are looking forward to welcoming you to Charleston and showing you “Autumn in Appalachia”.
You may have already heard that registration for convention is closed. This is due to the spacing restrictions at the hotel. We have reached the capacity of the meeting rooms. This is the first time in six years that registration at convention has gone over 300 and we are so pleased with the turnout, and so sorry, some had to be turned away. Everyone who registered by the deadline of August 15th has been confirmed, and we will have a waiting list in case of cancellations.
September, for me, means new beginnings. Kids go back to school, Universities are back in session, new community programs start up, and if your club was inactive during the summer, you start back to regularly scheduled meetings. It is also the time to start thinking about your club, region and association for next year. Who will be the new leaders? Are you willing to make a choice, to make a change and volunteer in your club, your Region or your Association? We are an organization that relies on its volunteers and without you, we would falter. Take a moment during the month to think about your own skills and leadership abilities and how you can best help. Most commitments only take a few hours a month to fulfill, so take that small step out of your comfort zone.
The ADDC Board will be meeting for the Pre-Convention meeting on the Tuesday of Convention week. We will be reviewing what we as a Board, and the committees have accomplished this year and touching on what still needs to be done. If you have any concerns or items for discussion, now is the time to let your Region Director or any member of the Board know and they can bring it to the meeting. Your feedback is important to us!
Next month, I will be happy to introduce you to your new ADDC Officers for 2014 and let you know what went on at Convention. If you are planning to attend, I look forward to seeing you soon. If you cannot join us, I will sure miss you.
Life is a journey, not a destination….
Marilyn
President’s Letter
Marilyn Carter2013 ADDC [email protected]@shaw.ca
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President Susan Wrobbel
Vice President Pat Blanford
Secretary Cecelia Thorne
Treasurer Peggy Loyd
Director of Education Sharon Figueroa
Director of Publications Melissa Bell
Director of Rules Carla Tracy
Immediate Past President Mary T. Vaughan
Parliamentarian Denise Adams
2013 Board of Directors
The purpose of the club shall be to promote the education and professional development of individuals employed in or affiliated with the petroleum, energy and allied industries.
Greater Knowledge,Greater Service
Club Purpose and Motto
Desk & Derrick Club of Dallas
P.O. Box 603071Dallas, TX 75360
MELISSA BELL
Diamond Bits, 2013 Editor
Lynda White
"The First Lady of
Manners"
Proper business etiquette is an essential skill for today's multifaceted work place.
How you look can increase your worth. An increase in technology has triggered a decrease in people's ability to relate to one another. Good manners counterbalance the perception of impersonal treatment. Build your reputation and carry it with you! The more polished and professional you appear, the sooner you will be promoted.
Savvy Socializing
Telephone Etiquette
Business Travel
Meeting Manners
Corporate Functions
Cost: $30, Lunch Included – catered by On the Border
Location: EXCO Resources, Inc., (12377 Merit Dr., Dallas, 1st Floor Conference Room)
Some of the items that will be
discussed are:
What is “the Cloud”? What is Twitter and do you know how to “tweet”?
Everything is “visit us on Facebook” but I don’t have a Facebook!
Everyone wants to “connect” with me on LinkedIn. I don’t know how!
This all sounds time consuming but technology is supposed to make our
lives easier, isn’t it?
If you are feeling overwhelmed or that technology has passed you by
when you weren’t looking, then this is the seminar for you! Michael
Green, IT Operations Director with EXCO will do his best to educate us.
This will be an open question and answer forum so bring those “always
wanted to know but were afraid to ask” questions.
Technology – Social Media
September Seminar
Business Etiquette
Saturday, September 7, 2013
10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Michael Green
RSVP & Money deadline,
Sept. 5th
Association of
Desk and Derrick Clubs
62nd Annual ADDC Convention September 25 — 29, 2013
Charleston, West Virginia
Autumn in Appalachia
October – Perot Museum of Nature and Science Saturday, October 12, 2013 Cost: $17 Time: 1 – 5 pm
The museum building itself is a wonder, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Thom Mayne. The museum is registered and working on three green-building accreditation programs: LEED, Green Globes and the Sustainable Sites Initiative. “The extraordinary building and outdoor space serves as a living science lesson, offering provocative illustrations of engineering, technology and conservation.” The Perot Museum is home to 11 permanent exhibit halls: Moody Family Children’s Museum, Sports Hall, Discovering Life Hall, Being Human Hall, Texas Instruments Engineering and Innovation Hall, the Rees-Jones Foundation Dynamic Earth Hall, Lyda Hill Gems and Minerals Hall, Expanding Universe Hall, T. Boone Pickens Life Then and Now Hall (Dinosaurs), the Rose Hall of Birds – and near and dear to our hearts - the Tom Hunt Energy Hall. We will meet at the front doors of the museum at 1:00 pm on Saturday, October 12. Our admission price will include the museum as well as a film in the Hoglund Foundation Theater, a 298-seat theater in the museum with one of the most sophisticated digital projection and sound systems available today. The museum also has a gift shop and café operated by Wolfgang Puck.
Location: downtown in Victory Park, 2201 N. Field Street, Dallas, 75201. Parking: several lots around the museum, $6 - upon exit, not upon entry Some of us may also travel there together on the DART rail line/bus. We will publish that information before our tour day for those who want to ride together. The cost for DART will be $5 at the rail station.
