Career Development

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…

Michael A. Minyard comments on his career experiences.

Ron Dusterhoft, Halliburton, and Jim Giddens, Valley Forge Technical Information Services, offer a primer on writing solid technical papers.

The rudiments of speaking and listening in personal and group settings.

Heriot-Watt University professor Patrick Corbett assesses the evolving role of the petrophysicist and imagines what the future will hold.