Event description Get ready to swing, slam, and pickle like never before at the Rocky Mountain Oilfield Pickleball Tournament, hitting the courts Friday, Nov 14th! 🏓 We’re at a 20 team limit, so grab your spot and join the ultimate showdown at 3rd Shot Pickleball from 3pm-7pm. Sip on tasty drinks, unleash your inner… Read More »Rocky Mountain Oilfield Pickleball Showdown
Good morning SPE volunteering team! Our next monthly breakfast at the Rescue Mission will be November 18th, from 6:45am to 8:30am. This is a great way to meet new people within… Read More »Denver Rescue Mission – November 2025
General Meeting Category: Reservoir Speaker: Reidar Bratvold, Professor Emeritus, University of Stavanger Title: Persistent Bias in Probabilistic Production Forecasting and Simple Methods to Overcome It Abstract: The one key… Read More »SPE Denver General Meeting: November 2025
Abstract: A key challenge faced in unconventional reservoir development is well densities coupled with modern completion designs to economically optimize resource development. Most data analytic applications use single… Read More »SPE Denver Technical Happy Hour: December 2025
Good morning SPE volunteering team! Our next monthly breakfast at the Rescue Mission will be December 16th, from 6:45am to 8:30am. This is a great way to meet new people within the… Read More »Denver Rescue Mission – December 2025
Abstract: Organic Oil Recovery is a tertiary oil recovery process that only stimulates certain resident microbes that already exist in your reservoir to release residual, bypassed and trapped oil — without chemicals, downhole modifications, topside changes, or capex. By feeding the microbes a specific targeted nutrient blend, we activate a gene in the target microbial… Read More »SPE Denver General Meeting: December 2025
Event description Abstract: The fracturing fluids not only plays a pivotal role in near-wellbore stimulation, influencing proppant transport, and cluster efficiency, but is critical to minimizing formation damage and maximizing oil recovery. While friction reduction has traditionally guided fluid selection, this study shifts the focus toward subsurface performance metrics that directly impact hydrocarbon… Read More »SPE Denver General Meeting: January 2026
Host: Society of Petroleum Engineers, Denver Section Event: January 2026 Technical Happy Hour Time: January 27th, 4-6 (HH begins at 4, Talk at 430, Social until 6) Location: Liberty Energy,… Read More »SPE Technical Happy Hour: January 2026
Abstract: Operators developing Tier 3 acreage in the Williston Basin often face thin reservoirs, high water cut, H₂S generation, and low returns. This case study highlights a two- well… Read More »SPE Denver General Meeting: February 2026
Join us for our 46th Annual Racquetball tournament at Denver Athletic club. Come for a fun afternoon of competition and socializing with fellow oil and gas industry professionals. All levels of… Read More »SPE Denver 46th Annual Racquetball Tournament
Title: Successful Exits for Denver E&P’s Speakers: Panel with Zack Warren Moderating Andrew Haney – President at Nickel Road Operating Blake Pickett – General Counsel, Vice President at… Read More »SPE Denver Business Development Happy Hour: February 2026
Title: Formation-Informed Performance: Closing the Loop Between Geology, Drilling, and Completions. Author: Erin Britton, Drilling Solutions Engineering Team Lead, CORVA Session Overview: As unconventional development programs mature, optimizing well performance requires… Read More »SPE Denver General Meeting: March 2026
Description Sponsor: Liberty Energy Study Group Category: Drilling Speaker: Marc Willerth, Technology Development Manager, Helmerich & Payne Title: Getting the Most From Your Last Mile Abstract: In recent years, the pace and complexity of North American drilling has been rapidly accelerating. Four-mile step-outs and 180-degree U-turns are quickly becoming the “new normal”, along with… Read More »SPE Technical Happy Hour: March 2026
Title: Introduction to Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage. Author: Lilli Peters, Project Manager CCUS, CARBONVERT Register Here Location: Denver Earth Resources Library
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Thursday April 2, 2026 4-7pm Wynkoop Brewing Co. 1634 18th Street, Denver CO Register Here
A View of the Private US Oil and Gas Market and Potential Implications for L48 Exploration 1. The private US oil and gas market is currently adequately capitalized but opportunity poor 1. 25+ funded private equity-backed teams focused on capturing scaled US onshore asset 2. Target asset profile: meaningful PDP/cashflow + remaining development drilling (inside… Read More »SPE Denver General Meeting April 2026
Description Host: Society of Petroleum Engineers, Denver Section Event: April 2026 Technical Happy Hour Time: April 23, 4-6pm (HH begins at 4, Talk at 430, more Social until 6) Location:… Read More »SPE Technical Happy Hour: April 2026
Description Join us for breakfast and learn more about what it means to be a volunteer! Breakfast burritos will be served! Reach out to Lilli Peters lillipeters97@gmail.com for more information! Register Here
About the Session Join us for our section’s second 2026 Business Development Happy Hour, featuring a panel discussion moderated by Zack Warren on “Asset-Backed Securities for E&P Financing: Fad, or… Read More »SPE Denver Business Development Happy Hour: May 2026
