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PeTroleum engineering Digs DeeP i for TalenT By Cindy Atoji t’s been said that oil makes the world go ’round. More than 300 products are derived from petroleum, from gasoline to basketballs, trash bags to electric blankets. The petroleum industry is one of the largest and most critical in the U.S. today, and the companies involved depend on many types of professionals, among them, skilled technicians, operators, finance professionals and, perhaps most important, petroleum engineers. “As global energy needs develop and change, so does the demand for innovative, sustainable solutions to power tomorrow,” says Warner Williams, vice president of Chevron Corporation’s Gulf of Mexico Business Unit. “Petroleum engineering is the opportunity to contribute to the welfare of people everywhere; a chance to utilize the benefits of technology and a conduit to allow you to travel the world, making lifelong connections.” From remote offshore platforms in the Atlantic Ocean to the rugged North Slope of Alaska, petroleum engineers are engaged in energy resources development and production. These 94 • CAREER ENGINEER • convention 2013 • tasks can include anything from exploring oil fields for production to optimizing drilling and petroleum-producing operations. Petroleum engineers such as NSBE member Uduak Ntuk, 34, a petroleum engineer with the City of Long Beach, undertake complex jobs related to new well development, alternative repair strategies for failed or broken wells, and ways to maximize oil and gas recovery. In the eight years that Ntuk has been in the industry, he’s seen an expansion to a more interdisciplinary approach that involves geologists, information technology Continued on pAge 96 technicians and systems engineers, as well as www.nsbe.org http://www.nsbe.org

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of 2013 Convention

2013 Convention
Contents
Your 4.0…Guaranteed!
My Academic Comeback
THE PROGRAMS ZONE
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Inga Brathwaite: Empowered at Toyota
Jerome Brown: Stoking the Engines at Aerojet
Christina Barker: On Track at PGW
Leveling Up
SEEK 2013 Update!
Back to Indiana
NSBE Calendar
Honoring Our Past, Driving Our Community Forward
Passing the Golden Torch
The Professional’s Perspective
Trailblazers
Petroleum Engineering Digs Deep for Talent
Employer Profiles
Celebrating Academic Excellence
Advertisers Index

2013 Convention