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On 15 February 2006, the Ambassador Lecturer Pilot Program kicked off at Delft U. of Technology, Faculty of Earth Sciences. The event was hosted by Nicolaas Boot, President of the SPE Student Chapter Delft. About 25 graduates and PhD students attended the event.

Have you seen what is happening out there? Young professionals in the petroleum industry are joining together, interacting, and networking in ways never previously seen in our industry. Young professionals are reaching out to students to share their enthusiasm about their careers and provide a lens into their exciting futures. The interaction with a successful young p…

In October, the SPE Gulf Coast Section Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) held its 4th Annual Petrobowl competition at the 2005 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition in Dallas. Petrobowl is a competition in which universities compete in teams of four against each other to answer questions ranging from the fundamentals of petroleum engineering to the unique and ri…

Several SPE young professionals from Saudi Arabia along with members of the SPE student chapter at King Fahd U. of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) recently took a trip to Dubai. The students and young professionals spent 4 days learning about the activities and operations of several operator and service companies.

The Student Chapter of King Fahd U. of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) was officially established in June 1996. The chapter consists of 122 members, mostly students but also young professionals, professionals, and professors. The main mission of the chapter is to promote members’ creativity, emphasize the role of petroleum engineering in society, support the local SPE …

Student organizations are certainly nothing new, and any ex-student will remember the vibrant social life that university clubs provide and perhaps recall jumping in on one of many rallies and protests in the 1960s and 70s staged by guilds and university students. Recently, however, student organizations, particularly in engineering, have moved away from politics and …

On 19 November, more than 50 students from 19 different countries and 11 educational institutions descended on the city of Doha, the capital of Qatar. These energetic and highly motivated individuals had been selected to represent their peers at the Middle East’s first YEPP-led IPTC Student Education Day held in conjunction with the SPE International Petroleum Technol…

Technical interests guide SPE programs.

The London Section’s Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) is proactively working to bridge the gap among students, recent graduates, and industry senior management. Most of the effort is being done through presentations, seminars, and especially the new Champions program.

New members of the SPE Student Chapter of Technische U. of Clausthal, interested in learning more about the petroleum industry and in increasing networking opportunities, attended the 2005 SPE/IADC Drilling Conference in Amsterdam in February. The students, slightly rushed because of the timing of examinations and the end of the semester, quick- ly rounded up funding …