An open letter to the president of the SPE

摘要

In your Conversation column, 'The Matter of Money' in the February 2010 issue of the Journal of Petroleum Technology, you report that in your travels, one question that you are always asked is, 'Why [the SPE's] services and products are not free.' You report that one audience member accused the SPE of 'not being serious about technology dissemination' because of its paid-for publications policy.