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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Exploring the value and impact of a graduate degree and how to find the right program for your career objectives. -
Continuing education is not just attending a program at a university or taking a training course. There are many other ways young professionals can prepare themselves for the future.
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Turgay Ertekin talks about learning after college and opportunities in graduate study.
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Graduate school can have a big impact on your career, but it isn't for everyone. Be clear about your expectations and what you hope to accomplish when pursuing an advanced degree.
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An Interview With Joseph A. Ajienka, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
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Stuart Burley, head of Geoscience at Cairn Energy India, on taking advantage of continuing education opportunities and why learning should be an integral part of everyone’s career.
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In October, the SPE Gulf Coast Section (GCS) Young Professionals Program held the 8th Annual PetroBowl Competition at the 2009 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans. 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 uniqu…
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SPE's Energy4me program has developed materials designed not only to connect with students, but to make it easy for members to make presentations to schools and other groups.
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An engineer must continue to increase his or her development through continuing self-development. The SPE Petroleum Engineering Certification Program can be extremely beneficial to an engineer’s professional and personal life.
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Ali Ghalambor, head of the Department of Petroleum Engineering at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, looks at petroleum engineering as a career—one he considers at times to be more sophisticated than rocket science—and offers some insight into the profession.
