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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Imran Butt of Baker Hughes talks about why young professionals should be pumped up about a future in the oil and gas industry. -
How to prepare yourself for your next promotion by how you act, dress, behave, and interact with others.
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Steven Farris of Apache Corporation shares his industry experience and offers advice to young professionals entering the oil and gas industry.
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Effective networking can be helpful in career advancement. This article provides some tips on how to network effectively and why it is important.
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Technical skills aren't sufficient for success. Professionals also need to acquire the soft skills that will facilitate their growth within the industry.
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2015 SPE President Helge Hove Haldorsen reveals the eight dimensions to focus on in plotting your way to career success.
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Talent & Technology: Soft Competency Development as a Global Challenge Soft competencies provide individuals with the ability to manage social, cultural, technical, and environmental expectations.
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What is it like to be an oil and gas social media professional? According to Olivia Harting and Erika Conner, social media leaders at Chevron, it's fast-paced, complex, challenging, global, and requires constant learning.
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Ten life lessons to help you excel—now and for the rest of your career.
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Vivek Sharma, well engineering services manager, Halliburton Consulting Asia Pacific region, gives insight into his career and the industry's future.
