Students/Education
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.
A global portal to collaboration and growth, the Student Chapter Development Workshop connects SPE student chapters worldwide to exchange knowledge and learn from industry experts, all under the 2026 theme of catalyzing carbon management innovation.
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Pursuing a graduate degree at night can be very beneficial. But it requires trade-offs and dedication and should not be entered into without considering both what you'll have to give up (while in school) and what you'll gain. -
When it comes to oil, it’s no longer just a man’s world. Career in recent years has become important to women. Today, women can be seen in research and development, production, consulting work, and even in field jobs. Women are climbing the corporate ladder and starting to fill top executive positions. As a woman, I have learned many lessons in my short tenure in the …
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When I was asked recently how women choose the companies for which they work, I responded that women choose employers in a similar fashion as men do: they look at the compensation package, the scope of the job, the opportunities for upward mobility, and whether the company has a good reputation in the industry. Often, they also look around to see if there are women ex…
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SPE Foundation receives a bequest from Professor Nico Van Wingen.
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The geological complexity of fractured reservoirs necessitates the use of simplified models for flow simulation. This is often addressed in practice by using flow modeling procedures based on the dual-porosity/dual-permeability concept. However, there is often not a systematic and quantitative link between the underlying discrete fracture model (DFM) and the parameter…
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Energy consumption is increasing by 5.6% per annum, so it is today’s requirement to extract more efficiently from currently available reservoirs and to find novel energy resources. Coalbed methane (CBM) is one such unconventional hydrocarbon resource, which is easily extractable. This paper focuses on enhanced CBM recovery using biogenic enzymes for increasing seconda…
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The Aberdeen Young Professionals (YPs) Section held its inaugural Thesis Factory event at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen in February, aimed at postgraduate students undertaking masters’ degrees in various energy engineering courses at the school. The objective of the Thesis Factory was to improve the quality of thesis topics selected by the postgraduate students…
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Sugar is widely recognized as a cement retarder by the drilling industry and has been used in cementing operations where cement returns are expected on surface. Experts disagree about the effect that sugar has on cement slurries, a few believe that it acts as both an accelerator and a retarder depending on the concentration, but the majority believe that the sugar act…
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Did you know that SPE currently has 18,000 student members worldwide, and approximately a quarter of those are graduating seniors? How can SPE illustrate to each of them the value and benefit of continuing their SPE membership in their professional careers? One answer that has proved successful for the SPE Gulf Coast Section (GCS) is the annual Young Professional (YP)…
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The oil and gas industry of tomorrow is shaped by today’s students. In this survey, current students and young professionals (YPs) share their thoughts on the energy industry, the role of their education, and their relationship with SPE.
