professional development

SPE Offshore Europe has reaffirmed its position as Europe’s leading offshore energy event, welcoming more than 25,000 professionals to P&J Live in Aberdeen 2–5 September 2025 in what was widely regarded as a landmark week for the sector.

The SPE Asset Management Technical Section (AMTS) is teaming up with the University of Houston to launch a pilot program that advances asset management practices and supports the growth of energy professionals worldwide—setting a model for future collaborations between universities and SPE technical sections.

The SPE Management Technical Section has been officially renamed the Asset Management Technical Section. The new name better reflects the section’s focus on asset management as a core discipline in the upstream oil and gas industry.

During its 2023–2024 term, the SPE D&I Committee achieved high-quality deliverables with teamwork, collaboration, and integration of different backgrounds, ages, and nationalities.

How can you most effectively share your insights about technologies, new concepts, and innovations with SPE members? In this column, Bob Pearson, technical director of Production and Facilities, presents a concise guide to the many alternatives SPE provides to its members.

As the oil and gas industry moves more into the machine learning space, Python-conversant petroleum domain specialists will prove to be increasingly valuable to organizations.

An ATCE special session featured a range of perspectives on the importance of training beyond academic education in preparing new industry hires to develop long-term, sustainable careers.