BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//SPE WA - ECPv6.18.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.spe-wa.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for SPE WA REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Perth BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 TZNAME:AWST DTSTART:20240101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20250918T163000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20250918T193000 DTSTAMP:20250814T061913Z CREATED:20250721T063833Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250814T061913Z UID:40999-1758213000-1758223800@www.spe-wa.org SUMMARY:SEASON OPENING - Special Guest Speaker: Colin Beckett AO. "My Half Century in Oil\, Gas & Power: Reflections Past & Future" DESCRIPTION:Society of Petroleum Engineers Western Australia is proud to announce that the September 2025 evening meeting will be our Season Opening Event. \nColin Beckett AO and Life Member of SPE  will be the special guest speaker. This event will also include scholarship presentations to Timor-Leste students. \n  \nAbout the Speaker\nColin was born and educated in the UK. He obtained a Masters in Engineering from Cambridge and commenced a career in the Oil and Gas industry with BP London.  In1988\, he moved to Australia working for BP\, Mobil and then Chevron\, where he was responsible for the development of the Gorgon LNG and domestic gas project. \nColin left Chevron in 2014 to assume a board career.  He is an emeritus Chancellor of Curtin University. He is past Chairman of Perth Airport Pty Ltd and of Western Power and past Deputy Chair and Chair of Remuneration and Nomination committee of Beach Energy. \nHe took a sabbatical in 2023 to spend time with family in the UK\, Canada and Australia. The sabbatical transitioned into retirement. \nIn 2022 Colin was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for distinguished service in the energy\, gas and oil production and infrastructure sectors\, and to tertiary education.   Colin is a Life Member of SPE. \n  \nAbout the Event\nPrice:             Early Bird SPE Member          $40 \n                       Early Bird Non-Member          $60 \n                       SPE Member                           $50\n                       Non-Member                            $70 \nDate:              Thursday\, 18 September 2025 \nLocation:       QT Perth\,  113 Murray Street\, Perth WA \nTime:             4:30 pm – 5:00 pm Registration & Networking.\nTime:             5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Opening remarks and presentation.\nTime:             6:00 pm – 6:10 pm Q&A Session.\nTime:             6:10 pm – 7:30 pm Closing with networking drinks & nibbles. \nFree tickets are available for Students. SPE WA in conjunction with our sponsors is kindly sponsoring students to attend the monthly technical events. Please apply through your Student Chapter. \nSPE WA Season Opening is our annual flagship event with strictly limited venue capacity (130 tickets). Secure your spot early—book now! \n  URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/season-opening-special-guest-speaker-colin-beckett-ao/ LOCATION:QT Perth\, 113 Murray Street\, Perth\, WA\, 6000\, Australia CATEGORIES:Technical Program ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/gif:https://www.spe-wa.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Featured-Image-18-Sep-2025-.gif END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR