YP Group News

At the Regional Section Officers Meeting, which took place on 16 September 2017 at AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, Poland. The meeting was hosted by the SPE Poland Section and was organized by SPE Regional Director for South, Central, and East Europe at that time, Matthias Meister. Current SPE Director for the region, Jean-Marc Dumas, and more than…

(Image caption: Brazil Section YP Bruno William hosting an ALP visit at Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.)

SPE’s publication for the Projects, Facilities, and Construction (PFC) technical discipline, Oil and Gas Facilities (OGF), has recently launched a monthly section which will feature synopses of editor-picked SPE technical papers on PFC topics. OGF Selection Editor Gerald Verbeek will pick three papers each month that are then synopsized by SPE editorial staff and publ…

Being the largest conference for SPE members, the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE) offers a great opportunity for members to give back to the community that graciously hosts the conference for the week. SPE launched a new initiative called SPE Cares at the ATCE recently held in Dubai. As part of the launch of the program, the SPE Cares Work Group …

The SPE Mexico Section created the Young Professionals (YPs) Committee in 2015 and held its first YP meeting in November in the City of Villahermosa, Tabasco. Claudio de la Cerda, the section’s YP mentor, made a presentation on the benefits of being an SPE member and highlighted the opportunities for volunteering in Mexico and worldwide.

SPE Bangalore section, in collaboration with the Indian Association of Petroleum Geoscientists, conducted an integrated technical quiz named InQUIZitive at the Shell Technology Centre Bangalore.

Young Professionals (YPs) Committee of the Warri Nigeria Section recently held its annual YP workshop at the PTI Conference Centre Effurun in Warri, Nigeria. The theme of this year’s workshop was “Marketability for Sustainability: Equipping Myself Ahead of Tomorrow’s Challenges.”

The young professionals committee of the SPE Bangalore Section recently organized an education day at Kendriya Vidyalaya DRDO in Bangalore, India. The event was aimed at guiding students interested in math and science toward a career in the oil and gas sector, one of the most exciting and challenging industries to work in. A team of seven members from the section pres…

The SPE San Joaquin Valley Section’s young professionals (YPs) have continued to contribute to the learning of their peers through a series of events that give YPs the opportunity to benefit from experts. Recently, they got together to learn more about continuing education and online education offered by top schools in the region.

The SPE Turkey Section supports four SPE student chapters—the Middle East Technical University (METU) Chapter; Middle East Technical University–Cyprus Chapter; Istanbul Technical University (ITU) Chapter; and Batman University Chapter—and works to connect each chapter and its instructors with each of the other three chapters and their instructors.