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GEES Conference

GEES Conference. Birmingham 25-26 June 2007. Demand for GEES graduates in the petroleum sector. Tony Grindrod AAPG Education Committee PESGB Executive Council (Training Manager). Recruitment and Retention of Petroleum Geoscientists. Tony Grindrod AAPG Education Committee

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GEES Conference

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  1. GEES Conference Birmingham 25-26 June 2007

  2. Demand for GEES graduates in the petroleum sector Tony Grindrod AAPG Education Committee PESGB Executive Council (Training Manager)

  3. Recruitment and RetentionofPetroleum Geoscientists Tony Grindrod AAPG Education Committee PESGB Executive Council (Training Manager)

  4. Structure of Presentation • Entry to the industry • Who employs GEES graduates? • Why join the industry? • Why not! • Location • Retention of staff! • Career timelines

  5. What did you do at work todaymum? • “I spent all morning playing computer games, and then after lunch I built some models” • Denise Cox , Denver geoscientist, CEO AAPG Student Affairs Co-ordinator

  6. Entry to the industryWhat are the routes? • HND • BSc • MSc (Aberdeen, Imperial College, Manchester, Royal Holloway) • MSc (Leeds, NHM, Heriot Watt/Newcastle, Durham, SOAS, Kingston) • PhD

  7. International RecruitmentThe ‘Milk Round’ is back!! • Delft, Tromso, Bergen, Uppsala • Leoben • Zurich • Adelaide • Calgary, Edmonton • UT Austin, Rice, Texas A & M, Colorado School of Mines, Stanford, Berkeley,Caltech, UC Riverside, UW Madison, LSU, UTEP

  8. Who employs GEES graduates? • ‘Supermajors’, ‘Majors’, ‘Indies’, SOC’s • Contractors, Service Companies • Governments • Financial Institutions, Banks • Computing/IT Companies • Utilities • Remote Sensing/GIS

  9. Location! Location! Location! • Does it have to be London, Aberdeen, Houston? • Surrey/Thames Valley • Gatwick/Crawley • Tetbury/Ledbury/Llandudno/Chester • Glasgow/Edinburgh • Oslo/Stavanger/Vienna/Pau/The Hague

  10. Why join the industry? • Remuneration • Salary • Signing-on bonus • Share options, bonuses • Housing/Schooling/Re-location • Leading Technology/IT • International colleagues • International travel/postings

  11. Why not? • Reputation for cyclic employment • Hire/Fire! • Environmental concerns • Perception of non-green credentials • Overseas postings • Language problems

  12. Skills requirementsHard Skills • Strong course background • Links with industry • Modern European Foreign Language • Mathematics skills • IT skills • Spatial awareness

  13. Skills requirementsSoft skills • Ethics/Integrity/Reliability • Cultural awareness • Innovative thinking

  14. Career Timeline I • International School • BSc Geology (Durham) • PhD Sedimentology (Newcastle) • Oil ‘major’ – London-based/postings to San Francisco/Anchorage/Houston • MBA – leading US school • Board (+ director of LloydsTSB/NATS) • Chairman – major financial institution

  15. Career Timeline II • School –South London Girls State (S) • BSc Geology/Geography – Hull • HND P/T London • Geology Technician (Polytechnic) • Data Storage and Management Company >> President/VP postings to Casper/Denver/Houston/Dallas • MBA – leading UK school • Consultant on company start-up/finance provider

  16. Career Timeline III • GDST School IB • HL Maths/Physics/Geography • SL English/French/Chemistry/TOK/CAS/ EE • BSc Geology (Oxford) • Geophysical contractor (Woking/Oslo) • Computer Company (Houston) • Financial Services (London) • IT/GIS consultant (New Zealand)

  17. Retention • Poaching • Longer postings

  18. Summary • High oil price for foreseeable future • Strong market for GEES graduates • More difficult drilling targets • 50% of workforce likely to retire within 10 years • Too few GEES grads in priority areas – geophysics/petrophysics/petroleum engineering/GIS/remote sensing/ environmental monitoring

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