2026 TWA Energy Influencers
These outstanding young professionals are being celebrated for their work discovering, innovating, and sharing their knowledge, positively influencing and inspiring others. Read more here.
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The SPE Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Student Chapter grew from a 1-year-old organization with no awards into an internationally recognized chapter by leveraging technical upskilling, applied engineering, and inclusive leadership.
Former TWA editor of chief, Andreas Michael, SPE, shares insights on petroleum engineering, the importance of quality over quantity, technical expertise, and how young professionals can build successful careers in a changing energy industry.
Discover how seismic, electromagnetic, radar, passive monitoring, and data-driven inversion can support safer CO2 storage and create opportunities for young energy professionals.
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Learn how a five-step decision framework helps refineries select the right H2S removal technology by balancing compliance, risk, complexity, and cost. -
Academic research can help bridge the gap between innovation and industry. In this interview, 2026 TWA Energy Influencer Sherif Fakher, SPE, reflects on his experiences in academia, SPE, and the importance of collaboration, innovation, and rethinking waste as a resource in the transition to a more sustainable energy future.
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Can hydrogen transform Nigeria’s energy future? By leveraging its vast natural gas, solar, and hydropower resources, Nigeria has a unique opportunity to overcome energy poverty, drive industrial growth, and emerge as Africa’s leading hydrogen economy.
Discover how engineer Tim Ong, SPE, built a successful career in energy by leveraging transferable skills, embracing mentorship, and navigating a nonlinear path from medical instrumentation to innovation, digital transformation, and leadership.
CCUS and underground gas storage researcher Youwei He shares his insights on energy innovation, academic leadership, SPE service, and the future of subsurface carbon storage.
2026 TWA Energy Influencer Muhammad Karimi shares how he transformed academic research into a globally deployed energy technology, offering insights on innovation, entrepreneurship, oilfield digitalization, and the energy transition.
Marketing executive, entrepreneur, and author Kristine Sickels shares practical strategies to help early-career women engineers build confidence, speak up in meetings, and advocate for their achievements.
Utkarsh Sinha, 2026 TWA Energy Influencer, is driving innovation at the intersection of reservoir physics and AI, combining research, patents, and industry leadership to develop practical machine learning solutions that improve reservoir and production engineering decision-making.
From Saudi Aramco boardrooms to leadership classrooms, and from a personal fitness journey to mentoring the next generation of professionals, Rehman Akhtar's career has been defined by continuous growth and reinvention.
In this interview, Sushma Bhan, energy data, AI leader, and technical director of the SPE Data Science and Engineering Analytics Technical Section, shares lessons from 3 decades at Shell, discussing digital transformation, the future of AI in upstream operations, leadership development, and career advice for the next generation of energy professionals.
How do energy professionals stay relevant through downturns, restructuring, and technological change? Discover four pillars of personal branding that build a reputation capable of compounding across every stage of your career.
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A data-driven look at fuel savings, battery degradation, and net CO2 impact over a 10-year ownership period. -
In an industry that rarely slows down, memory can be a powerful engineering tool. Not in terms of nostalgia, but in perspective. Many of the activities that constituted daily operations have been so deeply transformed that new generations of engineers may never have experienced them before.
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AI and machine learning are transforming drilling execution, detecting downhole problems earlier, automating reporting, and closing the loop between the wellbore and the well plan through real-time geosteering.
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Discover how AI and machine learning are transforming oil and gas field development by reducing subsurface uncertainty, optimizing development decisions, and maximizing long-term reservoir value from concept selection through production.
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As upstream operators move beyond isolated experiments, the hardest part of the AI journey is not building a model, it is making it stick.
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Marketing executive, entrepreneur, and author Kristine Sickels shares practical strategies to help early-career women engineers build confidence, speak up in meetings, and advocate for their achievements.
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In this interview, Sushma Bhan, energy data, AI leader, and technical director of the SPE Data Science and Engineering Analytics Technical Section, shares lessons from 3 decades at Shell, discussing digital transformation, the future of AI in upstream operations, leadership development, and career advice for the next generation of energy professionals.
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The Wonderful World of Oleum is an inclusive storytelling initiative that evolved from a volunteer-written book into a global, multi-format project that humanizes the energy industry, fosters connection, and inspires diverse audiences, especially young people, to explore STEM careers.
