Career Development
Kobi McNutt explores her journey from Division I athlete to pioneering deepwater projects in the Gulf of Mexico, highlighting the mental resilience, technical grit, and advocacy that define her impact both on the rig and online.
Artificial intelligence is transforming—not replacing—petroleum engineering. As AI-driven, data-centric methods replace traditional deterministic models, engineers must adapt by acquiring skills in data science, algorithmic thinking, and software tools. The industry’s evolution raises a critical question: Will petroleum engineers evolve with these changes or risk beco…
Panelists discussed expectations for the state of the market by 2050, based on observable trends, evolving policies, and emerging market dynamics.
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The author shares the lessons he learned during his transitioning from being an engineer to becoming an entrepreneur. -
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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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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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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Providing access to more than 180,000 papers and presentations, OnePetro is a definitive resource for upstream oil and gas technical information.
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In the current complex information age, while organizational ranks and tiers will still be required, a rigid hierarchy and absolute centralized decision making slows down execution and stifles adaptation in teams.
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Former SPE President Eve Sprunt talks about her recent book on dual-career couples and shares her advice to millennials on achieving a good work/life balance.
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PetroTalk is an SPE video platform which shares presentations from conferences, applied technology workshops, and summits. With an approximate duration of 15 minutes, they are designed to support knowledge transfer and so far have captured presentations from the 2015 and 2016 SPE International Conferences on Health, Safety, Security, Environment, and Social Responsibi…
