The Technical Program Committee organizes the monthly SPE-WA Technical Evening meetings, held at the Parmelia Hilton. The Technical Evening presentations are SPE-WA’s flagship events and are presented each month by a range of local and international speakers covering a broad range of industry topics.
The SPE-WA Technical Evening meetings also encompass the SPE Distinguished Lecturer program whereby annually, approximately 30 global experts are selected to share their knowledge and expertise with SPE members via multiple worldwide speaking tours of local sections combined with online webinars.
The SPE-WA Technical Evening meetings also collaborate with other local professional energy societies to host joint meetings. Every year we will organize a season opening event in the third quarter to kick off the annual technical program with proactive engagement with our sponsors and major stakeholders, nominally with a high level industry speaker.
Upcoming Technical luncheons can be found in our events calendar.




Upcoming Events › Technical Program
May 2022
Changes to Offshore Petroleum Decommissioning Regulation – What it means now and for the future
SPE WA is pleased to announce our joint-society meeting arranged in conjunction with ERL (Energy & Resources Law) and AIEN (Association of International Energy Negotiators). Our speaker will be Jane Ballard, Senior Associate of Herbert Smith Freehills, who will deliver an informative and engaging talk on Australia’s decommissioning sector (details below). About the Presentation Australia’s offshore petroleum decommissioning regulatory regime has recently seen significant changes with new, far-reaching changes to legislation affecting decommissioning recently passed, including the introduction of trailing liability. More change…
Find out more »June 2022
Making Better Upstream Acquisitions: The Role of the Petroleum Engineer and Why its Different From the Day Job
Society of Petroleum Engineers Western Australia is proud to present the details of our June SPE Distinguished Lecturer Technical Evening Meeting. About the Presentation Global upstream transactions are estimated at nearly $200 bn in 2021. Production/cost forecasts and assessment of future opportunities/risks are crucial inputs to the economic evaluation of a potential acquisition. It follows that potential buyers need to conduct technical due diligence on these inputs. In times of volatile oil and gas prices, good technical due diligence can be…
Find out more »July 2022
A Survival Guide for Digital Transformation
Society of Petroleum Engineers Western Australia is proud to present the details of our July SPE Distinguished Lecturer Technical Evening Meeting. About the Presentation When organizations everywhere are racing to embrace Digital Transformation, it is easy to get excited about the claimed possibilities and to overlook the fundamentals. It is also unclear what this will mean for most of us, our organizations and employment prospects. Hence it is reasonable to ponder and assess our readiness for these changes and the…
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