More than 2,500 people attended the first combined symposium and exhibition of the SPE Saudi Arabia Section and the Dhahran Geoscience Society (DGS) recently at Seef Center, Al-Khobar. The 2010 SPE/DGS Annual Technical Symposium and Exhibit offered a high-level array of keynote speakers, including Society of Petroleum Engineers president Behrooz Fattahi, Shell International vice president Jeroen Regtien, and Ibrahim Al-Saadan, on behalf of Saudi Aramco Exploration vice president Abdulla Al-Naim. Participants in the SPE Half Moon Bay field trip analyzed area sand dunes and sabkhas. Participating in each trip were professionals representing Saudi Aramco and service companies along with college students. Also attending were Amin H. Nasser, senior vice president of Exploration and Producing, and Mohammed Y. Gahtani, executive director of Petroleum Engineering and Development. --MORE