Ivor R. Ellul is a leader in the petroleum and energy industry with nearly four decades of experience. Today the managing director of CiSK Ventures, Ltd., Ivor Ellul has also been a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) since beginning his first job in the industry as a design engineer with Jan-Peter Meyer KG in 1980.
While SPE primarily focuses on supporting professionals within the oil and gas sector upstream segment, the group also provides charitable assistance to worthy causes on an international scale via a volunteer initiative called SPE Cares. SPE Cares was established in June of 2016 to encourage SPE members to engage with their communities as well as students and less experienced professionals in the oil and gas industry.
Since then, SPE Cares has facilitated a number of service projects and supported people in several geographic areas affected by natural disasters via $10,000 donations. This includes donations to victims of the 2016 earthquake which struck Ecuador, the Fort McMurray wildfires in Canada, and the two earthquakes which occurred in Mexico in September of 2017. SPE Cares has also participated in beach cleanup initiatives on the Gulf Coast and hosted a Ghaf tree-planting initiative in Dubai
While SPE primarily focuses on supporting professionals within the oil and gas sector upstream segment, the group also provides charitable assistance to worthy causes on an international scale via a volunteer initiative called SPE Cares. SPE Cares was established in June of 2016 to encourage SPE members to engage with their communities as well as students and less experienced professionals in the oil and gas industry.
Since then, SPE Cares has facilitated a number of service projects and supported people in several geographic areas affected by natural disasters via $10,000 donations. This includes donations to victims of the 2016 earthquake which struck Ecuador, the Fort McMurray wildfires in Canada, and the two earthquakes which occurred in Mexico in September of 2017. SPE Cares has also participated in beach cleanup initiatives on the Gulf Coast and hosted a Ghaf tree-planting initiative in Dubai