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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There are numerous career paths available within the midstream sector due to the very diverse nature of the systems involved. There are avenues for virtually all engineering disciplines and the opportunity for cross-training and advancement is tremendous. -
Francis Oko is a petroleum engineer working at the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company as a production technologist. He is an integral part of the SPE Benin City Section and has become a prolific speaker by his participation in SPE activities. Through his engagement with SPE’s Ambassador Lecturer Program (ALP), he has organized more than 25 lectures at schools and …
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The author shares the lessons he learned during his transitioning from being an engineer to becoming an entrepreneur.
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TWA's Managing Editor Amber Sturrock shares her takeaways from the 2016 Emerging Leaders Alliance Conference and encourages young professionals to attend this year's edition.
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SPE young professional members Christina Karapataki and Sam (Yinglin) Xu are recognized in Forbes’ 2017 list of 30 Under 30 in Energy.
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Graham Hack shares his experience working for a large and a small E&P company and discusses how the role of young professionals can differ in these companies.
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This month’s spotlight focuses on a member who has shown a huge amount of engagement in SPE activities and embodies its ethos to transfer knowledge to the younger generation and engage with the oil and gas community.
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2018 SPE President Darcy Spady shares his experience and advice for young professionals on how to survive the downturn.
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Shivam Saxena is a 23-year-old young professional working as a CETS engineer at Reliance Industries in India. Saxena’s work on the coalbed methane (CBM) project in Shahdol puts him in a rural part of central India but this has not stopped him from continuing his longstanding volunteering history with SPE.
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