Jeanne M. Perdue

Jeanne Perdue is a petroleum journalist, oil and gas technology magazine editor, freelance technical writer and petrocomputing market advisor in Houston, TX.

 

After earning a BS degree in Chemistry from the State University of New York at Albany, Perdue worked at the Texaco research labs, performing core analysis and heavy oil analysis. Then, at the Texaco technical library, she conducted online literature searches for fellow scientists and engineers. She later joined Hart Publications as a technical editor for Petroleum Engineer International and Hart’s E&P magazines. Perdue also gained experience in e-learning at IHRDC and in technical marketing with JuMPstart Ventures, her own technical writing business. She grew a 20-page newsletter called Upstream CIO into an award-winning 100-page magazine called Upstream Techology, later renamed Zeus Technology magazine when she worked at Zeus Development Corp. She is now building a company to be called PetroComputing.

 

An active member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), Perdue was the first woman to be appointed Review Chairman for the SPE Peer Review Committee. She helped develop the SPE Magic Suitcase and the SPE MasterDisc CD-ROM. She has also served on the SPE Public Energy Education Committee and was an SPE Distinguished Lecturer. She was a member of the Board of Directors of the Gulf Coast Section for three years, serving as Community Services Chairman in charge of 14 committees.

 

Perdue received the SPE Young Member Outstanding Service Award in 1992 and the SPE Gulf Coast Region Service Award in 2009, was named one of 50 Key IT Women in Energy in 2003 and a Woman of Excellence by the Federation of Houston Professional Women in 2004, and in 2008 received a Leadership in Technology Award from the Houston Chapter of the Association for Women in Computing. Her magazine won a Distinguished Award at the local level and a Merit Award in the international competition of the Society for Technical Communication.

 

Very active in education initiatives, Perdue was elected to the Alief ISD school board, served as president of the Alief Education Foundation for 10 years, was on the advisory board for the Energy Literacy Project, and chaired the industry advisory board for the Houston Community College’s Energy Institute at the Northwest Campus.

 

Her personal motto is: “Learning, Loving, Serving.”