EAGE NEWSLETTER
STUDENTS
Issue 1 2017
Paint your path to creativity By Claudia SteinerLuckabauer, co-chair, Student Affairs Committee
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f you decided on a career in the oil and gas business, you for sure thought about whether the industry can sustain and contribute to the growing energy demand of the world. But really the question should be a different one, namely; can you contribute to the oil and gas business in a way to support the upcoming energy demand of the world? There is no doubt, new ways must be found and new techniques must be applied to do more than what we do already. And for that, we need you, our young hires.
We need your creativity and your open mind, and would like to invite you to look beyond your own noses – or textbooks.
In their day, French artists such as the famous painter Claude Monet took an original path and this has stood the test of time. Not only in painting, but also musicians such as Claude Debussy, used non-traditional scales to break new ground and compose music which has transcended their
lifetimes. These successes didn’t come from out of the blue, they were grounded on a fundamental education. Each artist has to learn the techniques involved first. By getting better over time through learning and doing, the young artist can control each stroke with the paintbrush and finds which colours harmonize. Only after controlling his abilities, can the painter finally produce an image to the point where the painting really expresses what the artist wants to deliver. For your career, this can be quite similar. You are the painter of your career. Do you like the painting as it is at the moment or would you like to enhance it? Would you like to use new techniques, would you like to add a fresher touch by using new colours? What is your goal, where do you want to be? There is a French saying ‘Chacun est l’artisan de sa fortune’ which basically means that you are the artist painting your own life. So, we invite you to the upcoming 79th EAGE Conference & Exhibition Student Programme in Paris, France, to ‘paint your own path’ in the Student Court. Jobs in the industry are getting more complicated, need more insight and need more openness to deliver the right answer. Creativity will be the key to unconventional solutions to unconventional problems. The drawback of being creative, particularly when you are working in a team, is to integrate ideas in ways that don’t offend existing and proven methods, working solutions or mindsets. There is an opportunity in the FIELD Challenge to show what you know but also how your creativity can overcome existing challenges by being a competitor. The contest provides a real data example of what you may be faced with in real life. We are curious to see how you talented young people can show creativity mixed with competence. A jury will choose the winners who receive their reRead more on page 2 ➤
Let the Student Programme in Paris make an impression on you
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aris is a city of arts and known particularly for the Impressionists. This is what inspired EAGE to introduce ‘Paint your Path’ as the theme for the Student Programme of the 79th EAGE Conference & Exhibition, taking place from 12-15 June 2017. Especially in these challenging times the Student Programme is intended to help you chose a direction in your career path in geoscience and engineering. The Student Task Force has once again selected some outstanding contributions to the Student Programme, for instance a workshop on the topic ‘New Trends in Geomodelling’ and a short course on the topic ‘Integrating Concepts for Source Rock Deposition’. There are plenty of other highlights for students to appreciate in Paris. The Student Programme starts with the FIELD Challenge finals on Sunday 11 June and will be held among the eight best and last standing teams. During the finals, the teams will present their FIELD development plans to an expert jury. The winning team, Read more on page 2 ➤
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