Soft skills and Tips

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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.

3. Ideate Brainstorm a range of crazy, creative ideas that address the unmet user needs identifying in the defined phase. Give yourself and your team total freedom; no idea is too far-fetched and quantity supersedes quality. 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 can be for an organization, it only leads to true innovation if the vision is executed. The success of design thinking lies in its ability to transform an aspect of the end user’s life.

The Gold Digger Team, from Random Pairing to Global Champions

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).

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 Rig Design Competition.

A Shared Vision Right From the Start An interesting fact about the Gold Digger team is that these five brilliant individuals did not naturally meet and become a team. 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.

The team members continuously emphasized SPE ITS SC’s big role in helping them grab the opportunity to start reigning in competitions and eventually reach the position they are in right now. Starting from the Delegates’ Portal, the random pairing system, until the PETROLEAGUE itself, which was all aimed to

Gold Digger team during the final presentation of IPFEST 2021

prepare delegates internally before entering the international competitions.

“I’ve always wanted to join competitions since my second year of university. But unfortunately, I couldn’t find anyone around me who wanted to compete with me, which was often caused by the lack of interest in this particular field. I was discouraged during that time, realizing that my journey is delayed only because of the inability to form a team. Thankfully, the Delegates’ Portal presented the opportunity for me to find like-minded people with the same aim to win competitions.” shared Vina, who was the only member of batch 2017 within the team.

Competitions are All About the Power of Learning Just like the name itself, the Oil Rig Design Competition is a design competition for oil rigs. What’s challenging is the need for delegates to construct a design that is compatible with the case given. The case itself consists of complex information such as location details, external conditions of the site, and many more, which affects the process of selecting the perfect structure, tools, etcetera.

The Gold Digger team’s journey in the Oil Rig Design Competitions was no easy feat. It started at PETROLEAGUE, an internal competition at ITS, where they have achieved the Champion title. Grabbing the opportunity to achieve higher at an international scale, they moved their target to PETROLIDA (Petroleum Integrated Days by SPE ITS SC) 2020 where they are blessed with the first runner-up title. Recently, they have entered two competitions that were very close to each other, which were IPFEST (Integrated Petroleum Festival by SPE ITB SC) and BOREYES 2021.

“The key takeaway from all those competitive experiences was the knowledge we got. Every time we face a new case, we always learn something new and gain insights. We continuously improve with every challenge we take on. It truly is the power of learning.” exclaimed Sasa.

Losses are Inevitable, Learn to Accept It “Losing was never a problem for us. Because since the beginning, we have aligned our perspective that joining competitions is to learn more, increase insights, and evaluate. Personally, I’ve never felt really terrible about losing because from that experience, we got so much new knowledge to further improve ourselves.” commented Sasa, when asked about the team’s loss at IPFEST 2021.

When asked about their loss, the team showed no regret. They were immensely grateful because, through that experience, all five of them learned something new. Although they lost, the team emphasized repeatedly that what’s important is to take the learnings earned throughout the process and improve as well as prepare for the next challenge. Remember that whenever you enter a competition, put

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.

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 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.

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.

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 Accident Exxon Valdez departed Valdez, Alaska, on the evening of March 23, 1989, destined for Long Beach, California, and handling 1.263.000 barrels of Prudhoe Bay crude oil. On March 24, just after midnight, the ship collided with Bligh Reef, a well-known navigation hazard in Alaska’s Prince William Sound. There were no injuries reported, but the collision ripped open the ship’s hull, spilling 258.000 barrels of crude oil into the water over the next 24 hours. It is unfortunate that the Exxon Valdez, outfitted with the latest technology available in the tanker industry, had to end up with damage estimated to cost $25 million. The 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.

The Consequences Prince William Sound was a pristine and beautiful wilderness before to the spill. After the disaster, numerous experts estimate that more than half of the wild animals in Prince William Sound were killed. According to scientists, between 350,000 and 390,000 seabirds, 2,650 sea otters, and 300 harbor seals perished. The death of wildlife is not the only consequence of an oil spill. Another consequence was decreased reproductive rates. The Exxon Valdez oil spill triggered a chain reaction in the food chain, resulting in the collapse of the entire ecosystem.

This man-made catastrophe also wreaked havoc on the community of Prince William

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.

The Double Hull Tanker In response to the grounding of Exxon Valdez, the most significant impact in tanker operations was the enactment of the 1990 Oil Pollution Law (OPA 90) by the U.S. regulatory bodies. The OPA 90 act, a unilateral U.S Policy, mandates that by 2015 all tankers who wish to operate in U.S. waters should have a double hull. In 1992, as a result of OPA 90, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) amended MARPOL 73/78 to include double-hull standards, which has since become the tanker industry’s global standard.

A double-hull tanker, which is designed to transport crude oil in bulk, utilizes double side and bottom spaces to store ballast water and creates a barrier between cargo tanks and the surrounding environment. It brings an added protection in low-energy collisions and groundings. According to few shipbuilders and naval architects, the Exxon Valdez would have survived its grounding on Bligh Reef without leaking crude oil or even more minor leaking if it have had a double hull.

The implementation of the double hull tanker standard is debatable. Under some circumstances, double bottoms would prevent oil tanks from being punctured. The double hull 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 through a 400 square foot section of the plate from the Guardian’s outer hull, however, the undamaged inner hull safely contained the oil. A probabilistic study determined that using double-hulled tankers might significantly reduce up to 75% of oil spillage caused by collisions, contact with non-ship objects, and groundings.

The Things We Could Learn Oil spills have become a part of occurrence in a world that relies on 94,24 million barrels of oil per day to function. Tankers will grow in size in response to the growing global demand for oil. Shipowner’s desire for bigger and faster oil tankers is the sole driver of the industry’s innovation today. With the emerging priorities of environmental “friendliness” and the intense public awareness toward safety, the tanker industry must also innovate continuously in environmental and safety areas. Suppose innovation is only introduced in the aftermath of an accident, such as the Exxon Valdez with the implementation of the double hull standard. In that case, it will be an extensive detriment to the company, public, and environment.

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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.

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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

Mifta, as he is familiarly called, is not only excelling in terms of academics but also as a creative designer, which played a huge role in reviving the Journalism Team in this year’s stewardship. With a life motto of ‘never give up because great things take time’, he successfully delivers excellent visuals to complement the high-quality writing provided. He hopes that the publications we have provided will give new insight to the readers on the latest issues in the industry. Fun fact: Keep Calm and Carry On

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, 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

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”

Daniel Sonny Karunia Journalist

Cendrawan Santoso Journalist

Miftakhul ‘Izah Mubarok Creative Designer

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