URTeC 2026 Committees
Dedicated experts and leaders guiding the technical excellence, strategic direction, and successful delivery of the Unconventional Resources Technology Conference.
Program Committee
Isaac Aviles
Program Chair
SLB
Katerina Yared
Program Chair
3M
Ali Sloan
Program Chair
Four J Resources
Andrew Lewis
Program Chair
Fairfield Geotechnologies
Matthew Poole
Theme Chair
Shell / AAPG
Luis Baez
Theme Chair
ConocoPhillips
Nuny Rincones
Theme Chair
ConocoPhillips/SPE
Craig Cipolla
Theme Chair
Hess/ SPE
Alejandro Lerza
Theme Chair
Chevron / SPE
Scott Birkhead
Theme Chair
Petrobrane Petrophysical Consulting
Haijing Wang
Theme Chair
Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
Yulia Faulkner
Theme Chair
SM Energy
Jose Delgado
Theme Chair
ConocoPhillips/ AAPG
Orlando Teran
Theme Chair
ConocoPhillips/ SEG
Dave Hume
Theme Chair
U of Houston / AAPG
Marianne Rauch
Theme Chair
Lumina Geophysical/ SEG
Andrew Keene
Theme Chair
SM Energy
Ruiting Wu
Theme Chair
Chevron / SPE
Fatick Nath
Theme Chair
Texas A&M International University
Qin Ji
Theme Chair
Oxy
Abdul Muqtadir Khan
Theme Chair
SLB
Jennifer Adams
Theme Chair
Stratum/AAPG
Wei Wang
Theme Chair
ConocoPhillips
Jason Jweda
Theme Chair
ConocoPhillips
Sebastien Matringe
Theme Chair
Hess/Chevron
Bin Yuan
Theme Chair
China University of Petroleum (East China)
Utkarsh Sinha
Theme Chair
Xecta
Yongshe Liu
Theme Chair
ConocoPhillips
Hosein Kalaei
Theme Chair
ConocoPhillips
Vence Sie
Theme Chair
SLB
Deniz Paker
Theme Chair
Texas A&M University
Alexsandra Martinez
Theme Chair
DeGolyer and MacNaughton
Susan Howes
Theme Chair
Subsurface Consultants & Associates, LLC
Yuguang Chen
Theme Chair
Chevron
Autumn Shannon
Theme Chair
Chord Energy
Birol Dindoruk
Theme Chair
Texas A&M University
Denise Benoit
Theme Chair
XGS Energy
Rosa Aguilar
Theme Chair
Repsol
Wahid Rahman
Theme Chair
Geoscience and Petroleum Research, Inc
Baosheng Liang
Theme Chair
Diamondback Energy
Nuny Rincones
Theme Chair
ConocoPhillips
Sama Morsy
Theme Chair
ResFrac
Hao Sun
Theme Chair
Chevron
Plenary Session
Jay Stratton
Retired
Doug Valleau
Strategia Innovation
Skip Rhodes
Emergent Solutions
Ali Sloan
Four J Resources
Amit Singh
Chevron
Panels Special Sessions Topical
Susan Nash
AAPG
Denise Benoit
XGS Energy
Hosein Kalaei
ConocoPhillips
Matthew Poole
Shell
Fatick Nath
Texas A&M International University
Selin Erzeybek Balan
ConocoPhillips Program Chair
Jiehao Wang
Chevron
New Technology Showcase
Susan Nash
AAPG
Dave Hume
University of Houston
URTeC Awards
Haijing Wang
Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
Deniz Paker
Texas A&M University
Fatick Nath
Texas A&M International University
Posters-Student Sessions
Katerina Yared
3M
Hosein Kalaei
ConocoPhillips
Dave Hume
University of Houston