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SPE Energy Transition Symposium
8–10 September 2025 | Houston Marriott Sugar Land | Sugar Land, Texas, USA

2025 Technical Program

SPE Energy Transition Symposium

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02 Panel: From Challenge to Change: Real Solutions for Energy Transition

Monday, 8 September
Sugar Land Ballroom V
Panel
The energy transition isn’t just an abstract concept - it’s an engineering challenge, a geoscience problem, and a workforce opportunity. This powerhouse panel brings together four leaders from nuclear energy, geology, hydrogen development, and environmental strategy to cut through the noise and tackle the hard questions: How do we move from ideas to execution? Where do geoscientists and petroleum engineers fit in the transition? How do we make new energy economically and technically viable?
Speakers
Luiz Guimaraes - Environmental Resources Management
Erika Pham - Mote Hydrogen
Ann Robertson-Tait - SLB New Energy
Michael Samuel - Gold H2
Moderators
Fernando Hernandez - Scottish Development International
Priyavrat Shukla - SLB
  • Alternate 228355
    Advanced Heat Extraction Technologies: Vacuum Insulated-tubulars In Oil And Gas Wells For Improved Thermal Retention And Increased Power Generation
    B. Burke, Gradient Geothermal; C. Dufrene, VAM USA; E. Cambre, Vallourec USA Corporation
  • Alternate 228364
    Optimizing Geothermal Wellbore Design: Evaluating The Trade-offs Between Smaller And Larger Wellbore Designs
    S. Suryanarayana, R.M. Krishnamurthy, Blade Energy Partners; L. Ring, Sage Geosystems; C. Dufrene, VAM USA; E. Cambre, Vallourec USA Corporation
  • Alternate 228331
    Unlocking Investment Confidence In First-of-a-kind (FOAK) Geothermal Projects Through Advanced Scenario Modeling
    N. Islam, Exceed Geo Energy; T. Tarver, Exceed Energy
  • Alternate 228338
    Dynamic Reservoir Modeling Of The Utah Forge Enhanced Geothermal Project Using Fast Marching Method
    C. Chan, Texas A&M University; P. Kumawat, M. Deo, The University of Utah; A. Datta-gupta, Texas A&M University