Energy Tomorrow Blog

Youth, Brainpower and Meeting Energy’s Challenges

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Mark Green
Posted May 7, 2019

Four students from The Village School in Houston are winners of the Offshore Technology Conference’s high school competition, the OTC Energy Challenge, which focuses students on working on real-world issues. 

They represent the next generation of women and men who no doubt will be at the forefront of meeting future challenges associated with the production and use of energy.

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STEM, Industry on Display at D.C. Conferences

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Kate Lowery
Posted April 4, 2018

Against the backdrop of the natural gas and oil industry’s focus on developing its workforce of the future, we’re excited to be a part of twin events emphasizing STEM this week and weekend in Washington, D.C. – the US News/STEM Solutions Workforce of Tomorrow conference and the USA Science & Engineering Festival – both at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. Look for us at the Power Past Impossible and Energy Citizens booths in convention center’s expo hall.

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Strengthening Communities, Being In Communities

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Mark Green
Posted March 12, 2018

Certainly, Jimmie Pavelock knows what it means to serve in the community. So do members of the natural gas and oil industry. The measure of an industry or a business sector’s commitment to local communities is seen in what they do – as a corporation, or as individuals.

As an industry, we recognize that strengthening the communities in which we operate – and where our employees live and raise their families alongside their neighbors – is about protecting them, providing opportunity for growth and prosperity and in lending a helping hand. It’s about contributing to the greater good.

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Opportunities for Millennials Abound

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Kate Lowery
Posted January 18, 2018

As an industry, we’re working to build a diverse workforce – in terms of race, gender and age – that reflects our changing world. A new API study  shows how employment opportunities in the natural gas and oil industry continue to expand beyond the need for engineers, welders and geologists – especially for Millennials. Technology-driven jobs like data scientists and software developers are on the rise as the industry tackles new challenges in an increasingly digital world.

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STEM Study Highlights Opportunity

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Mark Green
Posted November 29, 2017

Working toward a more diverse workforce certainly is top-of-mind for the natural gas and oil industry. A new API study helps underscore the importance of training or education in one of the STEM disciplines – science, technology, engineering and mathematics – as a pathway to industry’s job opportunities and integral to efforts to draw more women and minorities into industry careers. 

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Advancing our Society with STEM

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Kate Lowery
Posted November 29, 2017

Technology has never been more important to our society and economy. It is transforming how we get around, communicate, learn and, most importantly, how we work. The innovative sectors driving these changes – science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) – currently comprise 20 percent of all U.S. jobs and are expected to grow 9 percent by 2040. Ensuring our children have the skills needed to be successful in these fields and part of the 21st century workforce they support, is critical for their economic future, and the world’s. 

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Working for a More Diverse Workforce

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Mark Green
Posted November 7, 2017

Industry is committed to making its workforce more diverse. Now and over the next decade or two, there’s great opportunity to realize that goal. With 40 percent or more of industry’s worker base on track to retire by 2035, research indicates hundreds of thousands of women and minorities will help fill the ranks through the next decade and beyond. Critically important is properly preparing them to be petroleum engineers, geologists, welders, electricians, accountants, business managers and more.

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