Speaking and service
SPE Distinguished Lecturer
2015-2016: Artificial Lift Applications in Unconventional & Tight Reservoirs
14 SPE sections in 10 countries. Pointe-Noire, Congo, Nairobi, Kenya, Tunis, Tunisia, Novi Sad, Serbia, Kuwait City, Kuwait, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Almetyevsk, Russia, Perm, Russia, Ufa, Russia, Austin, TX, Billings, MT (old site said MO - verify), Charleston, WV, Grayville, IL.
2018-2019: Real-Time Data Acquisition & Analysis for Enhanced Production
21 SPE sections in 17 countries. Bengaluru, India, Kakinada, India, Seoul, South Korea, Beijing, China, Jakarta, Indonesia, Rumbai, Indonesia, Balikpapan, Indonesia, Muscat, Oman, Doha, Qatar, Basrah, Iraq, Novi Sad, Serbia, Zagreb, Croatia, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Accra, Ghana.
Videos
- PetroTeach webinar: "Artificial Lift Trends and Considerations"
- SPE Distinguished Lecturer - Dr. Rajan Chokshi
- PiFNP 21 Aug 2020: Artificial Lift - Trends and Considerations
ALRDC
- Executive Board Member and Board Secretary, ALRDC (Feb 2026-present). Develops and manages infrastructure for the ALRDC board, members and volunteer collaborators; supports and develops ALRDC workshops. Board administration and governance, infrastructure planning, event planning and management.
- Board Member, ALRDC (Jun 2023-present). Planned, managed and executed the 2025 Gas Lift Workshop, besides usual board member duties.
- ALRDC committee: Horizontal Well Data Acquisition and Artificial Lift Systems training (2016)
- Instructor, ALRDC Gas Lift Workshop: 2-day virtual workshop on Data Analytics for Gas Lift (2021)
- Virtual training provided for ALRDC (2020 onward)
SPE
- SPE Distinguished Lecturer, 2015-2016: 'Artificial Lift Applications in Unconventional & Tight Reservoirs'
- SPE Distinguished Lecturer, 2018-2019: 'Real-Time Data Acquisition & Analysis for Enhanced Production'
- Administrative Chair, SPE Artificial Lift Technical Section (2020-2022)
- Technical Advisor, SPE Artificial Lift Technical Section (2023-present)
- Member, SPE Forum Series Implementation Committee for North America (2022-present)
- Member, SPE Distinguished Lecturer Selection Committee (2023-present)
- SPE Liaison for Forum on Artificial Intelligence (2023, 2026)
- Co-Chair, SPE Workshop on Multi-Phase Flow Metering, Galveston (Jan 2020)
- Co-Chair, SPE Forum on Production in Horizontal Unconventional, Fort Worth (Nov 2018)
- Co-Chair, SPE Workshop on Artificial Lift Systems for Optimised Production, Bangkok (Jul 2016)
- SPE International Production Awards Selection committee (2014-2017)
- Chairman, SPE International Production Awards committee (2017-2018)
- Chair, SPE Awards & Recognition committee (member 2018-2021) (2019-2020)
- Session chair, SPE ATCE Digital Energy sessions (2019-2023)
- Session chair, SPE ESP Symposium: Surveillance & Monitoring (2022, 2023)
- Technical reviewer, SPE journal
Countries taught in: USA, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Brazil, Canada, China, Croatia, Colombia, Congo, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Libya, Malaysia, Oman, Mexico, Norway, Pakistan, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, UAE, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela.