Students/Education
Students and young professionals gathered in late May for the 2025 Latin America and the Caribbean Student Symposium for 2 days of programs including the PetroBowl regional qualifiers, student sessions, roundtable discussions with companies, and more.
The competition tasked participants with formulating a detailed oil and gas field development plan.
The campus will offer four core bachelor’s degree programs in mining, geology and geological exploration, geophysical engineering, and petroleum engineering.
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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…
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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.
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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 …
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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
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“Arise, awake, and keep moving on your way till you achieve your goal.”
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Continuing threats of possible global warming, environmental disasters, and public misperception have cast a dark shadow over the oil industry for many years. Combined with recent scandals within the energy industry, continual mergers and corporate restructurings, and escalating prices at the fuel pump, it is no wonder our industry has been dealt a black eye. Even wit…
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Welcome to the Student Link Section of TWA. This month we will review several different perspectives on the current status of the relationship between students and Young E&P Professionals (YEPPs) and focus on opportunities to improve that relationship. YEPP initiatives are gaining momentum on both international and local levels. Those who reach out to students are rea…
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Andrew Lambert offers hints and tips on presenting technical papers.
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Participants in the World Petroleum Congress (WPC) Youth Forum, the first in WPC’s 71-year history, hailed it a success. It was held 17–20 October 2004 at the Beijing Intl. Convention Center, and more than 540 delegates, all under 35 years of age, participated in the program. In addition, 56 observers from 17 WPC member countries and 102 other participants took part a…
