Student Focus
2017 SPE Outstanding Student Chapter Award Winners Announced
21 June 2017
Thirty-seven SPE student chapters across the world have won the 2017 Outstanding Student Chapter Awa...
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PetroBowl Regional Winners for South America and Caribbean Region Announced
20 June 2017
The PetroBowl regional qualifiers for the South America and Caribbean region was held recently and t...
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Shell Petroleum Development Corporation Inducts Undergraduate Scholarship Beneficiaries Into New Mentorship Program
30 May 2017
Image caption: The undergraduate student scholars and SPDC officials at the SPDC headquarters, Port ...
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Colorado School of Mines Team Wins 2017 SPE Americas HSE Conference Student Challenge Contest
20 April 2017
Image caption: Members of the winning team from the Colorado School of Mines with Laura Johnson, tra...
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Statoil Offers 1-Year Graduate Internships
13 April 2017
The downturn has been challenging for petroleum graduates. It is more difficult to find a job now th...
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Mines Robotics Team Wins ASME West Student Design Competition [video]
10 April 2017
Related Read 2017 Drillbotics Finalists Selected 2016 SPE Drilling ...
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Student Chapter Spotlight: Northeast Petroleum University, China
07 April 2017
Note from the TWA Student Focus Section Editors: In this new “Student Chapter Spotlight” series,...
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US Department of Energy Science Graduate Student Research Program Now Accepting Applications
29 March 2017
The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program is now...
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Kun Xie Awarded the 2017 Nico van Wingen Fellowship
10 March 2017
Kun Xie, SPE, was awarded the 2017 Nico van Wingen Memorial Graduate Fellowship. Xie is currently a ...
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SPE Member Michael Song Wins Australia’s Top 100 Future Leaders Award
13 February 2017
Michael Song, a final year petroleum engineering student at Curtin University, Perth, Australia, and...
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Gubkin University “Oil and Gas Horizons 2016 Congress” Attracts International Audience
16 January 2017
The VIII International Youth Scientific and Practical Congress “Oil and Gas Horizons” took place dur...
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Chevron Commits USD 800,000 for SPE Student Programs
13 January 2017
The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) announces that Chevron Corporation has committed USD 800,00...
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Video: Directional Drilling Basic Math
19 December 2016
Your bit is at 76° inclination, your true vertical depth (TVD) at that 8200 ft, and your target is 9...
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NPR's Skunk Bear: How Old Is Earth in Football Yards?
28 November 2016
In this video, NPR’s Skunk Bear used a geologist’s idea to measure Earth’s history in football yards...
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High School Teachers, Students Benefit From Energy4Me Presentations in Pune, India
08 November 2016
SPE members from the SPE student chapter at Maharashtra Institute of Technology in Pune, India, rece...
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ATCE: SPE UFRJ Student Chapter Wins 2016 PetroBowl Championship
28 September 2016
The Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) SPE Student Chapter team won the 2016 PetroBowl Ch...
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DSATS Symposium at ATCE Will Exhibit Winning Drillbot From West Virginia University
16 September 2016
The winner of the 2016 SPE Drilling Systems Automation Technical Section (DSATS) Drillbotics competi...
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SPE Webinar: Programming for Engineers
14 September 2016
SPE Webinars is hosting a 4-day webinar series on “Programming for Engineers” during 19–22 September...
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University Engagement Workshop Offers Firsthand Industry Exposure to Students
12 September 2016
Schlumberger’s North America recruiting team hosted a selection of universities, including Rice Univ...
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36 Teams To Compete for the 2016 PetroBowl Championship at ATCE
05 September 2016
The 2016 edition of the SPE student members quiz competition, PetroBowl, will be held at the SPE Ann...
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Tips for Young Women Entering the Industry - An Experienced Engineer's Perspective
23 September 2008
When I was asked recently how women choose the companies for which they work, I responded that women...
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A Young Engineer's Perspective
23 September 2008
When it comes to oil, it’s no longer just a man’s world. Career in recent years has become important...
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23 May 2008
The Aberdeen Young Professionals (YPs) Section held its inaugural Thesis Factory event at Robert Gor...
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Enhanced Coal Bed Methane Recovery Using Ni-trogenase Enzyme
23 May 2008
Abstract Energy consumption is increasing by 5.6% per annum, so it is today’s requirement to extrac...
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Effective Models of Fractured Systems
23 May 2008
Abstract The geological complexity of fractured reservoirs necessitates the use of simplified model...
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Effect of Sugar on Thickening Time of Cement Slurries
23 May 2008
Abstract Sugar is widely recognized as a cement retarder by the drilling industry and has been used...
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SPE Student Development Committee: Chairperson’s Insights
23 January 2008
The SPE Student Development Committee (SDC) was born 40 years ago, although under a different name. ...
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23 January 2008
The oil and gas industry of tomorrow is shaped by today’s students. In this survey, current students...
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23 January 2008
Did you know that SPE currently has 18,000 student members worldwide, and approximately a quarter of...
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Take Off Through College
24 September 2007
Many of us know we are in a time of high oil prices and strong competition for experienced staff, bu...
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24 September 2007
The industry recognizes that young professionals require nurturing to be integrated successfully int...
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Wise Women Studying Oil and Gas Engineering
24 May 2007
As a young female student in year 10 in high school, I had no idea what to pursue as a career after ...
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Peak Oil and the Skills Shortage: A Student’s Perspective
24 May 2007
When people consider the petroleum industry, a lot of misconceptions arise. I find this particularly...
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Colorado School of Mines Hosts Its First Ambassador Lecture
24 May 2007
The Colorado School of Mines (CSM) SPE Student chapter welcomed Leonardo Maschio last October as the...
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Along Marco Polo’s Footsteps: Discovering the Chinese Oil Industry
25 January 2007
Last year a group of petroleum engineering students at Imperial College, London, came up with an amb...
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25 January 2007
Guarav Bhatnagar, a doctoral student at Rice U.; Lisa Stright, a graduate student at Stanford U.; an...
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25 January 2007
The SPE Student Chapter from Texas Tech U. was recognized as the 2006 Outstanding Student Chapter at...
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Out-of-the-Box Thinking— Vanguard of a Student’s Career
25 September 2006
“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 ...
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25 September 2006
Several SPE students from Robert Gordon U. recently took part in a tour of the Weatherford Completio...
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The Wytch Farm Group Project: An Intra-Mentoring Experiment
25 September 2006
One of the most memorable programs of the MSc petroleum engineering degree course work at Imperial C...
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Kazakhstan Hosts Third International Youth Forum
25 September 2006
Kazakhstan, once one of the 15 republics of the Soviet Union, has gained international prominence in...
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25 September 2006
Following an invitation to all student chapters to participate in SPE’s Ambassador Lecturer Program,...
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SPE Ambassador Lecturer Program Visits Student Chapters
25 September 2006
Young professionals have visited several student chapters this year to talk about their experiences ...
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Making the Choice To Enter a Risky Profession: A Student’s Perspective
25 May 2006
Mankind has always tried to achieve the impossible. It is one of the most latent and potent desires ...
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SPE Young Professionals: Building Bridges
25 May 2006
Have you seen what is happening out there? Young professionals in the petroleum industry are joining...
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Ambassador Lecturer Pilot Program Begins
25 May 2006
On 15 February 2006, the Ambassador Lecturer Pilot Program kicked off at Delft U. of Technology, Fac...
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Ambassador Lecturer Program Encourages Dialogue
25 May 2006
The London Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) saw an increased interest in its activities in 2005, and i...
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Saudi Arabia YEPPs, Students Tour Dubai-Area Operations
25 January 2006
Several SPE young professionals from Saudi Arabia along with members of the SPE student chapter at K...
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Texas A&M Wins Petrobowl
25 January 2006
In October, the SPE Gulf Coast Section Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) held its 4th Annual Petrobowl ...
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King Fahd Chapter Reviews Accomplishments, Goals
25 January 2006
The Student Chapter of King Fahd U. of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) was officially established in ...
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