Students/Education
Emuobosa Patience Ojoboh, SPE, shares how unexpected academic challenges changed her career path and how, throughout it all, SPE served as her anchor through uncertainty.
Three Namibian engineering graduates have been awarded fully funded scholarships worth more than $40,000 to attend a specialized ROV pilot technician training program at the Netherlands Maritime University College in Malaysia. After completion of the training, Subsea7 will provide the graduates with on-the-job training, integrate them into its global offshore workforc…
UT-Austin's Matthew Balhoff, SPE, shares his advice to students and young professionals in the industry to help maximize their academic experience and early careers.
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One of the most memorable programs of the MSc petroleum engineering degree course work at Imperial College, London, has been the Intra-Mentoring Group Project. This interesting and challenging exercise involved an integrated study, evaluation, and development of a real reservoir using actual field data provided by the field operator. The truly unique aspect of this pr… -
Several SPE students from Robert Gordon U. recently took part in a tour of the Weatherford Completions and Production Facility in Dyce, Aberdeen. Those who attended are all studying various oil and gas engineering disciplines. To show students some of the practical aspects of theoretical teachings, Weatherford offered insight into completion practices, especially in s…
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“It took 2 hours for two men to dig a hole 5 ft deep. How deep would it have been if 10 men had dug the hole for 2 hours?” The answer to Edward De Bono’s question may seem obvious (25 ft), but some minds may offer answers far from the obvious. How about, “Rain could flood the hole to prevent digging,” or “Deeper soil layers may be harder to dig out,” or “We may hit be…
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Following an invitation to all student chapters to participate in SPE’s Ambassador Lecturer Program, the SPE Student Chapter at Mining U. of Leoben, Austria, decided immediately that a visit from a young professional would be an important contribution to its already strong program.
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How a program of lectures, structured mentoring, and symposiums has helped develop young professionals in Azerbaijan.
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As the industry faces the challenge of getting new workers up to speed faster, knowledge management programs hold the promise of helping to transfer knowledge from experienced workers to those who need to learn it.
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The London Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) saw an increased interest in its activities in 2005, and it looks forward to repeating this performance in 2006. The focus for this year will be on increasing networking opportunities between ELP members and industry professionals through several events.
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On 15 February 2006, the Ambassador Lecturer Pilot Program kicked off at Delft U. of Technology, Faculty of Earth Sciences. The event was hosted by Nicolaas Boot, President of the SPE Student Chapter Delft. About 25 graduates and PhD students attended the event.
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Have you seen what is happening out there? Young professionals in the petroleum industry are joining together, interacting, and networking in ways never previously seen in our industry. Young professionals are reaching out to students to share their enthusiasm about their careers and provide a lens into their exciting futures. The interaction with a successful young p…
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Mankind has always tried to achieve the impossible. It is one of the most latent and potent desires among achievers to do something that appears extraordinary. Exploring deep within the Earth to produce a fluid that powers economies and empowers nations falls under the category of “extraordinary worth.” The challenges involved in achieving this feat are immense, and t…
