PanTerra Geoconsultants, The Netherlands has an employment opportunity for a Senior Special Core Analyst. Go to the job advertisement page of this website for information.

The Darcy Award is SCA's technical achievement award that is awarded annually to an individual deemed by the SCA Board of Directors to have made outstanding contributions to the advancement of core analysis technology. The Darcy Award is the SCA's highest honor and the only award for technical achievement.
In 2010 John Shafer has been recommended to the Board by the Awards Committee and unanimously accepted.
A biography of John will be published soonest.

For those attending the 2010 SCA symposium pls note that a block of rooms have been reserved in the symposium hotel at a group rate until September 2. After that date the block will be released and therefore symposium attendees are encouraged to make reservation soonest but anyway before that date. There are several events in Halifax during our symposium and rooms might not be available.

Purpose of the Award
To recognize best Young Professional (YP) poster and presenter at the Annual Symposium to increase interest and participation by YPs in the Society of Core Analysts.
The Award:
Up to two prizes will be awarded; one for the best poster and one for the best presentation of a technical paper. The awards will be $250 and $750, respectively.
Frequency of the Award:
Annually
Eligibility for the Award:
All presentations of posters and technical papers during the SCA Annual Symposium's poster and technical sessions by a Young Professional are eligible and will be given equal consideration for the award. The VP Technology may ask the winning presenters for a copy of a government issued id to verify their age.
Entry Requirements:
The presenter under the age of 36 to be eligible.
Method of Selecting Award Recipient:
The technical committee will judge each poster/technical paper using a YP scoring sheet provided by the VP Technology. The VP Technology (or designated representative) will tally the scores and inform the Society President (or designated representative) of the results. After examining the results and resolving any questions or procedural issues, the President will determine the award recipients and announce the results.
Members of the Technical Committee will abstain from evaluating YP posters/presentations which they themselves or their colleagues having the same employer have authored or co-authored.
Presentation of the Award:
The Awards will be presented to the winners before the end of the calendar year in which the Symposium occurred. The winners will be announced in the SCANews and on the SCA website. An Award certificate will be prepared later by staff and mailed to the recipient along with a congratulatory letter from the President. Winners can choose to receive the cash award by cheque or wire transfer.

There are only a few remaining booth spaces for the SCA2010 to be held October 4-7, 2010 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Register Now to ensure your company has an opportunity to showcase your products and services to the world's top core analysis specialists.

Symposium sponsors currently include:
Baker Hughes
COREX,
Green Imaging Technologies
Oxford Instruments
Schlumberger

Pls contact Jill Green for exhibition and sponsorship information.

Information of the 2010 International Symposium on Reservoir Wettability being held in Calgary, Alberta, September 6-9, 2010 is available here . If you plan on attending the symposium, you are encouraged to register at your earliest convenience as the conference venue has a limitation on numbers.
Hotel accommodations Group Rate at Hotel Alma is available until August 05, 2010 which is located on the University of Calgary site.

Heriot-Watt University is creating 20 professorial and associated academic posts across a range of disciplines, including reservoir engineering and petrophysics. Building on their position as a leading research and knowledge transfer institution, they seek research leaders and ambitious early career researchers to lead and drive research in key inter-disciplinary themes.
Find more information here.