Students/Education
By strengthening their problem-solving under pressure, teamwork, leadership, English fluency, and resilience, students at the University of Buenos Aires secured victory at the 2025 PetroBowl competition—becoming the first team from Argentina to do so.
The two projects under the university’s Targeted Proposal Teams program will focus on underground hydrogen and geologic storage solutions.
Prospective students can explore Montana Tech's engineering programs including mining, petroleum engineering, and computer science, on 14 November at Montana Tech's Fall Tech Day.
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During 11–17 September the 2nd International Oil and Gas Majoring Students Forum “New Generation: Across the Universe” will be held at Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas (National Research University). -
SPE Certification provides an endorsement of an engineer’s technical skills and capabilities by a global organization that extends to anywhere you may travel or work—a highly desirable benefit given the global nature of oil and gas operations.
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SPE young professionals use several platforms to educate the younger generation about the energy industry and the advantages of opting for a career in a STEM field (STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). They use SPE’s Ambassador Lecturer Program, Energy4Me, and social media to reach out to budding engineers, and some also volunteer to tea…
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Kun Xie, SPE, was awarded the 2017 Nico van Wingen Memorial Graduate Fellowship. Xie is currently a PhD student majoring in petroleum and natural gas engineering in Northeast Petroleum University (NEPU) in China. Xie holds a bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering and a master’s degree in oil and gas development engineering from NEPU. He has published 17 technical …
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Michael Song, a final year petroleum engineering student at Curtin University, Perth, Australia, and 2016 president of the Curtin University SPE chapter won the Orica Mining, Oil, and Gas Award in the GradConnection’s Top 100 Future Leaders competition. GradConnection is a recruitment platform that links students and graduates to employment opportunities.
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The oil and gas industry has a remarkable story to tell. SPE’s energy education public outreach program Enery4me highlights how energy works in our everyday lives to school students and teachers and promotes the career opportunities in the upstream petroleum sector.
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The VIII International Youth Scientific and Practical Congress “Oil and Gas Horizons” took place during 23–25 November 2016 at the Gubkin University, Moscow. The congress was organized by the SPE student chapter of the university. More than 150 graduate and post graduate students from 37 universities and 18 countries participated in the congress.
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The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) announces that Chevron Corporation has committed USD 800,000 over 4 years to support SPE’s programs that are dedicated to increasing student participation and advancing energy education
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Your bit is at 76° inclination, your true vertical depth (TVD) at that 8200 ft, and your target is 90° and a TVD of 8320 ft.
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In this video, NPR’s Skunk Bear used a geologist’s idea to measure Earth’s history in football yards. If every inch of the field is 1.3 million years, near which yard line did humans arrive?
