Associations, societies and professions offer voluntary certification programs to their members to bring increased recognition of the recipient's high professional standards and commitment to the profession. For the petroleum industry, the environmental and consumer era of the past few decades have given the public greater awareness of pollution, energy, and the need for a high level of industry professionalism. At the request of the membership, SPE has established this program to provide a Society-sponsored Petroleum Engineering Certification the Middle East, Asia Pacific, United States and other regions that express interest in the program.
