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Tech Leaders: Keeping the Bridges Intact While Blazing Your Trail
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Six young professionals share the stories of the career transitions they have faced,
the challenges involved, and the soft skills they used to succeed in them.
Our industry is heavily driven by its perception of the reality. What this means for
young professionals is to use these times to learn about different aspects of the
industry to broaden their horizons.
Kim McHugh, general manager of drilling and completions for Chevron Services
Company, and Jake Howard, operations supervisor for Chevron in the Midland
Delaware Basin, answer questions on the types of career transitions in the industry
and how to handle them successfully.
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Craig Frenette, Cenovus Energy
Aman Gill, Nexen ULC
Rob Jackson, Mountaineer Keystone
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Anisha Mule, University of Tulsa
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with the movers and shakers. They will be your colleagues and
competitors for decades to come.
Leadership 360:
Cheryl
Collarini is
chairman of
Collarini Energy
Staffing, which
provides
technical staff to
customers on site, placing
upstream professionals in
temporary and full-time positions
all over the world. She is also the
manager and owner of DGC
Energy. Earlier in her career, she
held several positions at Mobil Oil,
including being development
projects engineer and reservoir
engineering supervisor. She
formed Collarini Engineering in
1985 to conduct independent
reserve appraisals and field
studies, and also conducted
petroleum investment classes for
Mobil. In 1995, she founded
Collarini Energy Staffing. In 2003,
she accepted a partnership in
Explore Enterprises and served as
its vice president of engineering.
She returned to Collarini Energy
Staffing as chairman in 2005. She
holds a bachelors degree in civil
engineering from Massachusetts
Institute of Technology and an
MBAfrom the University of
NewOrleans.
TWA Interview
initiative and energy when people
pursue those roles. Changing jobs often
is a negative to me unless there is some
reasonable story to go with it.
TWA Interview
could not leave New Orleans, at least
for a while, and also no question that I
would advance too far in an international
company like Mobil without moving.
At the same time, a colleague who
had complementary skills to mine was
notifed nearly a year in advance that he
would be laid off from his job. We began
to plan for a consultancy.
Life circumstances change a lot of
peoples decisions about their careers,
and this was one I felt I had to do, and
I never look back and regret it. It has
been actually good fun.
Right after I quit Mobil, they hired
me back in 3 months to teach economics.
When I was the reservoir engineering
supervisor, my staff was bringing me
AFEs [authority for expenditure] with
mistakes, and I was the frst one to sign
them. Finally, I said we are going to have
a class. So I took it on my own time, and I
wrote a 30-page manual. It did not have
a lot of text, but it had 30 problems in it,
and I made my seven-person staff sit in
it for a whole day, and we did it. We did
economics, risk analysis, and I made
them cupcakes with the present-value
formulas on them. Putting together the
class was one of the the most careeraltering things I probably did, and I did
not know it at the time.
Perspectives
on Career
Transitions:
Life Stories From Six E&P
Industry Professionals
Rodrigo Rueda Terrazas, Total E&P; Shawn Faurote, Edward Jones; Samuel Ighalo, Halliburton;
Aman Gill, Nexen ULC; Onyeka Ndefo, Total E&P; and Jane Norman, Santos
Directing a Career:
From Filmmaking and Physics to Engineering
Rodrigo Rueda Terrazas, Total E&P
Rodrigo Rueda Terrazas joined Total Brazil in 2011 as an
intern in the gas and power division, and then worked as a gas
and power market engineer. In 2014, he joined the exploration
and production division, in the planning and development
sector of the Libra feld. He graduated as a petroleum engineer
from Universidade Estcio de S (UNESA) in Brazil, and is
currently enrolled in Heriot-Watt Universitys petroleum
engineering masters program. Terrazas has been involved
with SPE since 2011 when he cofounded and became the frst president of the UNESA
student chapter. In 2014, he joined the SPE Brazil Section board as young professionals
director, where he acts as young professionals committee chair. He received the SPE
Regional Young Member Outstanding Service award in 2015. Terrazas acts as vicecoordinator of the Brazilian Petroleum Institute youth committee, from which he
received the Professional of the Future award. He is currently an associate editor for
the TWA Forum section.
Forum
in Rio de Janeiro. This transfer had
its downsides, such as having to
retake several of the core courses for
engineering. However, on the upside, in
Rio I was able to study physics during
the day and flm studies at night.
By 2009, I had completed my
major in flm studies, and had begun
to realize some achievements related
to it, such as directing, writing, and
producing diverse short and mediumlength flms; cofounding a small
independent flm production company;
and directing a full feature-length
flm. Furthermore, some of these
flms were selected for presentation
at international flm festivals such as
Cannes, Clermont-Ferrand, Brazil
National Cinema Awards, andothers.
Nevertheless, as much as my
flm career developed, it also
started to become clear that it was
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The main challenge that I have
faced in transitioning to a new graduate
role from my previous student role
has been the realization that my
development is not just for a fnite
16-month term but rather for my entire
career. In line with this, I have learned
to be keen on seeking senior mentors at
work, both for career mentorship and in
supporting me in tackling and solving
challenging operational problems.
Working in a technical team and
implementing recommendations with
operations and maintenance teams has
strengthened my communication skills
and fexibility in receiving feedback.
My role has sparked my interest in
learning the elements of a variety
of other disciplines, which helps me
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Technical Leaders
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Technical Leaders
As you move into leadership roles,
you really need to think about the people
that have led you, and decide which traits
they have had that you would emulate.
The best book I have read before going
to a new job is The First 90 Days by
Michael Watkins. It will give you some
great strategies for getting up to speed
faster and being more effective quickly. I
reread it before every new job.
JH: Find the balance between learning
about the operations and becoming an
effective leader as quickly as possible.
I learned early on that it is not only
okay, but imperative, to ask questions.
Many times, this includes direct reports
in addition to peers and other team
members. The key behavior I had to
learn to implement was the ability to
ask questions while still coming across
in a trusting manner. Also, learning
how to slow down around my new team
and realize what drives others to want
to achieve results was another critical
step I had to learn. Identifying which
methods of motivation work for various
personalities was the next step in
thejourney.
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SPE 101
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1. Go to www.spe.org/ementoring to
register and complete your prof le.
2. Search for mentors by selecting
your set of criteria such as
mentors area of expertise, type
of company, gender, and country.
You will be presented with a list
of available mentors who meet
yourrequirements.
3. Review the mentor prof les and
submit a request to the mentor of
yourchoice.
4. Once matched, take a proactive
approach in shaping your
relationship by setting an
agendafor your goals and
aspirations.
5. Mentors in return share their
professional experience,
industrytrends, advice for
def ningand reaching goals,
as well as recommendations
for additional education
ordevelopment.
The mentoring relationship lasts for
1 year, and, if necessary, this period can
beextended.
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Industry Today
When I weigh-in on the industry today,
I believe the unconventional game will
continue but on a reduced basis. A lot
of the unconventional projects I worked
on were not consistently working even
at higher prices, and costs can only go
so low for service companies. There are
also only a handful of companies that
can afford the huge capital investment
necessary, and there will certainly be
further consolidation creating fewer
opportunities for engineers.
While conventional reservoirs
have been out of favor, there are still
a lot of opportunities out there in the
conventional world. In my fracturing
schools, we still present a fair amount
of material on conventional reservoirs,
and I often see an unenthusiastic attitude
toward covering conventional rocks. I
saw the same attitude in my last round
of teaching refracturing optimization in
2009. A comment I often heard was Why
are we covering this? Nobody is doing
refracs. It is now one of the hottest topics
in the industry and has the potential to
improve bottom lines across the board.
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Economists Corner
Contract Worker:
Enjoy the Flexibility
Traditionally, contractors command
ahigher rate per unit hour or
projectasthe employer does not
haveto paythe same overhead as
a full-time worker, and benefts
fromhaving greater workforce
fexibility. Choosing specifc contracts
can help you developyour expertise,
creating demand for your skill set
based on your specialty area. For
example, niche expertise can help
you demand competitive pay rates,
particularly in areas where there are
skills shortages. However, before
committing to this path, there are a
few things to consider to ensure your
career progresses in a manner and at
a rate that is going to help you achieve
your career goals.
If your objective is to become a
subject matter expert, then taking many
contracts may be the right path for you.
Contracts can provide you with the
fexibility to choose exactly what you
want to work on, including the location
and duration. The trick is to ensure you
are choosing contracts based not solely
on salary, but that you are creating
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Tenure: Be Rewarded
for Loyalty
Another option is working full time
for a company over a long period.
Tenure can carry a certain amount
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Discover a Career
Andrew Duncan
is a principal
adviser, facilities
engineer with
Gaffney, Cline
&Associates
(GCA) based in
Singapore.
Duncan is experienced in acquisitions
and divestments in new business
development roles for various
operators and with GCA, and has
technical background in facilities and
project engineering. He has held
senior leadership roles in Southeast
Asia, with significant work experience
in Indonesia. He is a member of the
Association of International Petroleum
Negotiators, Southeast Asia Petroleum
Exploration Society, and a chartered
member of the Institute of Mechanical
Engineers. He holds a BSc in civil
engineering from University of Bristol.
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Tech 101
Knowledge Begins as
Practical Experience
The frst lesson in practical knowledge
is that you must make room for it. As we
attain theoretical knowledge through
formal education, we can get caught
up in a false sense of thinking that our
learning is complete. Do not fall into that
trap. You will really understand that the
frst time you go out to the feld you are
side-by-side with your colleagues who
are pushing the boundaries. They tackle
obstacles and challenges every day. It
becomes part of their nature; it becomes
natural and instinctive. That is what you
want to learn from them. It is important to
remember that openness and humility
are the real signs of intelligence. People
will not share their valuable knowledge
and experience with you otherwise.
Knowledge begins as practical
experiencesomeone discovers a new
and improved process or procedure
and then it is documented and tested
through time until it becomes truth or
fact. Technical knowledge is no different.
Technical knowledge is being improved
constantly through sharing, training,
Networking is Key
Martha Apodaca is the founder of CM Learning Consulting.
She has more than 20 years experience in learning and
development in academic and corporate arenas, spanning
technology, fnance, and the oil and gas industry. Apodaca is
currently consulting for Linn Energy, responsible for
integration training during acquisitions and mergers across
various departments. She has also consulted with Microsoft,
Whiteblox, University of Houston, Lone Star College,
ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, and Cameron.
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HR Discussion
2) Journaling on a Clean
Sheet of Paper
The frst time a work colleague
suggested I do some journaling about
a work issue I was faced with, I looked
at him like he had two heads. After all,
I was above the need to write about my
feelings, was I not? But after another
week or two of frustration over the work
issue and my inability to move things
in a positive direction, I decided to
listen to my colleagues advice. I pulled
out a fresh pad of paper, one of my
favorite pens, and sat down in a quiet
room to start journaling. Thirty minutes
passed quickly as I started an outline,
jotted down thoughts and opinions,
and doodled in the margins. When the
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GUIDE TO
City Life to
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