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The degree includes curricula in energy drilling, geothermal and petroleum production, renewable systems, and carbon capture.
KU will use its funding from the DOE's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to develop new catalysts and technologies to improve the efficiency and reliability of green hydrogen production.
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  • The first issue of TWA was dedicated to the “survivors”: the young oil and gas industry professionals who, in the last several years, have been in considerable decrease. It is clear that one of the main missions of YEPP sections all around the world is contacting as large a number of young professionals as possible to share SPE values.
  • In October, the SPE Gulf Coast Section Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) held its 4th Annual Petrobowl competition at the 2005 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition in Dallas. Petrobowl is a competition in which universities compete in teams of four against each other to answer questions ranging from the fundamentals of petroleum engineering to the unique and ri…
  • Several SPE young professionals from Saudi Arabia along with members of the SPE student chapter at King Fahd U. of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) recently took a trip to Dubai. The students and young professionals spent 4 days learning about the activities and operations of several operator and service companies.
  • The Student Chapter of King Fahd U. of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) was officially established in June 1996. The chapter consists of 122 members, mostly students but also young professionals, professionals, and professors. The main mission of the chapter is to promote members’ creativity, emphasize the role of petroleum engineering in society, support the local SPE …
  • Student organizations are certainly nothing new, and any ex-student will remember the vibrant social life that university clubs provide and perhaps recall jumping in on one of many rallies and protests in the 1960s and 70s staged by guilds and university students. Recently, however, student organizations, particularly in engineering, have moved away from politics and …
  • On 19 November, more than 50 students from 19 different countries and 11 educational institutions descended on the city of Doha, the capital of Qatar. These energetic and highly motivated individuals had been selected to represent their peers at the Middle East’s first YEPP-led IPTC Student Education Day held in conjunction with the SPE International Petroleum Technol…
  • The London Section’s Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) is proactively working to bridge the gap among students, recent graduates, and industry senior management. Most of the effort is being done through presentations, seminars, and especially the new Champions program.
  • New members of the SPE Student Chapter of Technische U. of Clausthal, interested in learning more about the petroleum industry and in increasing networking opportunities, attended the 2005 SPE/IADC Drilling Conference in Amsterdam in February. The students, slightly rushed because of the timing of examinations and the end of the semester, quick- ly rounded up funding …
  • SPE President Giovanni Paccaloni’s column in the February 2005 Journal of Petroleum Technology described the central role of young professionals in the future development of the oil and gas industry. In his March column, he stressed the “urgent priority for public energy education.” This central role of
  • “Arise, awake, and keep moving on your way till you achieve your goal.”
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