Career Development

Bill Robb of Profit Improvers takes a contrary position on the importance of meetings and other facets of daily work life.

Senior reservoir engineer Luis Carlos Colmenares advocates changing disciplines early in your career.

Gerrit Nitters of Shell looks back on a rewarding career that involved multiple jobs both in the field in the lab.

Carole Nakhle argues that the oil sector could attract new talent by improving its image among students and ensuring that women are equally drawn to the industry.

Rafi Khouri of Champion Technologies learns from his globe-trotting travels, courtesy of the oil industry.

Schlumberger field engineer Celeste A. Pastorini notes the challenges facing women in the oil and gas industry.

Andrew Lambert offers hints and tips on presenting technical papers.

John Donachie comments on the important aspects of mentoring.

Bob Worrall of Shell E&P looks back on a career spanning nearly 4 decades.

In this issue, we would like to dig deeper into the role of young professionals and students in the future of our industry. SPE membership demographics (Fig. 1) should raise awareness of the projected future shortage of skilled professionals. This figure is indicative of the total population in the oil and gas industry. Similar trends in age distribution have been obs…