PETROLEUM DIRECTORY: AADE presents charities with Fin, Feather, Fur Food Festival proceeds

Earlier this fall the Alaska Chapter of the American Association of Drilling Engineers presented the proceeds of its annual Fin, Feather and Fur Food Festival to three Anchorage charities.

Each of the following charities received a $2,650 check:

• The Food Bank of Alaska (Susannah Morgan, executive director);

• Downtown Soup Kitchen (Patty Barsalou, executive director);

• Bean’s Café (Jim Crocket, executive director).

The Alaska Chapter of the AADE has 112 members.

The American Association of Drilling Engineers is a non-profit (IRS 501-6C), volunteer organization that was founded in New Orleans in 1978. It is made up of an affiliation of independent chapters licensed and governed by a national board.

Formation of the AADE was based on the fact that no existing drilling industry organization was consistently providing technical exchange specifically for drilling engineers.

Nine AADE chapters are currently active in the following cities: New Orleans, Lafayette, Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, Midland (Permian Basin), Oklahoma City-Tulsa (Midcontinent), Denver, Bakersfield (West Coast), and Anchorage.

National membership is nearing 5,000 active members.

For more information about the AADE go to its web site: www.aade.org.