International Student Petroleum Congress & Career Expo Krakow, 22-24 April 2015 Congress Report
East meets West 2015
Dear Friends, You are holding a report on the 6th edition of East meets West International Student Petroleum Congress & Career Expo, which also happened to be the biggest so far. We would like to thank you for your attendance, involvement and contribution towards this event. Once again AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow brought students and Oil & Gas sector together. It is worth noting that this event is a unique one, there is no other initiative that provides alike international forum for knowledge exchange and experience sharing across business and academia. This three day-long event was a perfect place to engage in international and multicultural discussions about professional, technical and social aspects of the petroleum business. We cannot emphasize how important your involvement was to the success of the Congress. The conference has grown to a well-established point in the calendars of international audience from Oil & Gas sector. Without you, it all would not have happened. Best wishes. Organizing Committee of East meets West ISPC&CE Message from the Organizing Committee
2 Throughout the years I had the honour to attend several editions of the East meets West Congress. Working close to several other SPE Chapters and always try to improve. It s a unique opportunity to have the students (The future of our Oil and Gas Industry) being so engaged into the topics and unlimited energy to push forward. Guido Van Den Bos Vice President Global Accounts for Rig Systems National Oilwell Varco The East Meets West congress was a unique opportunity for students from Chapters across Europe to come together in an enjoyable and stimulating environment. The event was expertly organized by the Krakow SPE Student Chapter who did an outstanding job in ensuring everything was professionally and seamlessly organized. Students had the chance to present their own work as part of the student paper contest as well as contribute to debates with high profile industry representatives, to discuss the current and future challenges for the industry. There was plenty of opportunity for technical knowledge exchange between the students during the poster sessions, and of course to all get to know each other better and explore the beautiful city of Krakow by partaking in a lively social program. All in all it was an excellent event and students across the regions are strongly encouraged to attend for years to come. Frances van Klaveren Young Member Programs Manager Society of Petroleum Engineers
3 Attendee s Countires Austria Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus China Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Indonesia Italy Malaysia Netherlands Kazakhstan Lebanon Egypt France Germany Ghana Greece Hungary Pakistan Poland Romania Russia Sudan Ukraine United Kingdom USA Uzbekistan Map of participants
4 Participants Countries represented 450 35 400 350 300 250 362 353 402 410 30 25 20 23 32 28 28 200 150 200 233 15 10 17 100 50 5 8 0 0 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Industry representatives E&P companies represented 90 25 80 70 60 50 40 30 38 63 70 85 76 20 15 10 9 12 13 21 16 20 1 20 5 5 0 0 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Abstracts sent Student presenters 180 60 160 140 120 100 80 60 74 88 164 153 50 40 30 20 34 40 42 53 55 40 20 0 28 53 10 0 15 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 East meets West in numbers
5 Opening Ceremony The Official Opening Ceremony begin in a magnificent atmosphere of the Con Fuoco Choir concert. The proceeding speeches from the University and SPE authorities were concluded with special thanks for all the supporters that helped the event to take place for the six years already. Wednesday 22 / 04 / 2015
6 Today and Tomorrow of Oil & Gas Industry Chances and Challenges For the first time in the history of East Meets West participants could enjoy a discussion between Oil & Gas business and academia attempting to forecast what the future of the industry would look like. The following guests participated in the debate: Jeff Spath - 2014 SPE President; Vice President Schlumberger Ltd. Matthias Meister - SPE Regional Director South, Central & East Europe; Product Development Manager Baker Hughes Guido Van Den Bos - Vice President Global Accounts for Rig Systems National Oilwell Varco Parker Snyder - President Poland Shale Coalition; Executive Director Cleantech Poland LLC Prof. Stanislaw Nagy - Head of the Gas Engineering Department AGH UST The session attracted over 400 participants keen to learn about different perspectives of the future of petroleum business. There was a general agreement across the panel on the latest fall in oil prices is expected to be a temporary issue. Panelists also predict that it would not affect economic growth across Oil & Gas sector on a long term basis. Wednesday 22 / 04 / 2015
7 HR Session HR session is known as the highlight of the East meets West programme. The finest companies from Oil & Gas industry present their current offer and development opportunities for prospective employees. The following companies were present at this year s session:...... Schlumberger ORLEN Upstream Discovery Polska, LLC MOL Group Poland Shale Coalition Baker Hughes As such, the Congress brings together up to date Oil & Gas market overview and professional guidance for students to make informed career decisions and learn about competitive job application process. Wednesday 22 / 04 / 2015
8 Career Expo One of the aims of East meets West Congress is to enable students from all over the world to gather together, learn about the latest industry trends, job opportunities and skills necessary in recruitment process. Career Expo is a great place for the leading companies from Oil & Gas industry to showcase their offer and raise their profiles among prospective future employees. For participants it is a perfect opportunity to leave their resume, exchange business cards, and gain first-hand knowledge about participating companies and increase understanding of Oil & Gas sector. The format of the event allows students and company representatives to have face to face meetings in a professional, yet friendly, atmosphere. This year s exhibitors were: Schlumberger, ORLEN Upstream, MOL Group, Poland Shale Coalition. Wednesday 22 / 04 / 2015
9 Welcome Evening Welcome Evening took place in the Baroque restaurant, a great venue in the city centre of Krakow. The event started at 8 p.m. with a glass of Champagne. This standing party provided an informal setting for networking between sector representatives, students and the university staff. Meeting was a great occasion for participants to have informal conversations with representatives from Oil & Gas industry and learn about the insights of the market. Thursday 22 / 04 / 2015
10 Paper Contest Traditionally, one of the highlights of East meets West Congress was an annual Student Paper contest. This year we had 25 outstanding students from 14 countries presenting their research findings. The session was divided into two parts separated with a café break for networking opportunity and for additional questions for Paper contest participants. The members of this year s panel were: Paweł Wojnarowski, PhD, and Damian Janiga, MSc, (AGH UST). Thursday 23 / 04 / 2015
11 Winners of Student Paper Contest 1st place: Lang Li (China University of Petroleum, China) Low Permability CO2 Flooding s Research on Technology. Development of YuShuLin. Commendation: Gong Zhiwu (China University of Petroleum, China) Comparative Analysis of Productivity between Subsea Natural Gas Hydrate and Other Gas Reservoirs. Thursday 23 / 04 / 2015
12 Poster Session Apart from the Student Paper contest, 21students from 13 countries were invited to present their research works during a Student Poster session. Every participant prepared and presented to jury panel a poster with research findings. They also had to answer several questions about their work from topic specialists. The following 6 themes were selected for this year s showcase: Drilling Engineering, Reservoir Engineering, Geology and Geophysics, Fuels and Energy, HSE and Management and Economics. The presentations were evaluated by the following jury panel: Katarzyna Chruszcz-Lipska, PhD (AGH UST); Marek Solecki, MSc (AGH UST); Matthias Meister (Baker Hughes). Thursday 23 / 04 / 2015
13 Winners of Student Paper Contest 1st place: Elizaveta Laputin (Tyumen State Oil and Gas University, Russia) Experimental Prediction Of Reservoir Water Influence on Condensate Recovery Factor. Commendation: Riverson Oppon (Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas, Russia) Strategies in addressing obsolescence on the subsea control systems for deep offshore field developments. Friday 24 / 04 / 2015
14 PhD Research Session Based on the feedback from last year s conference a panel discussion lead by PhD students has been introduced to this year s programme. The audience had an opportunity to learn about the most recent research findings from the finest international PhD students. A high turnout at the session, reaching the full capacity of the room, strongly indicated that the research themes, research findings and the format of the session itself were of great interest to the participants. Friday 24 / 04 / 2015
15 Extraction of Hydrocarbons from Unconventional Resource Plays Lecture was conducted by Prof. Janusz Grębowicz from University of Houston-Downton, currently Fulbright Scholar at AGH UST Krakow. Unconventional subject gained huge interest from the audience. Many students asked wise and accurate questions which turned the lecture into the discussion between Prof. Grębowicz and participants. One of the aims of presentation was to encourage students to be in search of unconventional solutions in Oil & Gas sector. Friday 24 / 04 / 2015
16 Closing Ceremony The Closing Ceremony was the final official part of the East Meets West Congress. It was the moment which participants were awaiting for to find the winners of Poster Session and Paper Contest. As usual, the winners received commemorative awards and ovation from the audience followed by picture taking. The event finished with acknowledgements and thanks to all Congress attendees, supporters, partners and organizers. Friday 24 / 04 / 2015
17 Workshops This year East Meets West programme included three themed workshops aimed at students to broaden their general knowledge of the sector and improve their soft skills. Discovery Polska delivered a Practical Reservoir Analysis Workshop, whereas our friends from Gubkin University SPE Student Chapter run an interactive session called Petro Olympic Game. There was also a practical session Introduction to public speaking where participants could build their confidence and ability in public speaking. All of above sessions were held in tailored small groups, which enabled the delivery partners to pass the knowledge and soft skills effectively and create encouraging learning environment for participants. Friday 24 / 04 / 2015
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