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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Times are turbulent across the globe as the ongoing responses to the pandemic remain varied. The oil and gas industry—and SPE members—remain affected personally and professionally by its effects on the supply/demand balance, the oil price, and the energy transition. -
Where there are data generated and collected, there is analysis of the data. The ongoing digital transformation in the industry has opened many opportunities for professionals skilled in data analytics.
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What are the pros and cons of staying in school or returning to school, and what should YPs do to best secure their future in the oil and gas industry?
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Cultural differences become increasingly important as professionals move from technical to management roles. Managing projects often means not leading just the specific technical aspects of the project, but also the people who are working on them.
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I begin this column by saying that after attending several recent SPE events filled with students and professionals, all virtual of course, that I have seen the very best of us as members of SPE. To a person, you all have been nothing short of inspiring.
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Last year was a challenging one; however challenges also mean opportunities. This is precisely what the 2020 SPE Young Member Outstanding Service Award (YMOSA) winners did—translating challenges into opportunities, and opportunities into actions. In an interview for TWA, these young professionals (YPs) share the contributions they made to the community, how if feels t…
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A proponent of STEM careers for women, Maria Angela Capello shares her experience working in different countries and cultures and her involvement in initiatives promoting diversity and inclusion.
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People deal with stress in many ways. I decided to revisit an on-and-off childhood hobby.
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Our purpose is the compass that can guide us in navigating the correct path. Interestingly, our purpose is never clear to us amid the usual humdrum of life until we are faced with situations that challenge us.
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This is a particularly hard column to prepare. It is early October and I had hoped to tell you how being an SPE member and being an active part of SPE was part of your professional responsibilities/duty. It is, but we will save that discussion for later.
