PetroBowl℠ Yearbook 2015

About PetroBowlThe PetroBowl competition is a fast-paced quiz-style competition covering

technical and non-technical aspects of the oil and gas industry, that matches SPEstudent chapters against one another.

Since its launch in 2001 by the Gulf Coast Section, the competition has been heldin conjunction with ATCE and has grown in popularity globally. This has been put

together by a dedicated work group of SPE Members from all over the world

The 2015 PetroBowl regionals took place across six regions: Africa, Asia Pacific,Europe, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East and North America. Resulting inthe most globally diverse matches we have ever had. 103 teams took part in the

2015 Regional Qualifiers for a chance to become one of the top 36 teams tocompete at the Championship at the 2015 Annual Technical Conference and

Exhibition.

2015 PetroBowlA total of 103 teams from 28 countries competed against each

other in six regional qualifier competitions.

The Regions:AFRICA, ASIA PACIFIC, EUROPE, LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN,

MIDDLE EAST and NORTH AMERICA

The top two teams from each regional qualifier earned seededplacement. An additional 24 teams advanced to the

championship.

Regional Teams

PETROBOWL 2015CHAMPIONSHIP

D. Nathan Meehan, 2016 Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)president, is a senior executive adviser at Baker Hughes, advisingexecutive management on reservoir and geoscience issues.Previously, he was president of CMG Petroleum Consulting, vicepresident of engineering for Occidental Oil & Gas; and generalmanager exploration and production at Union Pacific Resources.He is a licensed professional engineer in four states and haspublished scores of papers.

Mack Shippen is a Principal Engineer with Schlumberger in Houston,where he is responsible for the global business of the PIPESIM

multiphase flow simulation software. He has extensive experience inwell and network simulation studies, ranging from flow assurance to

dynamic coupling of reservoir and surface simulation models. He hasserved on a number of SPE committees and chaired the SPE Reprint

Series on Offshore Multiphase Production Operations. He holds BS andMS degrees in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University,

where his research focused on multiphase flow modelling.

CHAMPIONSHIP GUEST SPEAKERS

2015 ChampionshipBracket

hampionship Qualifiers

CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS

The PetroBowl Championship took place on the first officialday of ATCE 2015, at the George R. Brown Convention Centre in

Houston, Texas.

Teams were made up of the regional winners, runners upand highest scoring teams. This Championship showcased

an increased regional variety in its qualified teams, with fiveof the elite eight coming from different regions.

THE CHAMPIONSHIP

UNAM

The 2015PetroBowl℠Champion

Unversidad Nacional AutonomaDe Mexico

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2015 CHAMPION

Runner Ups

Second Place:University of Texas, USA

Third Place:Delft University, The

Netherlands

As Shell we find it very important to support theinitiatives organised by the SPE for its Young

Members. This year’s PetroBowl was an amazingdisplay of team spirit and fun, combined with

skills and knowledge. The international podiumwith Delft UT, University of Texas and the winner

UNAM was a great display of how the SPE hasreached out across the world to inspire and

involve the Young Members to be active.

L é o n B e u g e l s d i j k - S h e l l

#roadtopetrobowl

Universidade Federal deCampina Grande

Ahead of the PetroBowl Championship at ATCE, there was anexciting video contest for the finalists. The videos showed the

different team's preparation for the competition.

Congratulations to the winning team:

Well done to every team that took time out of theirPetroBowl preparations to enter the video contest

and contribute to building excitement ahead of thecompetition.

You can watch the videos on the official PetroBowl

Facebook page:www.facebook.com/petrobowl

#roadtopetrobowl

WINNER

Appreciation

We would like to thank everyone whowas involved in PetroBowl 2015 and

made it the success that it was.

Big congratulations to all the teams thattook part in PetroBowl 2015.

PetroBowl 2016The 2016 PetroBowl Championship will be taking place in Dubai

at the Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition 26-28September 2016.

To compete in the 2016 PetroBowl Championship, studentchapters must compete in a regional qualifier held in one of the

six regions: Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America &Caribbean, Middle East and North America.

For more details on how your student chapter can take part,please visit the PetroBowl website:www.spe.org/students/petrobowl/

We look forward to having you be a part of the 2016 PetroBowl!

We look forward to welcoming you to

PetroBowl 2016