The SPE Mumbai Section is organizing a unique panel session series – “The Future Petroleum Engineer”. Over 3 days starting 1st October 2020 hear from industry experts on the changes happening in the Upstream Oil and gas Industry and how they impact the petroleum engineer.
Day 1 – 1715 hrs (IST), 1st October 2020 - Emerging energy landscape (Renewables, etc) – Hear how the landscape is changing from the perspective of the fast changing energy mix, the growing investments in renewables, the diversification of portfolios of the Oil and Gas majors and also use of alternate energy to power Oil and gas operations. What can the Oil Industry do to become more aligned with Sustainability initiatives. Does the Petroleum Engineer have a role to play in the other diversification areas?
Opening Remarks – TK Sengupta – SPE Regional Director (South Asia and the Pacific)
Panelists: -
Johana Dunlop – SPE Technical Director (Health, Safety, Environment, and Sustainability)
Parul Chopra – Vice President, Rystad Energy
Susan Fellows – Regional Manager - Europe , Computer Modelling Group
Day 2, 1730 hrs (IST), – 2nd October 2020 - Digital Transformation landscape – How workflows, and approaches to larger operational problems are being increasingly addressed using the latest digital innovations and platforms in many cases fundamentally changing how work is done in many spheres of Upstream oil and gas and will be done in future.
Panelists: -
Balasubramanian K – Vice President, Reliance Industries Limited
Sanjay Paranji – CEO, Xecta Digital Labs
Ashish Chitale – CEO, PraesagusRTPO
Day 3, 1730 hrs (IST), – 3rd October 2020 - The Future Petroleum engineer - Deriving from the learnings of Day 1 and Day 2 this session would focus on what how the response to the changes in the landscape made by Operators and service providers changes what is expected of the workforce, in terms of skills, competencies and culture and also what adaptation and upskilling is expected of petroleum Engineers who have been educated and trained in more traditional Petroleum Engineering disciplines.
Panelists: -
Dr Akhil Dutta-Gupta – Professor, Texas A&M University
Susan Howes – Vice President, SCA
Yogashri Pradhan – Reservoir Engineer, Endeavour Energy, and Co-Founder, SPE Cares