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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Stephen Holditch, now retired as head of the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M, talks about his multifaceted career. -
You have invested a lot of time and money training new employees. Once employees are fully qualified, how do you retain them?
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This article takes you to three continents -- North America, Asia, and Africa -- each with a story that shows how rooted in geography and how varied energy entrepreneurship can be.
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CEO Brandon Hayes talks about what he's learned as a young leader helping revitalize Drillchem Drilling Solutions, an oilfield services company.
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Two YPs discuss how they became entrepreneurs, their success, and the biggest challenges they faced in starting their own business.
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The oil and gas industry is a veritable breeding ground for those who want to make the dream of entrepreneurship a reality. However, this dream cannot be achieved without a significant amount of personal risk and hard work
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Insight into India's oil and gas history, entrepreneurship, and his own success from Raj Kanwar, founder of SK Oilfield Company.
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While exceptional in their technical field, many engineers have not developed enough of the key skills required to be a great leader. This article discusses key leadership skills that can help young professionals who desire to move to a management track.
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TWA staff provide an overview of how two young professional entrepreneurs became successful.
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Established entrepreneurs Ricardo B. Levy and Howard Rosen of Stanford University share advice on becoming a young entrepreneur.
