2/19, KOEA Technical Seminar
Where: Korean Community Center (1809 Hollister St, Houston, TX 77080)
When: 2/19/2026 Thursday @ 6 PM
Seminar Title: Anchors for Floating Systems
Presenter: Junho Lee, Ph.D.
2/27, KOEA Technical Seminar
Where: 10078 Long Point Rd, Houston, TX 77055 (Korea House)
When: 2/27/2025 Thursday @ 6 PM
Seminar Title: Background of Offshore GOM and Related Stories
Presenter: Prof. Hansuk Choi, (HC Engineering)
4/10, KOEA Technical Seminar
Where: Korean Community Center (1809 Hollister St, Houston, TX 77080)
When: 4/10/2025 Thursday @ 6 PM
Seminar Title: Capital Value Practice (CVP)
Presenter: Joon Soo Chung
8/28, KOEA Online Technical Seminar
When: 8/28/2025 Thursday @ 9 PM
Seminar Title: Development of On-shore & Off-shore Flexible Thermoplastic Composites PIPE
Presenter: Prof. Sung Kyu Ha (Hanyang University)
9/18, KOEA Technical Seminar
Where: Korean Community Center (1809 Hollister St, Houston, TX 77080)
When: 9/18/2025 Thursday @ 6 PM
Seminar Title: Understanding Korea-U.S. Shipbuilding Cooperation and Business Opportunities
Presenter: Eunchul Lee
11/6, KOEA Technical Seminar
Where: Korean Community Center (1809 Hollister St, Houston, TX 77080)
When: 11/6/2025 Thursday @ 6 PM
Seminar Title: A Brief Introduction of Dow’s Sustainability Offerings in Carbon Emission Reduction and Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery
Presenter: Dr. Junho Jeon
11/20, KOEA-KAACCH Legal Seminar on Korean Asset Management
Where: Korean Community Center (1809 Hollister St, Houston, TX 77080)
When: 11/20/2025 Thursday @ 6 PM
Seminar Title: Asset Management Strategy in Korea
Presenter: Law Firm LIN
2/29, KOEA Technical Seminar
Where: 10078 Long Point Rd, Houston, TX 77055 (Korea House)
When: 2/29/2024 Thursday 6pm
Seminar Title: U.S. Federal Energy Regulations for Offshore Facilities and Vessels
Presenter: Dr. Yongjin Lee (ABS)
4/11, KOEA Technical Seminar
Where: Korean Community Center (1809 Hollister St, Houston, TX 77080)
When: 4/11/2024 Thursday 6:30pm
Seminar Title: ChatGPT and GenAI Applications
Presenter: Dr. Cheolkyun Jeong (SLB)
5/13, KOEA Special Seminar
Where: Korea House (10078 Long Point Rd, Houston, TX 77055)
When: 5/13/2024 Monday 6:30pm
Seminar Title: Ukraine War and Energy Security Crisis
Presenter: Amb. Joohyeon Baik
9/19, KOEA Technical Seminar
Where: Korean Community Center (1809 Hollister St, Houston, TX 77080)
When: 9/19/2024 Monday 6:30pm
Seminar Title: How do you quantify value of information for the purpose of decision making?
Presenter: Dr. Sang-Won Kim (Strategic Decision Group)
12/16, KOEA Technical Seminar
Where: Korea House (10078 Long Point Rd, Houston, TX 77055)
When: 12/16/2024 Monday 6pm
Seminar Title: Ammonia - The key to enabling the hydrogen economy
Presenter: Dr. Seonghoon Woo, CEO (Amogy)
4/5, Kick-off meeting
4/21, KOEA/KSEA Joint Seminar
Title: How do you know you are making a GOOD DECISION?
Speaker: Dr. Sang-Won Kim (Strategic Decisions Group)
Place: Korean Community Center of Houston (휴스턴 한인회관, 1809 Hollister St, Houston, TX 77080)
Date/Time : 4/21, 2022, 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
5/5, 20th Annual Forum - Energy Transition and Sustainability
5/25, KOEA E&P Subgroup 1st Technical Seminar
Title: Lower Carbon Unconventional Multi-Stage Fracture Operations
Speaker: Seung Han (Chevron)
Place: Korea House (10078 Long Point Rd, Houston, TX 77055. Tel 713-465-6400)
Date/Time : May 25, 2022 (Wednesday) 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
6/23, KOEA Offshore Subgroup Technical Seminar
Title: Cybersecurity Awareness: From Energy System to Autonomous Vehicle
Speaker: Sangsig Kim, PhD (Ford Motor Company)
Place: Korea House (10078 Long Point Rd, Houston, TX 77055. Tel 713-465-6400)
Date/Time: June 23, 2022 (Thursday) 6:00 ~ 9:00 PM
8/27, KOEA-KSEA 2022 Young Generation Forum
Title: YGF for career starter, early-career, and academia
Place: 609 Main St., Houston, TX77002
Date/Time:11:30 AM ~ 8:00 PM (SAT) August 27, 2022
8/25, KOEA E&P Subgroup 2022 Social Event
Social event will be held at Bowl and Barrel (Memorial Area - Memorial City Center)
Event Address: 797 Sorella Ct Ste 118, Houston, TX 77024
Date/Time: Aug 25, 2022(Thursday) / 6:30 PM for drinks and networking. Bowling to start 7:15 pm ~ 9:15 pm (120 min.)
10/14, KOEA E&P Subgroup 2nd Technical Seminar
Title: A Comparative Study of Time Series Machine Learning Algorithms for Field Production Forecasting
Speaker: Dr. Alex Chonghyun Ahn (ExxonMobil)
Place: Korean Community Center of Houston (휴스턴 한인회관, 1809 Hollister St, Houston, TX 77080)
Date/Time: 10/14, 2022 (Friday) 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
11/15, KOEA Offshore Subgroup 2nd Technical Seminar
1st Talk Title: US Individual Tax Return
Speaker: Heedo Yun
2nd Talk Title: Jacket and Topside Installation Case Study
Speaker: Myoung Choi
Place: Korea House (10078 Long Point Rd, Houston, TX 77055. Tel 713-465-6400)
Date/Time: 11/15, 2022, 6:00 ~ 9:00 PM
12/15, KOEA General Meeting
Aug 22 - E&P Subgroup Members' Night
Bowl and Barrel (Memorial Area - Memorial City Center)
Event Address: 797 Sorella Ct Ste 118, Houston, TX 77024
Date/Time: Aug 25, 2022(Thursday) / 6:30 PM for drinks and networking. Bowling to start 7:15 pm ~ 9:15 pm (120 min.)
Jun 23 - Offshore Subgroup Technical Seminar
Title: Cybersecurity Awareness: From Energy System to Autonomous Vehicle
Speaker: Sangsig Kim, PhD (Ford Motor Company)
Place: Korea House (10078 Long Point Rd, Houston, TX 77055. Tel 713-465-6400)
Date/Time: June 23, 2022 (Thursday) 6:00 ~ 9:00 PM
May 25 - E&P Subgroup Technical Seminar
Title: Lower Carbon Unconventional Multi-Stage Fracture Operations
Date/Time : May 25, 2022 (Wednesday) 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Place: Korea House (10078 Long Point Rd, Houston, TX 77055. Tel 713-465-6400)
November 2 - Offshore Subgroup Seminar
Smart Shipyard, 심용래 박사 (전 삼성중공업 조선해양연구소장)
September 23 - E&P Subgroup Seminar
Korea’s Efforts for Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage, Baehyun Min (Associate Professor in the Department of Climate and Energy Systems Engineering at Ewha Womans University)
June 3 - KOEA Seminar
Converting Oil and Gas into Sustainable Source of Lithium, 이경재 교수 (University of Houston)
May 22 - Offshore Subgroup Seminar
Wind Energy without Blades, Mr. David J. Yanez Villarreal (Founder, Vortex Bladeless, SL)
March 24 - KOEA Seminar
Maximizing Oil Production, 김도훈 박사
Offshore Wind Energy, 박성균 박사
March 12 - External Seminar
Coupled Dynamics Simulation of Submerged Floating Tunnel: A New Solution for Deep-Water Crossing, 진충국, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Ocean Engineering at Texas A&M University
January 23 - KOEA Career Seminar
저유가 + COVID-19 시대를 사는 ex-engineer 의 career path (Naval Architect - Management Consultant - Food Tech Strategist), 엄태성 (우아한 형제들, 일본 Chief Strategy Officer)
November 19 - E&P Subgroup Seminar
Sand control completion - the last step that turns the well from an expense to a revenue generating asset, Dr. Dongkeun Lee, Computational Software Engineer, Schlumberger
October 8 - Offshore Subgroup Seminar
Integrated Geophysical & Geotechnical Analysis for Offshore Windfarm Project, Dr. Jungrak Son, Fugro USA Marine Inc
July 9 - E&P Subgroup Seminar
"Art of Forecasting in Volatile Energy Markets”, James Jang, M.Sc. in Energy and Earth Resources
June 23 - E&P Subgroup Seminar
"Introduction to Single Point Mooring System" (TBC), Dr. Chung, Jin-Sug, Texas A&M University
April 29 - E&P Subgroup Seminar
"Reservoir Management in Upstream Business”, Dr. Suksang Kang, Chevron
April 16 - Offshore Subgroup Seminar
"Recent technology of mooring integrity assessment for offshore floating platform", Dr. Kyoung, Johyun, TechnipFMC
November 21 - E&P Subgroup Seminar
"Maximizing Production – Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)" - Dr. Do Hoon Kim, Chevron
September 19 - Offshore Subgroup Seminar
"Offshore pipeline fabrication and installation", 이재영, JYL Consultant, LLC
"Subsea Pipeline Design and Analysis", 경규혁, Cronus
October 29 - KOEA Seminar - (Poster)
"When an Atmospheric Scientist Meets Artificial Intelligence Deep Learning", Prof. Yunsoo Choi, Earth and Atomospheric Scient Debt, University of Houston
"Stress and Health", Prof. Hee Kee Kim, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
July 25 - KOEA Seminar - (Poster)
"Retirement Approaches", Dr. Hanchang Yu, (Retired) ABS
"Data Science What to do with it?", Sr. Research Scientists, Aramco
March 21 - KOEA Career Seminar (Poster)
Career Management for Professionals
William McConnell Jr. O&G Specialist, Faststream
Shourya Saxena, Senior Recruiter, Faststream
March 8 - Technical Seminar, Development Cycle of an Upstream Asset
Session 1. Exploration - Dr. Sahyun Hong (Aramco Services Co.)
Session 2. Drilling and Completions, Geomechanics - Dr. Namsu Park (Barker Hughes-GE)
Session 3. Reservoir Engineering - Dr. Suksang Kang (Chevron)
Session 4. Production Engineering - Mr. Doo Hyun Kim (Chevron)
July 12 - KOEA Technical Seminar
Offshore Project Life Cycle -Hess’ Tubular Bells Field Development”, Mr. Young-Chan(Y-C) Park, (Williams)
“Attorneys in Oil and Gas”, Dr. Yeon Jae Ko (Bracewell LLP)
November 4 - Korean-American Oil & Engineering Symposium (Poster, Program)
Hyung-Gil Kim, Consul General of the Republic of Korea in Houston
Sangjoon Sohn, Ph.D., Engineering Systems Incorporation (ESi), "How Did This Happen? Forensic: Science & Engineering"
Hoseong Lee, Ph.D., American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), "Environmental Regulations & Trading in US Waters"
Won Ho Lee, DNV GL, "Lessons Learned from Unexpected Incidents in Norwegian Waters"
Mariam Haddad, Performance English, "Say It with Power!"
March 9 - KOEA/KSEA Joint Seminar
Yong J. An, KOEA Legal Counsel, LNGlawfirm.com / “Trump — Breaking Down the Legislative and Regulatory Walls of US Energy Policy”
Lena Park, Business and Immigration Attorney, Hao Law P.C., “Obtaining Permanent Residency and Citizenship in the U.S. and Beyond”
July 28 - KOEA Technical Seminar
Nick Lee, MBA, Chevron / “Commercialization of Natural Gas”
Dongeun Lee, Ph.D., FMC Technologies / “Subsea Production System – Introduction”
Mar 3 - KOEA Technical Seminar
Jay Yun, Ph.D., KOEA Chairperson, Schlumberger / ”Challenges of Oilfield Service Technology”
Yongjin Lee, Ph.D., American Bureau of Shipping / “USCG Regulations on Ships and Offshore Units and ABS Approval Process”
