Career Development
Seven young professionals were selected to represent SPE at the 2026 Emerging Leaders Alliance Conference.
A global portal to collaboration and growth, the Student Chapter Development Workshop connects SPE student chapters worldwide to exchange knowledge and learn from industry experts, all under the 2026 theme of catalyzing carbon management innovation.
Brittany N. Cole offers career advice on how new graduates can avoid the “busy but ineffective” trap, prioritize high-impact work, and build strategic value in their first 90 days to accelerate long-term career growth in an AI-driven workforce.
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This month’s SPE Spotlight on Young Professionals highlights George Buslaev, head of the drilling department at Ukhta State Technical University. Ukhta is an important industrial town in the Timan-Pechora Basin of Russia and has a long-standing history in the oil and gas industry. -
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…
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Satya Gupta, a technology fellow at Baker Hughes, shares the milestones of his career in the industry.
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2017 SPE President Janeen Judah's live chat with members on SPE Facebook page.
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Wonuola Scott, a principal data transformation analyst based in Aberdeen, started his SPE journey as a student member in 2006 and has been active ever since. Scott graduated from Lagos State University before completing his master’s degree in oil and gas engineering at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen.
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As Brazil hosts its first summer Olympics in the coastal city of Rio de Janeiro, in the world of oil and gas megaprojects, another type of competition has emerged—that of market share.
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If you love capital projects, and especially the big, complex, and really difficult ones, the petroleum industry is the place to be. Oil and gas development projects provide the young or experienced engineer with all the excitement you could want—challenging projects in challenging places.
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Marshall Brain, founder of the website HowStuffWorks.com shares his thoughts on the importance of engineering to the society and discusses historical and modern engineering milestones. He also shares his advice to YPs on getting their entrepreneurial ideas from paper to practice.
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Woodside Energy’s Ian Milne shares the sense of pride that professionals feel being part of oil and gas megaprojects, explaining how the combination of the available opportunities and a desire to work on technical challenges led him to the industry.
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The chance to work in an industry megaproject is a rare opportunity. These projects are exciting, fast-paced, and dynamic. Besides solid technical skills, which other skills will young professionals need to be successful in these projects?
