New York and New England Petroleum Section

Distinguished Lecturer selection 2026-2027

Dear SPE NYNE members, Happy New Year! It is time to select our Distinguished Lecturers (DL) for the 2026-27 Season! Click here to find the list of 2026-27 Distinguished Lecturers. We invite you to participate in this important process by casting your vote for the lecturers from this form . The voting period will take place from now until January 28, 2026 . Your vote is crucial in shaping the future of SPE NYNE. Thank you for your active participation and support. For any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out and contact Section Officers. Sincerely yours, SPE NYNE Officers

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Distinguished Lecturer: Carbon Capture Wells - The Same, but Different

Talk title: Carbon Capture Wells: The Same, but Different Presenter : Michael Byrne from Elemental Energies Time: Wednesday, Mar 25, 2026, from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm. A light lunch will be served after the talk. Location: Schlumberger Doll Research, One Hampshire Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States Abstract: This lecture will introduce carbon capture wells and highlight some of the unique challenges faced with constructing these wells. The similarities with conventional oil, gas and water wells will be explored and the differences will be explained. The lecture will touch on well integrity, injectivity challenges, chemical processes and some innovative modelling and testing approaches that can help in the design of CO2 injection wells. The differences between different CO2 store types will be explained and the different challenges faced in saline aquifer and depleted hydrocarbon stores explored. The lecture will explain how conventional oil and gas well design can transition to CO2 injection well design and the key role well engineers, production technologists, production chemists and near wellbore flow specialists need to play as part of a multidisciplinary approach to achieving CO2 injection well objectives. A key take away from the lecture will be that many of the existing oil and gas well design and construction skills are required for CO2 injection wells, but there are additional challenges to consider, challenges that we as an industry are well equipped to overcome. Biography : Michael is an experienced industry professional and leader with over 35 years' experience. A graduate of University College Dublin, Michael served on the API committee which developed procedures for return permeability testing. He has authored many technical publications on formation damage and numerical well modelling having developed procedures for modelling flow in wells and reservoirs using computational fluid dynamics. Michael served as an SPE distinguished lecturer in 2009-2010 and again in 2014-2015 and has presented technical papers and training courses globally. More recently Michael has worked in CO2 storage and has contributed to well design in several CO2 stores. TCC Restriction: This presentation should not contain any material related to US Embargoed Countries or US Sanctions to Russia or any other country. Still, if anyone is inadvertently connected and is working with a project or people related to these groups, we ask you to not participate in this event. Click the "RSVP" button below to register.

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Distinguished Lecturer: Mission Possible - High Temperature Sensors and Electronics for Geothermal

Talk title: Mission Possible: High Temperature Sensors and Electronics for Geothermal Drilling and Measurement Presenter : John Clegg from Hephae Energy Technology Time: Wednesday, Apr 08, 2026, from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm. A light lunch will be served after the talk. Location: Schlumberger Doll Research, One Hampshire Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States Abstract: It's not impossible to make the sensors and electronics required for accurate directional drilling work above 200°C. It's difficult for sure, but it has been shown to be very possible and this presentation will explain how it can be done. This topic has become important because a new generation of geothermal wells require very accurate well placement and directional drilling. The economics of higher reservoir temperatures are compelling, and operators will want to drill deeper and hotter wells. Oil and gas technologies are directly transferable to geothermal and can result in the same reduction in drilling costs as seen in the unconventional shale boom in the United States over the last 15 years. Unfortunately, oil and gas technology is generally limited to a temperature capability of about 175°C. This is unlikely to be enough to satisfy the demand of geothermal operators for higher temperatures and is also not enough to make any significant impact on the accurate drilling of hydrothermal wells. This presentation will show how the unconventional geothermal industry is likely to grow over the coming decades and will make a compelling case for drilling deeper and hotter wells. It will describe how the industry has explored the potential for high temperature drilling equipment and what lessons have been learned. It will show some realistic options that the industry has for making reliable electronics and sensors in the deeper, hotter wells of the future a reality. Biography : Over 38 years John Clegg has worked in engineering and operations roles with upstream technologies including drill bits, drilling motors, rotary steerable tools, measurement-while-drilling, and logging-while-drilling. He holds a Master's in Engineering Science and a Diploma in Global Business, both from Oxford University, England. He has 14 patents, has authored multiple papers, and has served on Programme Committees and Technical Section Boards for SPE. He is a past SPE Distinguished Lecturer (2020-2021). John helped to found the SPE Geothermal Technical Section and is currently CTO of Hephae Energy Technology, a company founded to develop solutions for drilling high temperature wells. TCC Restriction: This presentation should not contain any material related to US Embargoed Countries or US Sanctions to Russia or any other country. Still, if anyone is inadvertently connected and is working with a project or people related to these groups, we ask you to not participate in this event. Click the "RSVP" button below to register.

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