President’s Column with Terry Palisch: Creating Our Energy Future (September 2023)

Abstract

Terry Palisch will take office as 2024 SPE President during the 2023 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition in October. The following is a transcript of his podcast episode recorded with Pam Boschee, SPE director of magazines, for this month’s Journal of Petroleum Technology. In this inaugural podcast episode and transcript, we discussed Palisch’s views of the challenges facing our industry and SPE members, his outlook for our industry, and what his goals will be during his presidency. Welcome to the Society of Petroleum Engineers podcast with 2024 President Terry Palisch. I’m Pam Boschee, director of SPE magazines, and Terry joins me today to share his thoughts about being named president with the official passing of the baton from 2023 President Med Kamal at our Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE) in San Antonio in October. Terry is the vice president of technology and engineering at Carbo Ceramics in Richardson, Texas. He began his career with Arco during which he served 10 years in Alaska and 4 years as a senior petroleum engineering advisor in Algeria. He joined Carbo in 2004, and in his current position leads a team of technologists developing and championing new products and services and advising clients in completion and fracture optimization. He has been an SPE member for more than 40 years, serving in various roles including past chairman of the SPE Dallas Section. He has been the past chair of the ATCE technical program and the former SPE Completions Technical Director. He is an SPE Distinguished Member and received the award for Distinguished Service as well as the SPE Mid-Continent Regional Completions Optimization and Technology Award and the Regional Service Award. In 2013 he was named one of the top 15 best engineers by the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association, and in 2015 he was named the SPE Dallas Section Engineer of the Year. He has authored more than 50 SPE technical papers and holds several patents. He holds a bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering from the University of Missouri Rolla, now the Missouri University of Science and Technology, and was recently recognized as a distinguished alumnus.