SPE names Pappas as gulf coast section chairman

James Pappas has been elected to serve as chairman for the Society of Petroleum Engineers, Gulf Coast Section (SPE-GCS), for 2002-03.

Aug. 26, 2002

By OGJ editors

HOUSTON, Aug. 26 -- James Pappas has been elected to serve as chairman for the Society of Petroleum Engineers, Gulf Coast Section (SPE-GCS), for 2002-03. Currently, Pappas serves as deepwater production systems coordinator for the gulf division of Oklahoma City-based Devon Energy Corp. He also serves as production engineering advisor.

Since joining SPE in 1979, Pappas has served in numerous positions for GCS and for the Permian basin section, including section secretary, treasurer, programs chair, and scholarship committee chair.