Fellow SPE Permian Basin Section Members,

 

It is my distinct honor to welcome you to the new 2024-2025 term year! On behalf of our Board of Directors, let me be the first to thank you for being a valuable member. We look forward to serving you in this new term.

 

In June, it was my great honor to begin the term as Chairman of the Board of Directors. I am a proud Petroleum Engineer for Chevron and a graduate of the University of Texas Permian Basin (As I like to call it “The Harvard of West Texas”). I am also a proud West Texan. Raised by my Mom and Grandmother in Ft. Stockton, TX, they instilled hard work and dedication. I have served as a member of the Board of Directors since 2022 and had the opportunity to serve 2 terms as Toastmaster's Area Director (2022-2024). In all these years, one thing that stood out is contribution to the community to enhance the surroundings/environment while sustaining its values, a motivating factor for myself as we begin this term! I look forward to meeting you all at our events!

 

It is an extremely exciting time to be an SPE Permian Basin Section member. From the Oil and Gas industry, ideas imagined years ago have gained momentum, and there has been substantial growth in the Permian. So, there will be a lot of attention to feedback, process and support to our members with a clear vision. The SPE Permian Basin Section is dedicated to disseminating technical knowledge in the Permian consistent with SPE International’s mission, and to give back to the community. “Passion for the Permian Basin” is how I like to describe it. Our team will be diligently working to bring you technical knowledge and help you build relationships to network and learn and grow together.

 

For this new term, on the Board of Directors, we have a great team of growth mindset and passionate individuals looking to make an impact for our section to achieve our mission. Throughout the summer the team has been hard at work to prepare for the upcoming term.

 

I would like to extend acknowledgement and thank you to our past Board members who served. Their commitment to excellence has delivered value to the section. Thank you to Taylor Montoya, Libby Einhorn, Andrea Switzer, Matt Watson, Victoria Kuzmich, Miles Landry, Raul Paz and Andrew Carpenter. This team along with Board Members who are still active Matthew Farris, Sara Booth, Paul Brown, Ryan Smith, Dalton Kille, Pam Boring, Jeanette Reyes, Shivani Vyas, and Gustavo Gonzales were able to deliver record breaking scholarship dollars of $141,000 to 40 college students from our immediate area seeking to enter the petroleum industry. This impact on the community and investment into the future of our industry is what it is all about.

 

To the past Chairs of the Board who have led a strategy that has kept the Permian Basin Section in a very healthy position to continue to add value and seek opportunity to enhance the membership experience, thank you for your service and continued service. Taylor Montoya, our immediate past chair, has mentored me and developed key influences of strategy that leaves us in a great situation. Shivani Vyas, the past chair term year before, also has mentored me and gave me the opportunity to join the board in 2022. She was able to deliver a then record scholarship amount of $112,000 during her term. We look forward to the challenge of staying on trend to deliver another record-breaking year.

 

These achievements come with great support from our sponsors. Special thanks to Edward Runyan who has contributed scholarship funds continuously throughout the years, the CO2 Conference (led by Stephen Melzer and Pam Boring Representing Chair) has been a top supporter year after year, and the Golf Tournament (led by Jeanette Reyes) has been our number one avenue for bringing in scholarship dollars. You are the blessing to this entity, and we admire and thank you for your philanthropy.

 

Thank you,

Tyler