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 2016 Emerging Leaders Alliance brought together delegates to expand their leadership skills. Three delegates share their learnings in performance management, emotional quotient, and transitioning from technical to management roles. -
In no other time in history has the rate of change in technology in the oil industry been greater than it is today. A production technology advisor, the author recommends young professionals to have technology as a focal point for making career decisions.
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In his video, TWA Editor Carter Clemens talks about the TWA Interview section and introduces the topics covered in Birol's interview.
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The TWA HR Discussion team interviews Theresa Barnett, North America regional manager, Halliburton Consulting, who provides insight into understanding diversity and inclusion, particularly as it pertains to women, and ways organizations can make their workforce truly diverse.
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SPE provides members many ways of volunteering their time to boost their skills and build relationships in the industry, but this month’s featured young professional (YP) is someone who has made this approach his regular attitude.
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Summarizing the results of a leadership survey by Bain and Company, this HBR article describes the traits of an inspiring leader.
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Getting promoted to manager represents a tremendous vote of confidence and also raises the stakes for the professional involved. What are some skills you can acquire and knowledge you can gain before the sink-or-swim situation?
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2017 Offshore Technology Conference offers many networking events and opportunities to learn about the latest offshore technologies.
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Currently a production engineer for the Texas Oil and Gas Institute, Yogashri Pradhan has been decisive in developing new initiatives right from the start of her career. Growing up in Houston, she was active in speech and debate teams in school days, which exposed her to many current events and technical details of the oil and gas industry.
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Professionals from the oil and gas industry share how their nontraditional degrees are benefiting their career.
