The Accelerated Development of Young Professionals in an Integrated Environment

Abstract

Abstract An integrated environment consists of professionals from various backgrounds of engineering and geosciences that carry out tasks conjointly through advanced integrated technologies. In the oil and gas industry, the aim is toward developing the optimized field development plan as well as solving complex subsurface challenges. Young Professionals are integrated within the experienced professionals’ team to work on challenging tasks to develop their learning curve. The Young Professionals’ development plan starts in the integrated environment - of engineers and geoscientists - by assigning them to mentors who are subject matter experts. Spanning from core analysis to reservoir modeling, the Young Professionals work on different tasks in parallel to gain a well-rounded knowledge base in an optimized timeframe. The Young Professionals initially start with simple tasks such as data mining and basic log analysis, before integrating into the more challenging tasks of decision making in modeling. In an integrated environment, the Young Professionals get exposed to various tasks and concepts, accelerating the learning and development that would take much longer in a silo-type environment. As an added value, the Young Professionals develop their soft skills to communicate with the team and share their opinions. As the Young Professionals excel in the simple tasks, more challenging tasks from different backgrounds are given to them to challenge and expand their critical thinking methods. Over a relatively short period of time, Young Professionals’ critical thinking methods are developed and they start taking the lead in tasks and even come up with out-of-the-box solutions to overcome the many challenges of developing and optimizing an integrated reservoir study. Integrated environments provide unique opportunities for Young Professionals to unlock their full potential. Experts from various disciplines carry out their tasks through the Young Professionals. The interactive environment is a key factor in exposing Young Professionals to different challenges, scenarios, and solutions, which help in enhancing their development.