It is a great honor for me to serve as SPE Sumatra Section Chairman for a period 2004-05. I would like to appreciate for all new board members who will be working voluntarily to repeat or even better the success of last year programs. In this message, on be half of SPE Sumatra Board Member, I always says THANK YOU to PT. Caltex Pacific Indonesia and Duri Based Oil Service Companies for their continuous supports on all the SPE Sumatra activities.

Herewith, I would like to introduce 2004-05 SPE Sumatra Board Member

Section Chairman	Pristi H Putra
Vice Section Chairman	Poltak Parulian
Secretary	Agus Setiawan
Treasurer	Thomas Rankin
Program Chairperson	Orded
Membership Chairperson	Steve Moses
Scholarship Chairperson	Helda M Munir
Student Chapter Liaison	Dike Fitriansyah Putra
Duri Coordinator	Ronny Adriansyah
Minas Coordinators	Henri Sahat Silalahi MP/Gede Giri K.D.S
Rumbai Coordinator	Tatang Heri
Section Directors	William F Robinson/Torsten Kritzler
Executive Section Director	Chris A Prattini

         
2004-05 SPE Sumatra Milestones are to: extent our benefit to the local surrounding community or Community Outreach, set up Sumatra Student Chapter and add 10% SPE membership. Teamwork, voluntary, dedication and commitment are our keys to achieve these milestones and the other regular objectives/activity focuses.

2004-05 SPE Sumatra Section Objectives 

• Monthly Technical Meeting: SPE Distinguished lectures + Joint Lecture with local petroleum professional: IPA, IATMI and PII. This is to foster seamless networking with other petroleum professional organizations.
• Fund Raiser Activities: BBQ Night - Joint Forces with DCA in Dec 4, 2004; SPE Golf Tournament in Apr 2005; Field Trip and Continuing Education Programs - New Programs in June 2005
• Community Outreach Program to help local surrounding community
• SPE Sumatra Student Chapter Set-Up in Pekanbaru, Riau-Indonesia
• Continuing Scholarship for 50 University Students in Sumatra
• Jointly publish monthly SPE newsletter with Java and Balikpapan sections
• 10% additional SPE Sumatra membership

I feel confident for the next success in this period to meet the 2004-05 section objectives by fostering our solid teamwork, voluntary and dedicated commitments for all board members and other SPE members.

Again, let us work together to accomplish the section objectives in serving our members, fellow petroleum professionals, scholarship/student chapter and community outreach.  Should you need further information or have an idea or feedback, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Best Regards

Pristi H Putra
SPE Sumatra Section Chairman
pristi@chevrontexaco.com

Message from the Past Chairperson

It is my pleasure to introduce the SPE Sumatra Section in the name of the SPE Board and all SPE Sumatra Members. We are very excited about the idea of having one newsletter with all other SPE Sections in Indonesia in which to share our experience and knowledge. 

Pristiwanto, our current Chairperson will introduce the new board and our planned activities for this year in next month’s letter. Therefore I would like to summarize what the SPE Sumatra Section undertook last year to improve the visibility of SPE, to support local Universities and others.

The biggest event held in the beginning of 2004 was a Technology Showcase in Duri. The exhibition gave SPE members and other engineers/earth scientists an opportunity to learn about new technologies that will help in their daily job activities. This event featured more then 40 presentations related to production and facility related issues. Furthermore 13 companies presented their newest technologies in an exhibition. It was the largest SPE Showcase held in Duri and with more then 400 attendees we are sure that our objective was achieved. The money raised in the Golf Tournament that followed the Showcase is being used to support local students and two local orphanages. The other major activity that we are organizing here in Sumatra in order to share knowledge within the industry are monthly SPE Talks. These presentations are very well received and cover production facility, reservoir and economic issues.

I would like to thank the entire SPE board and all other people who were involved in making last year’s SPE event a success. Without your help we could have not done it!

We look forward to contributing to the monthly newsletter and please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, suggestions or comments.
 
Kind regards,

Torsten Kritzler
Past Chairperson - SPE Sumatra Section