Career Development
Discover how engineer Tim Ong, SPE, built a successful career in energy by leveraging transferable skills, embracing mentorship, and navigating a nonlinear path from medical instrumentation to innovation, digital transformation, and leadership.
CCUS and underground gas storage researcher Youwei He shares his insights on energy innovation, academic leadership, SPE service, and the future of subsurface carbon storage.
2026 TWA Energy Influencer Muhammad Karimi shares how he transformed academic research into a globally deployed energy technology, offering insights on innovation, entrepreneurship, oilfield digitalization, and the energy transition.
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The industry needs a wider variety of skillsets as it broadens its investments in low-carbon businesses. What are the universities doing to revise their curricula? What new options are there for students interested in the energy field? -
It is important for women to mentor other women, provide opportunities, and lift each other up.
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The fair attracted global attendance and offered one-on-one mentoring among many other career guidance opportunities.
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Teaching others is an effective way to learn. You may find out that there are things that you didn’t know you didn’t know.
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The article hopes to illuminate the existence of language certifications and provide useful information and perspectives to the readership.
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Three women members of the TWA Editorial Committee share their perspectives on the evolving landscape for women in the oil and gas industry.
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Oftentimes, career paths start from the interest a student develops during high school. This article is an attempt to introduce high school and middle school students to the world of petroleum and energy.
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To turn the spotlight on young professionals' contributions to oil and gas the industry, the TWA Editorial Committee is accepting nominations for "TWA Energy Influencers 2022: Young Professionals Who ENERGIZE Our Industry.”
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High oil prices will mean more spending on workovers to eke out more oil and gas from older wells. The amount will depend on finding those willing and able to do that tricky work.
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“Should I pursue this career?” is a popular question among students and prospective petroleum engineers. In this discussion, two petroleum engineering department heads share their insights on successfully bridging academia and workforce.
