Preface We also envision how the work programs from SPE ITS SC, in any kind of forms, would be able to give impactful developments to each of I am grateful to be able to the members and boards, send the warmest welcome along with developing to our members of SPE ITS SC this organization to its 20/21 this time through our predominance in gradual newest edition of Petropolis. learning, working integration, and generating agility to the We started this stewardship current situation we are in. with the thought of how SPE ITS SC could give more access Keeping these purposes to our members along with in mind, we realize that providing and facilitating developing our current every one of you a series magazine, PETROPOLIS would of knowledge coming from be one of the great answers we various kinds of forms to ease needed. PETROPOLIS is one of everyone in learning about oil the ways we utilize in order to and gas. give out a complete package
Greetings, everyone!
of information, ranging from various kinds of forms and topics discussed with the professionals, exclusively to our members. We sincerely hope that the goodwill we put in and the hard work every board had given in creating this magazine, would create a good cause and give new insights to every reader. Lastly, I am sending my deepest appreciation to every board for making this new edition of PETROPOLIS happen. Thank you and see you in other programs from SPE ITS SC!
Best regards, Bella Clarensia, Vice President of SPE ITS SC
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Welcome, readers! The Journalism division proudly presents to you Volume 3 of PETROPOLIS, bringing the grand theme of ‘Breakthrough’! With this magazine, we look back on the past year of 2020 and try to relive all the good things that came out of it, despite the hardships. We see numerous innovations in the field of healthcare, a new urgency of human resources management, countless changes in the field of communication, and many more in such a short period. We, humans, are pushed to adapt in a shocking realm of COVID-19. We hope you enjoy PETROPOLIS: Breakthrough as our very last publication in this year’s stewardship. Thank you! Best regards, Miftakhul ‘Izah Mubarok, Designer of PETROPOLIS
Nice to see you again, readers! Hope you’re in health and happiness.
It’s been three months since our previous magazine, PETROPOLIS, released. This month, we bring back a climate chaos impact and energy transition as hot issues in our industry. With the grand theme: BREAKTHROUGH! Let’s see how our industry is facing the trouble caused by climate chaos and the role of geothermal as potential energy for the future. So, don’t miss a chance to get to know more insight by reading this magazine. Keep cheering up and hope you’ll enjoy it! “The great breakthrough in your life comes when you realize that you can learn anything you need to learn to accomplish any goal that you set for yourself. This means there are no limits on what you can be, have or do.” - Brian Tracy
Sincerely, Sunra Nur Isti Mahmudah Project Officer of PETROPOLIS
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A Grand Way to End The Year’s Stewardship
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World’s Concern
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Is The Future Always Outside and Beyond Earth?
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What Does The Expert Says? For A Sustainable Future
Energy Transition: A Breakthrough in Our Industry
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How to Rise from Setback
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Implementing Design Thinking for Breakthrough Ideas
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The Gold Digger Team, from Random Pairing to Global Champions
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Getting to Know The Role of Geothermal Engineer
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How Could Accidents Lead to a Breakthrough in the Maritime Industry’s Safety Standards?
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A Grand Way to End The Year’s Stewardship Reaching the end of this year’s stewardship, the Professionalism and Academia Departments of SPE ITS SC collaborated in a breakthrough work program called the “Geothermal Week”. This initiative is a response by SPE ITS SC to face the emerging field of Geothermal through finding innovative ways to educate members and boards on it. As we all know, as society’s liking of the oil and gas industry decreases, experts state that the next best thing we can take advantage of is Geothermal. Thus, the two departments grabbed the opportunity and presented a never-before event. “I hope that our new Geothermal Week opens doors to our members in terms of knowledge and network to familiarize with the Geothermal industry. For SPE ITS SC, I hope that this event will improve relations with companies and professionals,” commented Dafa Bayu Putranto
as the Director of the Academia Department, which serves as the primary resource of oil and gas knowledge for members and boards of SPE ITS SC. Aligned with the aim to improve SPE ITS SC further, Geothermal Week creatively collaborated with the organization’s most well-known events: Integrated SPE Company Visit (InSPEct) and Guest Lecture. This event lasted for three days from the 21st until the 23rd of May 2021. The Guest Lecture resides on the 21st with hopes of giving the members and boards a foundation to Geothermal, which will be further explored on the 22nd and 23rd where participants will have the opportunity to have exclusive discussions with experts inside break-out rooms according to their interest.
Mr. Ashadi Ashadi, Geothermal expert, during the Guest Lecture
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Striving to Provide Oil & Gas Knowledge Orka Renewables. His credibility should not and Resources be questioned anymore; completing both his
bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Universitas “My vision for the department of Academia is Indonesia, he then continued his career in the to cultivate our members and boards through most reputable energy companies, namely knowledge, meaning that the department of Schlumberger and Chevron Geothermal Academia facilitates academically while also Indonesia. serving to leverage professionally,” expressed Dafa. “This event is designed to give complete information based on Geothermal energy, The Guest Lectures conducted by the Academia its prospects in Indonesia and the world, as Department certainly did that. Opening the well as career options in the field. It is hoped Geothermal Week with the second lecture of that those who participate in all three days the stewardship it serves as a wide overview of will gain much insight and build networks. what participants should know as they dive into What’s so special this time is that SPE ITS SC the world of Geothermal. The topic adapted is has enlarged its scope into renewable energy, “Indonesia’s Challenges and Opportunities for not just Petroleum,” emphasized Nathanael Sustainable Geothermal Energy Development Christopher, Director of Professionalism. Projects”, as aligned to the world’s demands of Although focused on petroleum engineering, it sustainable practices. does not erase the high awareness of SPE ITS SC In terms of the expert featured, the department of the energy industry as a whole, such as the impressively collaborated with Mr. Ashadi energy transition into renewables. Ashadi, currently the Drilling Manager at KS
Encouraging Collaboration for Success
experts coming from different backgrounds; from an Environment Monitoring Supervisor, The Department of Professionalism, specifically Sr.Star Communication Specialist, until Operations Company Visit to Energy the Company Visit Division, successfully Engineering Manager. It was undoubtedly such invited two prestigious companies in the an achievement for the Company Visit Division energy industry, namely Geo Dipa Energi and to have become the bridge between SPE ITS SC Star Energy. On top of that, unlike your usual members and boards to professionals. company visit, the event featured a total of 8
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Careers in Geothermal Energy Industry”. The first topic featured Ndaru Dwiyatmoko Mukti (Steam Field Planning & Technical Evaluation Staff), Wahyu Festiawan Nurrochim (Power Plant Planning & Technical Evaluation Staff), and Aron Tampubolon (Environment Monitoring Supervisor). Whereas the second topic featured Hadi Kuswoyo (Sr. Communication Specialist), Yudha Yogaswara (Sr. Organizational Capability & LD Specialist), U. Anang Ischak (Operations Engineering Manager), Ginanjar (Assistant Head for Earth Science Darajat), and Novi Gusman (SHE Engineer - Environment).
The Department of Professionalism, specifically the Company Visit Division, successfully invited two prestigious companies in the energy industry, namely Geo Dipa Energi and Star Energy. On top of that, unlike your usual company visit, the event featured a total of 8 experts coming from different backgrounds; from an Environment Monitoring Supervisor, Sr. Communication Specialist, to Operations Engineering Manager. It was undoubtedly such an achievement for the Company Visit Division to have become the bridge between SPE ITS SC members and boards to professionals. Managing to land this excellent line-up of Geothermal professionals was surely no “We hope that members will understand easy feat. When asked about the secret in the basics of Geothermal energy and most successfully collaborating with distinguished importantly, the exposure to Geothermal companies as well as the respected experts, companies and their respective day-to-day Julian Lo as the Division Head of Company operations. We believe with the access to this Visit, stated teamwork and strategy as the information, members will gain insight to yet ultimate factors. “The new concept of ‘online’ another field that is very prospective for their company visits with exclusive discussions at career,” explained Nathan. break-out rooms was a good choice and should be implemented in the next stewardship. The company visit consisted of two main topics, But remember, that there is always room for which were “Geothermal Energy Best Practices improvement.” concluded Julian. with Geo Dipa Energi” and “Star Energy and
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World’s Concern
Is The Future Always Outside and Beyond Earth?
The essential component of the world’s green energy future is always up for debate, but no one can simply justify its correctness and essence. Many argued that the end of fossil fuel isn’t engineered by the process of creating electricity but by the moderation of politics amongst advocates. Thanks! Especially to those who venture deep under the soil to find the abundance of heat generated from our core. This is the future! Geothermal.
they can transfer this heat energy into desired energies for the community. When we think of pumping up this heat towards the surface using the media of water, the natural law of science helps us solve this problem. With the nature of thermodynamics, heat can naturally find its way towards higher altitudes hence pushing the cycle, and using gravity we can insert cold water back to where it belongs to maintain the natural phenomenon.
Supported by improvements in technology, Courtesy of the U.S. Department of Energy there specifically the deep-drilling technologies, is an illustration of how various geothermal many governments are racing to how efficiently technologies work.
The geothermal Heat pump and the Hydrothermal heat pump use conventional ways of creating electricity. The future of geothermal energy lies within EGS, previously geothermal energy sites fundamentally need the presence of heat, water, and permeability whilst EGS can continue to operate without underground water reservoirs. Simply speaking, we drill deep enough to fracture a hot rock formation, and then water is injected inside which will quickly be heated by the rock and the steam would go back up the surface powering up a generator. Frankly speaking, the distant future for the next century will not always be about gazing upon the stars and looking far beyond the horizon of the universe but it is right beneath our feet.
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What Does The Expert Says U. ANANG ISCHAK
OPERATIONS ENGINEERING MANAGER AT STAR ENERGY GEOTHERMAL
About the Expert?
However, these problems are not only caused by the community, where they only act as users U. Anang Ischak, also known as Mr. Anang is who have no choice. Meanwhile, from the other an expert in the field of geothermal energy. side, such as the developer, government, and His activities in the geothermal world began existing regulations, they are still not fully in 2008 when he worked in the Chevron aligned. geothermal division which in 2017 underwent a divestment and then changed its name to If the prospects in oil and gas are still Star Energy Geothermal. Now his position is the good, then why are companies with Operations Engineering Manager at Star Energy an oil and gas base such as Chevron Geothermal. looking for opportunities in geothermal
energy? Seeing the very high potential of geothermal energy in Indonesia, why Reflecting on increasingly complex do people still rely heavily on the use environmental problems and global trends of fossil energy? that lead to the use of low-emission energy, Based on theoretical, it shows the enormous potential of geothermal energy, which amounts to 25.4 GigaWatt. But, if you look at the facts in the field, the percentage of energy that has made it to the operation and development stage is very small, which is less than 10%.
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this is one of the pillars that drive oil and gas companies to look at long-term opportunities in renewable energy.. Starting around 2000, Chevron developed geothermal energy with assets in Salak and Darajat (Indonesia), Makban and Tiwi (Philippines). With the condition of oil prices that began to be depressed in 2015,
Chevron analyzed their portfolio and obtained a decision to divest one of its divisions into There are already portions for renewable energy Star Energy Geothermal. Currently, Star Energy in Indonesia, and as we’ve known geothermal Geothermal owns assets in Salak, Darajat and energy has a very large potential, not only in Wayang Windu, becoming the largest geothermal Indonesia but also in the whole world. Although producers in Indonesia. the target has not been developed extensively, there is always hope, especially in the midst of Making a breakthrough is quite difficult, issues related to green energy both nationally but how do geothermal energy players and internationally and suppressing carbon in Indonesia face it? emissions. There needs to be a gradual development target to reduce the use of fossil The problem in geothermal is very complex, energy by emphasizing integration with global not just one point that affects its development. trends. Several factors are interrelated. Starting from financing, the environment, land acquisition, As an executor, what are your hopes for legal/regulations, social issues, permits, and geothermal energy? technology are a chain of interrelated problems. It has been quite a lot done, especially the central I hope that there will be a good alignment at the government, one of which is the Indonesia stakeholder level, such as the government must Energy Mix Policy in 2025 with a target of around ensure that regulations and other facilities 23% of renewables energy Furthermore, in are available, the developer must be brave to terms of laws and regulations and for the desire see the potential and answer the challenges to make a transition, of course, it is supported that exist in society. From the perspective of by national and international geothermal the community, matters related to myths and associations or organizations. The problem traditions should be given more understanding is more about implementation, regulations so that development in the area can run already exist, but in terms of implementation, smoothly, because in the future, clean energy is they are still lacking, including things such as very much needed by the community. Moreover, unpreparedness of related parties in the field, local governments and other sectors related to lack of coordination between institutions so implementing regulations need to be reminded that synchronization is needed. that their support is very meaningful. In a conclusion, if we can overcome these challenges Can geothermal energy be a bright one by one, geothermal energy development prospect for renewable energy in can be better.
Indonesia’s future?
For A Sustainable Future
Energy Transition: A Breakthrough in Our Industry
Nowadays, climate chaos is a global issue as well as a challenge for industry players to create the energy that the world needs while working to achieve the ambitions of the Paris Climate Agreement. Various aspects, ranging from investment, innovation, breakthroughs, and the integration of the global community, are needed for the successful fulfillment of energy that increases along with the growth of the global community. Then, how is the petroleum industry facing this transition to clean energy?
2. Accelerate Technology and Innovation Technology is the right step to maximize emission reductions in a cost-effective way for industry and consumers. In the oil and gas sectors, we trying to develop some technology such as hydrogen technology (including expanding the role of hydrogen in decarbonization requires cost-effective production of low-carbon hydrogen from all sources and support policies that advance hydrogen infrastructure buildout), lowcarbon technology (including carbon capture, utilization, and storage), and collaborate with renewable energy as an energy source for production.
1. Fact: Fossil’s fuel still lead energy until 2040 Under the IEA’s Sustainable Development Scenario, natural gas and oil will provide nearly half the world’s energy by 2040, even if each country meets the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement. While doing so in a way that addresses climate challenges: reducing emissions, increasing efficiency, advancing technological innovation, building modern infrastructure, and more.
3. Endorse Policies and Regulations as a Major Step Rather than a patchwork of federal and state regulations and mandates that can ineffectively tackle climate challenges, government-wide economies such as carbon pricing policies are the most impactful and transparent way to achieve meaningful progress. From here, there are at least some important points that need to be generalized where the regulation should be Economy-wide, Transparent, Non Duplicative, Focus on Net Emissions, but still be able to make our products compete in the market.
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Thinking beyond the horizon, we must face the reality that life goes on when everything seems to be the worst that we can even imagine. Once, an inspiring staff of SPE told me about a powerful saying that has brought her to several milestones in her campus life. She said, “Work Hard and Be Kind”. These few simple words may look petite and fundamental but it has the power to push us to the limits.
Well, say Hi to Dyah Putri Nareswari, she is commonly known as Putri. She is currently contributing to SPE ITS SC as staff of External Affairs as well as the coordinator of TalkShow in our main event Petrolida. Quite the fascination for staff to be one of the pillars of our Student Chapter. Don’t kid yourselves and feel small fellow readers, these experiences are what awaits you in SPE ITS SC.
Dyah Putri Nareswari
Let’s step back a year when all life seems normal and soothing, during that time there seems no obvious reason or urge to be joining SPE during the first year of college. Why did Putri join SPE ITS SC? It all started when she had the curiosity to apply to Petrolida Talk, at first she was accepted as staff of the event. Talking about the event, it goes brightly to how any offline seminar would do. But this outwardly amazing event didn’t just end there, it
gave Putri the impression or teaser of how much more the student chapter has to offer for professionalism, development, and the environment itself. Putri specifically points out the amazing work culture that can value the system and professionalism as well as looking out for the enthusiasm of the staff. Nevertheless, the core values that SPE adds on to Putri’s preference of managerial development inside the campus.
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Approaching the organization during the pandemic touches the nerves, not just to add resilience under the pressure but to force ourselves to use creativity as the selling point of our events. During the peak of saturation for webinars, Putri must coordinate Petrolida’s Talk Show, to give something more out of talk shows her team approaches the quantity as well as the quality of the talk show. She manages to invite 12 speakers for a reasonable registration fee for the applicants. Unfortunately, one of the speakers had to cancel at the H-1 of the event and they could only give a recording of what the speaker had to teach and presented that video during the event. Quite the rollercoaster I should say.
Talking about the pandemic and the new normal life has reached our mild point and everyone can already be a scholar for this particular topic. But, I got an interesting perspective about community and social beings from Putri. She said that this condition lets her break her limit and she views these obstacles as simple as this objective was her responsibility and she was trusted with those objectives. Then she must give her best for the trust she was given. Lastly, a little secret led out by Putri for the upcoming transition of online to semi offline. “For those of you who have the courage, please do approach your colleagues, give sympathy to those who are shy.”
Softskills and Tips
Implementing Design Thinking for Breakthrough While we know a lot about practices that stimulate new ideas, innovation teams often struggle to apply them. Why? Because people’s biases and entrenched behaviors get in the way. In response to that, design thinking helps people overcome this problem and unleash their creativity. Design thinking approaches to problem-solving, which leads to innovation, and innovation can lead to differentiation and a competitive advantage. The design-thinking framework follows an overall flow of understanding, exploration, and materialization, which can be broken down to six phases.
1. Empathize First of all, conduct research to develop knowledge about what your users do, say, think, and feel. Imagine your goal is to improve an onboarding experience for new users. In this phase, you talk to a range of actual users. Directly observe what they do, how they think, and what they want, asking yourself things like ‘what motivates or discourages users?’ or ‘where do they experience frustration?’ 2. Define Combine all your research and observe where your users’ problems exist. In pinpointing your users’ needs, begin to highlight opportunities for innovation. Consider the onboarding example again. In the define phase, use the data gathered in the empathize phase to glean insights. Organize all your observations and draw parallels across your users’ current experiences. Is there a common pain point across many different users? Identify unmet user needs.
4. Prototype Build real, tactile representations for a subset of your ideas. The goal of this phase is to understand what components of your ideas work, and which do not. In this phase, you begin to weigh the impact vs. feasibility of your ideas through feedback on your prototypes. Make your ideas tactile. 5. Test Return to your users for feedback. Ask yourself ‘Does this solution meet users’ needs?’ and ‘Has it improved how they feel, think, or do their tasks?’ Put your prototype in front of real customers and verify that it achieves your goals. Has the users’ perspective during onboarding improved?
6. Implement Put the vision into effect. Ensure that your solution is materialized and touches the lives of your end-users. This is the most important part of design thinking, but it is the one most often forgotten. As impactful as design thinking 3. Ideate can be for an organization, it only leads to Brainstorm a range of crazy, creative ideas true innovation if the vision is executed. The that address the unmet user needs identifying success of design thinking lies in its ability to in the defined phase. Give yourself and your transform an aspect of the end user’s life. team total freedom; no idea is too far-fetched and quantity supersedes quality. SPE ITS SC
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The Gold Digger Team, from Random Pairing to Global Champions
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Champion of Oil Rig Design Competition at Boreyes 2021
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Don’t be afraid to start just because you’re alone. If you have the guts to start, you will eventually meet other highly-motivated people with the same mission as you. –Alvina Choirun Nisa, member of the Gold Digger team
Continuously achieving for higher despite the challenging and devastating times, delegates of the Society of Petroleum Engineers ITS Student Chapter added another prodigious achievement to the collection. This time, it was the Gold Digger team with members Muhammad Amroedhia Dzulfiqar Erran (Geophysics Engineering 2019), Fitra Muhammad (Materials and Metallurgical Engineering 2019), Alhafiz Taufiqul Hakim (Chemical Engineering 2019), Fitria Sabrani Tsani (Ocean Engineering 2019), and Alvina Choirun Nisa (Industrial Chemical Engineering 2017).
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Instead, they were united through the random pairing system arranged by the Competition Development department before PETROLEAGUE 2019. The random pairing system was implemented to give a chance for those members who wish to compete, but without the team to do it with. Through it, individuals were randomly paired into teams according to their competition of preference, which in the Gold Digger team’s case was The Oil Rig Design Competition. “Basically, even though we were randomly paired and were practically strangers, I’d say we already had a shared vision since the beginning, which was to find a team, learn together, and win competitions,” stated Alhafiz Taufiqul Hakim, familiarly called Hafiz, a member of the team when asked about the process behind building team synergy and shared mission.
Crowned champions in Boreyes International Energy Fair 2021, the biggest annual event held by The Society of Petroleum Engineers Universitas Padjadjaran Student Chapter, the Gold Digger team has preserved through a long journey to reach this milestone. Going against delegates from different institutes and regions, the Gold Digger team strived in the Oil The team members continuously emphasized Rig Design Competition. SPE ITS SC’s big role in helping them grab the opportunity to start reigning in competitions A Shared Vision Right From the Start and eventually reach the position they are An interesting fact about the Gold Digger in right now. Starting from the Delegates’ team is that these five brilliant individuals Portal, the random pairing system, until the did not naturally meet and become a team. PETROLEAGUE itself, which was all aimed to SPE ITS SC
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Gold Digger team during the final presentation of IPFEST 2021 prepare delegates internally before entering the international competitions.
SPE ITS SC) 2020 where they are blessed with the first runner-up title. Recently, they have entered two competitions that were very close “I’ve always wanted to join competitions since to each other, which were IPFEST (Integrated my second year of university. But unfortunately, Petroleum Festival by SPE ITB SC) and BOREYES I couldn’t find anyone around me who wanted 2021. to compete with me, which was often caused by the lack of interest in this particular field. I was “The key takeaway from all those competitive discouraged during that time, realizing that my experiences was the knowledge we got. journey is delayed only because of the inability Every time we face a new case, we always to form a team. Thankfully, the Delegates’ learn something new and gain insights. We Portal presented the opportunity for me to find continuously improve with every challenge like-minded people with the same aim to win we take on. It truly is the power of learning.” competitions.” shared Vina, who was the only exclaimed Sasa. member of batch 2017 within the team. Losses are Inevitable, Learn to Accept It Competitions are All About the Power of “Losing was never a problem for us. Because Learning since the beginning, we have aligned our Just like the name itself, the Oil Rig Design perspective that joining competitions is to Competition is a design competition for oil rigs. learn more, increase insights, and evaluate. What’s challenging is the need for delegates to Personally, I’ve never felt really terrible about construct a design that is compatible with the losing because from that experience, we got case given. The case itself consists of complex so much new knowledge to further improve information such as location details, external ourselves.” commented Sasa, when asked conditions of the site, and many more, which about the team’s loss at IPFEST 2021. affects the process of selecting the perfect structure, tools, etcetera. When asked about their loss, the team showed no regret. They were immensely grateful The Gold Digger team’s journey in the Oil Rig because, through that experience, all five of Design Competitions was no easy feat. It started them learned something new. Although they at PETROLEAGUE, an internal competition at ITS, lost, the team emphasized repeatedly that where they have achieved the Champion title. what’s important is to take the learnings earned Grabbing the opportunity to achieve higher at throughout the process and improve as well an international scale, they moved their target as prepare for the next challenge. Remember to PETROLIDA (Petroleum Integrated Days by that whenever you enter a competition, put
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everything into it and you will get it. Best Practice for Oil Rig Design Competition As seasoned delegates in this competition branch, each individual has a lot to say about the key tips and tricks they’ve learned. First and foremost, learn with initiative and continuously. In ORDC, each case you take will be different and unique. You will have to understand the conditions in many types of fields, the challenges that exist, and their mitigations, until the innovations. There is no recycling of oil rig design, that’s why it is important to learn, learn, and learn more. The best way is to attend guest lectures, educational videos provided by many companies, participate in company visits, and many more. Second, do a thorough analysis of the blueprint. Third, use a certain presentation deck design as your trademark. Starting from the color, structure, font, everything should be identical to you, this will help the judges in remembering your presentation and its impact.
Lastly, a crucial tip learned from experience, is to never use keywords that might trigger critical questions from the judges. Never use a keyword that you or your team do not fully understand or have deeply investigated. It turns out that the Gold Digger team experienced this firsthand during their presentation at IPFEST 2021. Due to the utilization of a keyword they do not fully understand, it became a boomerang and backfired on them. “Generally, communication is the foundation of everything when working in a team. Second, each member of the team should be responsible in order to maintain a smooth flow of teamwork. Lastly, respect others by lowering our egos because each one of us has our perspective and without compromise, it is not possible to work in a team.” shared Vina, who is currently the Head of External Affairs Division, encouraging others to take the chance in achieving competitions.
career talk Getting to Know The Role of Geothermal Engineer Hello fellas!
Are you confused about finding a job after college? If so, maybe you need to think about a career as a geothermal engineer. In this section, we would inform, why you should look into becoming a geothermal engineer.
It’s a Breakthrough! The issue of the energy transition is a big concern for industry players today. All industries are competing to create cleaner and cheaper energy for the people of the world. And as you might think, geothermal is one of the energies that are being looked at, especially in Indonesia. It’s a sustainable source of energy in abundance, moreover, this form of energy has the smallest land footprint of any other source of energy, and thanks to a growth in interest, new technologies and ideas are making this type of energy available in new places! What Do Geothermal Engineers Do? Like other forms of engineering, this job doesn’t focus on one thing. There are several roles that you could be doing, such as explore new ways to harness this technology and work on creating and designing new equipment, use a piece of equipment to obtain the energy, or you would
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be engineers that build and fix equipment when needed, work with analytics, and just like other sectors, there can be something for everyone. A Lot of Work Awaits You Geothermal engineers find good opportunities in both the petroleum and renewable energy industries. In the petroleum sector, this energy is used to generate electricity which is used in the production process to reduce emissions and is focused on manufacturing engineering and drilling technology at very high temperatures. And in the renewable sector, you can get into more specific fields like research and designing wind turbines, geothermal plants, and solar photovoltaic cells. With an electric power market prediction of 41.49 TWh by the end of 2024, geothermal engineering could be a very promising job in the industry of the future.
Historical Event
How Could Accidents Lead to a Breakthrough in the Maritime Industry’s Safety Standards? On March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker owned by Exxon Shipping Company, brought an oil spill disaster into Alaska’s Prince William Sound. Before the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the Exxon Valdez was the worst oil spill in United States waters. The tragedy was affecting Prince William Alaska’s environment and the economics of the community.
vessel, which was served as the pride of the Exxon fleet, has cargo losses cost estimated at $3.4 million. Due to catastrophic damage to the environment, cleaning up the spilled oil was an immense effort and cost nearly $1.85 billion. Initial attempts to contain the oil failed. Oil cleanup efforts were hindered by the region’s general inaccessibility and lack of preparedness. The oil slick spread over the months that followed, eventually covering approximately 1,300 miles of coastline. Only around 14% of the oil was recovered, with the remaining 15% coated rocks and polluted the sandy soil along the Gulf of Alaska beaches.
Several much larger oil spills had occurred in the years leading up to the Exxon Valdez accident. However, the Valdez grounding occurred in an environmentally sensitive region—US waters—and was highly visible to the media. As a result, the general public had a substantial and far-reaching effect on the oil trading tanker industry. The Consequences Prince William Sound was a pristine and The Accident beautiful wilderness before to the spill. After Exxon Valdez departed Valdez, Alaska, on the the disaster, numerous experts estimate evening of March 23, 1989, destined for Long that more than half of the wild animals in Beach, California, and handling 1.263.000 Prince William Sound were killed. According barrels of Prudhoe Bay crude oil. On March to scientists, between 350,000 and 390,000 24, just after midnight, the ship collided with seabirds, 2,650 sea otters, and 300 harbor Bligh Reef, a well-known navigation hazard in seals perished. The death of wildlife is not Alaska’s Prince William Sound. There were no the only consequence of an oil spill. Another injuries reported, but the collision ripped open consequence was decreased reproductive the ship’s hull, spilling 258.000 barrels of crude rates. The Exxon Valdez oil spill triggered a oil into the water over the next 24 hours. chain reaction in the food chain, resulting in It is unfortunate that the Exxon Valdez, the collapse of the entire ecosystem. outfitted with the latest technology available in the tanker industry, had to end up with This man-made catastrophe also wreaked damage estimated to cost $25 million. The havoc on the community of Prince William SPE ITS SC
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Sound. As a result of the polluted Alaskan Gulf, the populations of pacific herring—a cornerstone of the local fishing industry— collapsed. Many fishermen went bankrupt. A study discovered, six years after the spill, 40% of men (mainly fishers) in Cordova—an island part of Prince William Sound—were still suffering from severe depression.
standard can also make it harder to salvage a grounded tanker and create stability problems.
Although there is a drawback, the implementation of the double hull standard also has a success story. In 1997, a barge collided with the Conoco’s Guardian doublehulled tanker as it entered the Port of Lake Charles carrying crude oil. The collision ripped The Double Hull Tanker through a 400 square foot section of the plate In response to the grounding of Exxon from the Guardian’s outer hull, however, the Valdez, the most significant impact in tanker undamaged inner hull safely contained the operations was the enactment of the 1990 Oil oil. A probabilistic study determined that using Pollution Law (OPA 90) by the U.S. regulatory double-hulled tankers might significantly bodies. The OPA 90 act, a unilateral U.S Policy, reduce up to 75% of oil spillage caused by mandates that by 2015 all tankers who wish to collisions, contact with non-ship objects, and operate in U.S. waters should have a double hull. groundings. In 1992, as a result of OPA 90, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) amended MARPOL 73/78 to include double-hull standards, which The Things We Could Learn has since become the tanker industry’s global Oil spills have become a part of occurrence in standard. a world that relies on 94,24 million barrels of oil per day to function. Tankers will grow in size A double-hull tanker, which is designed to in response to the growing global demand for transport crude oil in bulk, utilizes double side oil. Shipowner’s desire for bigger and faster and bottom spaces to store ballast water and oil tankers is the sole driver of the industry’s creates a barrier between cargo tanks and innovation today. With the emerging priorities the surrounding environment. It brings an of environmental “friendliness” and the intense added protection in low-energy collisions and public awareness toward safety, the tanker groundings. According to few shipbuilders and industry must also innovate continuously in naval architects, the Exxon Valdez would have environmental and safety areas. Suppose survived its grounding on Bligh Reef without innovation is only introduced in the aftermath leaking crude oil or even more minor leaking if of an accident, such as the Exxon Valdez with it have had a double hull. the implementation of the double hull standard. In that case, it will be an extensive detriment The implementation of the double hull to the company, public, and environment. tanker standard is debatable. Under some circumstances, double bottoms would prevent oil tanks from being punctured. The double hull
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Sometimes oil and natural gas reserves are located in separate layers underground and this type of drilling allows producers to branch out from the main well to tap reserves at different depths. This increases production from a single well and reduces the number of wells drilled on the surface. Emerging technology with many interesting use cases in oil and gas. For example, as the sector uses more sensor technology, this tech can store transactions and accounting data directly on these devices, which can reduce process time by connecting assets directly to services contracts.
This type of drilling allows producers to reach deposits that are great distances away from the drilling rig and this helps producers tap oil and natural gas deposits under surface areas where a vertical well cannot be drilled, such as underdeveloped or environmentally sensitive areas.
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Meet The Team Clara Lourdessa Oryza Emmanuella Division Head Ory, as she is familiarly called, grabbed the opportunity to revive the Journalism division and produce publications that are impactful to SPE ITS SC members. With her life purpose of giving inspiration to others through the art of storytelling, she goes out of her way to discover neverheard-before stories and insert them in Journalism’s work programs. Ory hopes that publications under the Journalism division have given positive impact and inspired its members to gain insight to innovate. Fun fact: Her perfect day is filled with Korean dramas and rom-com books Sunra Nur Isti Mahmudah Journalist Sunra, as she is familiarly called, has served a huge role in this year’s Journalism Team. With her strong principle to ‘finish what you start with 1000% of your capability’, she took the responsibility of leading the Petropolis work program, producing high-quality writing and visuals.Not only active in SPE ITS SC, she continuously contributes to other organizations such as the student association focusing on research and professionalism. She hopes that what comes out of Petropolis will enrich the readers’ knowledge in the field of oil and gas. Fun fact: Can’t eat with chopsticks Daniel Sonny Karunia Journalist Daniel Sonny Karunia, familiarly called Sonny, greatly contributes to the high-quality writings as a result of in-depth research of topics. As the lead of the Journalism Team’s breakthrough program, PetroWeekly, he is always on top of the latest current news in the oil and gas industry. With the hope to inspire the ITS community on current energy issues through the Journalism Team’s publications, he never fails to come up with breakthrough ideas and insights. Fun fact: Fascinated by ‘Nature vs. Nurture’ issue Cendrawan Santoso Journalist Striving to continuously become better, Cendrawan Santoso believes that ‘one’s limit is one’s ever expanding horizon’. Cen, as he is familiarly called, currently contributes to many organizations at ITS, namely ITS Global Engagement, Executive Board of Students at INDSYS Faculty, as well as ITS Material Advantage, alongside the Journalism Team at SPE ITS SC. With his exceptional skills in writing, Cen always delivers the absolute best through publications with hopes of inspiring others. Fun fact: “I’m young wild and free - Wiz Snoop Bruno”
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