Saudi Arabia again!

Well of course blog readers will be up to date on the announcement by GE and Baker Hughes. I am personally very excited by the opportunities.

This trip was a return visit to the Amazing King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. It was an impressive gathering of scientists to discuss future technical issues and while most of the things we discussed aren't really public I will be talking about some of the challenges and opportunities in the future.

We caught two operas in Houston this month. Glad to be able to use those season tickets!

b]Other Blogs[/b]

You can of course read about my barbecue at This site
My Baker Hughes reservoir blog is here.
My (old) blog detailing my 18 months in Hong Kong is here,

Travel this trip (basically includes airport to airport) 16,350 miles. SPE travel to date 448,850 miles. Round trip earth to moon is 477,800 so almost back!

Countries to date (my counting rule is basically that I spent the night there with some sort of SPE content...not just went through the airport like New Zealand or Panama): 43
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Belgium
Brunei
Canada
China
Colombia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Ecuador
Finland
France
Germany
Ghana
Kuwait
Indonesia
India
Ireland
Italy
Malaysia
Mexico
Nigeria
Netherlands
Norway
Oman
Qatar
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Thailand
Trinidad & Tobago
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom (Scotland, England)
USA
Vietnam

Operas this month = 2 Operas to date = 60