EAGE NEWSLETTER
STUDENTS
Issue 1 2016
What it takes to be outstanding Claudia Steiner-Luckabauer
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laudia Steiner-Luckabauer, co-chair, EAGE Student Affairs Committee, and senior geoscientist at HOT Engineering, Leoben, offers some inspirational advice to students attending this year’s Annual Meeting in her native country of Austria. ‘Perform and Peak’ is this year’s topic of the Vienna 2016 student programme. A theme that covers exactly what the industry needs. Around 600 students are expected to participate, building upon their networks and technical skills, despite the fact that the oil market is still tight. It is this spirit and motivation that the industry needs at the moment. Young people, who find a way, who know what they want, and will be prepared for the economic revival. We take this already as one major positive personality trait. Future professionals will face situations which are uncomfortable, imperfect and stressful, which need some extra effort - taking extra communication and energy to proceed. That is how people are making companies successful. This is what it takes being outstanding and being professional. We congratulate you for keeping on track. Some students are already experiencing what is needed to become a professional by participating in the EAGE FIELD challenge. At this very moment, six teams are working very hard for a victory in this competition. They are required to analyze and propose a FIELD development plan for a discovered hydrocarbon resource. Each team has the same sponsored dataset to work with, integrating
geophysical, geological, petrophysical, reservoir engineering and production engineering data. The winning team of the FIELD development plan presentation will be rewarded with a great prize at a special awarding ceremony! And all of you out there can also find out what it takes to be an outstanding professional by using the services that EAGE offers to get in contact with people in the industry. Opening an EAGE Student Chapter at your university, signing in for the FIELD challenge, participating in our student lectures: these are only some of the possibilities that EAGE offers for students to stand out. Those students unable to come to the Vienna 2016 Student Programme, should not be worried as there are also plenty of other opportunities. EAGE Student Chapters organize events locally, and EAGE offers student webinars and lectures held at your university. Even with a more difficult industry, EAGE does not forget about its student members!
The industry needs people thinking outside the box, being able to peak their head into other disciplines, integrate to come to an overall solution. The number of Student Chapters is still growing, making use of the EAGE services to be truly exceptional and to support students’ education locally with the expertise of international Read more on page 2 ➤
You can join in the Black Sea geology debate in Vienna
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really happening Student Programme is planned for the 78th EAGE Conference & Exhibition in Vienna – oral and poster presentations, the Geo-Quiz, the FIELD Challenge, a career dedicated area, the Student Evening and loads of networking opportunities during the week. But in all the buzz of the event, be sure not to miss out on one special occasion: this year’s Motivational Speech and Debate. Dr Gabor Tari, group chief geologist, OMV, has been invited to talk you through the intriguing and controversial history of the Black Sea, with a chance to debate the topic at the end. Dr Tabor says the geology of the Black Sea is fascinating not only for the petroleum geoscientist, but also for archeologists. The biblical Noah’s Flood could have occurred in the Black Sea as offshore research activities in the last two decades revealed evidence for a catastrophic flooding of a Black Lake with a lake-level some 100 m below the level of the global ocean, about 8400 years ago. Tari reviews the geologic evidence for these earlier events, occurring during the Messinian Read more on page 2 ➤
What's inside Jesper’s column
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Making of a professional geoscientist 4 Webinars for knowledge
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Nigerians join chapter bandwagon 9 And more...