IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR NON-FINALISED MANUSCRIPTS!

Authors please note that the deadline has passed (June 12th) for finalisation of manuscripts.
A small time is being allowed for minor alterations. I will not provide an actual date, suffice to say that all manuscripts should have already been finalised and returned to your reviewers for verification that you have incorporated all required alterations and shown understanding of your reviewers’ comments.

There is obviously a significant administrative work still remaining to number and compile all the papers in correct order for publishing. If your paper is not ready in time it will not be published and will obviously jeopardise presentation at the symposium.

Your swift response is necessary in this matter.

Yours
Jules Reed
VP Technology – SCA 2009

ResLab Integration, one of the SCA website sponsors recently changed name to Weatherford Petroleum Consultants AS after being acquired by Weatherford. As an upstream consultancy company they have offices in Trondheim, Bergen and Stavager, Norway with some 50 consultants employed. Business address and management have not been changed.

Abstract submission closed on 15th February.
Accepted abstract authors have been notified and their paper manuscripts/extended abstracts are required by 8th May 2009.

Authors have been provided with guidelines for writing their paper/extended abstract, including instructions regarding page layout, headings fonts, sub-heading fonts, body text font, figure and table layout, etc. Any author who has not received this information should contact Jules Reed, VP Technology as soon as possible.

Technical Committee members have been assigned to each submission and the review process will begin as soon as the draft manuscripts are provided. This process is expected to be completed approximately mid-June 2009.

The Nominations Committee chaired by Ivar Erdal, Past President, is soliciting nominations for the 2009 Darcy Award. This is SCA’s Technical Achievement Award, the highest honor the SCA can bestow. It is presented annually to an individual deemed by the SCA Board of Directors to have made outstanding contributions to the advancement of core analysis technology.
Information on previous recipients of this award can be found here. Members are encouraged to submit a nomination to Ivar Erdal before May 29, 2009, to be considered by the Awards Nomination Committee. We would appreciate any information on how to contact the nominee, if known. You may attach a few lines of supporting information about the nominee's technical contributions to core analysis.

Dates and events of the 2009 SCA Symposium are as follows;
Sunday September 27 : workshop
Monday September 28 - Wednesday 30 : symposium
Thursday October 1 : excursion

Place : Noordwijk
Venue : Hotels van Oranje

Instructions for registration and room reservation will follow soonest.