Students/Education
Students from around the globe are invited to participate in the 2026 Switch Global Case Competition to tackle the pressing issue of energy poverty and compete for $50,000 in prize money.
Cherish Chukwu, SPE, won the 2026 SPE Africa Regional Student Paper Contest and will represent the SPE Africa Region at the 2026 SPE International Student Paper Contest.
The 5-year multidisciplinary program will offer students the opportunity to earn a BS in engineering and an MS in business.
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The recipients of the 2020 Presidential Award for Outstanding Student Chapter were announced. Eighteen chapters from around the world have been honored with this recognition for their programs, activities, and levels of participation, which distinguish them from other chapters. -
Wei Zhang, doctoral student in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences at Penn State University has been awarded the Nico van Wingen Memorial Graduate Fellowship in petroleum engineering for 2020. The fellowship is funded by SPE Foundation to support students who are pursuing doctoral degrees with the intent of a career in academia. The awardee will receive $5,000 p…
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Though on the young side for an Executive MBA program, this young professional is seriously considering a part-time experience in an executive program where the average age of a new student is 35.
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In my first column of the new year, I want to discuss my focus area of Strengthening the Feedstock of Incoming Talent because I believe that our industry needs a change in direction in order to succeed with this ambitious goal.
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The year has been a wonderful journey for me, my teammates, and our student members of the SPE University of Port Harcourt Student Chapter. The chapter organized several programs this past year for the benefit of the students. The events held can be grouped under the following headings: membership drive, membership inclusion, industry exposure, community service–Energ…
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PetroBowl is a fast-paced, quiz-bowl-style competition between SPE student chapters from around the world covering technical and nontechnical topics related to petroleum engineering. During the 2019 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition in Calgary, LSU emerged as the world champions.
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The new collaborative series between TWA and SPE Student Chapters, “TWA Student Chapter Spotlight,” aims to feature award-winning SPE student chapters from around the world throughout the year. Each article in the series will spotlight a student chapter and share its successes, challenges, and innovative practices.
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The new collaborative series between TWA and SPE Student Chapters, “TWA Student Chapter Spotlight,” aims to feature award-winning SPE student chapters from around the world throughout the year. Each article in the series will spotlight a student chapter and share its successes, challenges, and innovative practices.
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Edgar Dale, an American educator once said “We tend to remember 10% of what we read, 20% of what we hear, 30% of what we see, 50% of what we see and hear, 70% of what we say, and 90% of what we say and do.”
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Groups of students and young professionals generated digital solutions for an abandoned field in Norway using publicly available field data during a SPE hackathon event held in Bangalore, India.
