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The SPE Mumbai Section has been buzzing with activity this year, thereby helping reinforce Mumbai’s role as the heart of India’s oil and gas industry. The section included a wide variety of activities during its year, including presentations by SPE Distinguished Lecturers, several technical programs and study group meetings, and Ambassador Lecturer Program efforts.

The SPE Bangalore Section was one of five winners of the 2013 SPE Section Award for Outstanding Young Professional Activity. A key reason for this honor is the active participation of YPs in overall Section activities. Over the last year, the YP Committee, in particular, clearly outlined and shared its objectives to increase involvement of existing members, while buil…

The Young Professional Coordinating Committee (YPCC) is a 15-member standing committee responsible for governing programs and activities directed toward YPs. The committee reports to the SPE Board Committee on Education and Professional Activities. YPCC members are appointed by the SPE president-elect and serve 1-year terms, renewable for up to 3 years. Terms begin at…

SPE’s Gulf Coast Section (GCS) was one of five winners of SPE’s 2013 Section Award for Outstanding Young Professional Activity. The Section has won this award 3 years in a row. A large part of this success can be attributed to GCS YP board members actively working to address the concerns of its membership base throughout the year.

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The future of the E&P industry rests on the shoulders of current YPs who, in a few years, will be stepping up to the challenge of handling leadership and technical positions. One way to develop YPs is to supplement their technical knowledge with so-called “soft” skills. With this in mind, SPE Lagos Section 61 organized a Soft Skills workshop focused on improving YPs’ …

The India Section YP Committee acts as a forum for oil and gas YPs to present and disseminate information amongst themselves in order to prepare and equip the new generation of oil and gas leaders to confidently face future global challenges.

The first meeting of the Duliajan SPE Section Young Professionals was presided over by the section and program chairs. There was an unexpectedly positive response from the section’s young members. The intent was not only to provide a forum for YPs, but also to spread awareness of the benefits SPE has to offer among prospective YPs. The audience was welcomed by the SPE…

The Lagos, Nigeria, Section YP Program has demonstrated significant growth since its inception in 2009, now with more than 500 members working throughout the oil and gas industry and academia. YP activities have undergone a series of positive transformations. To improve networking and collaboration between YPs in the section, four subcommittees were formed.

Led by Richard Steele, BG Group, and Alejandro Primera, Eni UK, YPs of the SPE London Section undertook a 2-day excursion in May to Derbyshire’s carboniferous outcrop and Mam Tor’s mudstones. The aspiring petroleum engineers pieced together the deltaic depositional system’s depositional history by studying rock composition, texture, and local fossil features.