Career Development
SPE Africa's first Beyond the Borders program, held during the 2025 Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition in Lagos, brought together young professionals from seven African countries to foster collaboration, leadership, and professional growth.
The free, 1-day symposium will bring together graduate students, faculty, and industry leaders dedicated to advancing research, career growth, and energy innovation.
Emuobosa Patience Ojoboh, SPE, shares how unexpected academic challenges changed her career path and how, throughout it all, SPE served as her anchor through uncertainty.
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Emmanuel O. Egbogah discusses his career, advice for young professionals, and how the industry can impact West Africa. -
Ayman Asfari talks about his career, his company, future technology, and sustainability.
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Adel Anwar, management consultant, focuses on effective thinking and superior leadership.
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Find out what TWA readers said in a survey on the competencies that energy professionals will need for the future.
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Presenting results of a 2007 SPE survey on dual-career couples in the oil and gas industry.
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Lynda Armstrong talks about her career, mentoring, competency development and advice for young professionals.
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Bill Cobb discusses the lifelong job of developing your technical skills, and several key means for doing so.
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Stuart Ferguson talks about his career, competency development, future technology challenges and competitiveness.
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In the oil and gas industry of this era, important issues have arisen because of the age of the workforce. Distinctions between the mature generation, baby boomers, Generation X, and the newest wave of college graduates—dubbed the new millennials—are commonly understood. The matures and baby boomers can be collectively called “old school” in the way they do things. Th…
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Ganesh Thakur, Chevron Energy Technology, discusses the important role that technical professionals play within our industry and the challenges that lie ahead.
