One year ago I did not know what SPE is, but after that everything just started to change on one day when I attended a studying abroad conference of a Russia’s university. That day, I seat next to another student whom studying in the same my major… when the subject of conference was mentioning SPE, I turned to her and asked what SPE was. To be a second year student and I learn Oil and Gas major, this question seemed to make me feel deficient, what is SPE ?
After that day, I came back my home and search in everything related to this organization … The results made me feel one regret because for studying the last two years in my university I did not know opportunities and benefits from Social of Petroleum Engineers which is call SPE. When we join SPE, we will have opportunities to connect to petroleum professionals and the other students whom are the same major from all over the world. Since I started studying in university, I have known many social of organizations, clubs inside or outside my university, which provide the best environments to devote our youth for social and developing ourselves. But SPE is difference, it is association which is not limit inside a university, it’s even not limit inside a country, SPE is a global association. An international organization like SPE is a bridge helps us - geology students and petroleum students to have chances to access new knowledge and technologies of our major. By organizing short courses are educated by professionals and engineers or competition such as PETROBOWL, that are really opportunities for students over the world can study and connect to others.
These are longtern benefits which students can receive after they become a member of SPE. But not only that, we can have chances to receive valuable scholarships from SPE. This is really a great motivation for students to continue studying and brushing up on knowledge. We will become engineers whom contribute to the developed of top energy industry in the world.
Since I started to find out SPE, I have become a SPE’s member now and I also contribute my mite to SPE developed. Now, I am a collaborator at HUMG SPE Student Chapter, I had many opportunities to learn and to join all activities at Hanoi University of Mining and Geology such as Field Trip, short courses. We all realizes the valuable which SPE bring to us. With me, SPE changed my mind a lot. Since I became a collaborator I have seen how a professional work environment is when I join activities to prepare for events of HUMG SPE Student Chapter. Perhaps, the best memory activity is when I took part a short course of sort skill. That was the first time in my life I joined a course of sort skill and then I learn a lot, I knew how to create an impressive Curriculum Vitae. Of course, I am very expected the courses like this in the next time.
When I decided to become a supporter at HUMG SPE Student Chapter, my purpose helps me to contribute my mite to SPE is that I want more students in Hanoi University of Mining and Geology to known about SPE as well as they will be participating actively in SPE. This is totally a great environment which helps present students and future engineers become global citizens, also they will not be the same street as other students whom are the same their major in the world. However, less student in my university know about SPE and also a few SPE’s member care about SPE’s activities in fact. This is a big problem to HUMG SPE Student Chapter, but we are trying and we also have a plan to change that. A few weeks ago, I read an invitation letter to join an event which is called Petroweek from a Japanese’s university. It was a good plan, I hope that we students could have chances to join events like this and we will learn so much from them. I think that’s the goal of HUMG SPE Student Chapter too.
Overall, I have received many valuables since I became a member of SPE. SPE made me more mature, from a student knew studying at university only, I became a self-motivated student whom have actively participated in SPE activities. Someday soon, SPE will be a indispensable part of my dream to become a international engineer.