About us
The Young Professionals Program is an initiative sponsored by the Society of Petroleum Engineers Romania. The main purpose of YP is to build a professional network between individuals with less than 10 years of experience in Oil & Gas Industry. Young Professionals organize activities that support SPE Chapters.
Mission and Objectives:
• Encourage Young Professionals below 35 years old to become actively involved in SPE Romania activities;
• Support for Bucharest, Ploiesti and Iasi SPE Student Chapters activities;
• Connect Local and International Experts from Oil & Gas Industry with the young professionals;
• Promote, support and participate in charitable, education, humanitarian and social community services at the Section and Student Chapter’s level, with the new SPE International Initiative SPE Cares;
• Support young professional career by assisting in, and developing their personal and professional skills.
• Provide professional, personal and networking development opportunities to young professionals so they may challenge and lead the industry in a culture of mentorship.
Today is the best moment to acknowledge that Oil Industry is a continuous changing environment and the only way to face these challenges is by involvement and courage.
Although our target audience is for those professionals with less than 10 years of industry experience, we encourage professionals from all experience levels to attend our events!
Committee 2024-2025
Joell El Sayegh - YP Chairperson
Joelle El Sayegh is a petroleum engineer holding a B.E in Petroleum Engineering from the Lebanese American University in Beirut. She is currently working as a Production & Reservoir Consultant for Halliburton, where she designs and delivers automated solutions to enable digital transformation of the upstream Oil and Gas Industry. Her experience includes production automation, product development, and engineering consultancy. Joelle has been an active SPE member since 2017, and had previously served as President of the SPE Student Chapter at her university.
Vasile Cosmin TRIF - Officer
Vasile Cosmin Trif is a Well Operations and Well Testing engineer with over three years of successful experience in wellbore stimulation and wellbore operations. He obtained his BSc from “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu and MSc in Petroleum Engineering from Montanuniversitaet Leoben. He is currently working for SNGN ROMGAZ SA, and his role is to minimize the non-productive time related to well interventions and find solutions to increase the production output of hundreds of gas wells. Cosmin is an SPE member since 2018 and was enrolled in the organization of numerous SPE events. Cosmin enjoys travelling, hiking and doing various sports.
Alexandru Badescu - Officer
Alexandru Badescu is a Subsurface Consultant currently working for different clients around the world. His goal is to bring value from any asset through smart decisions. Willing to explore and get an understanding of all the producing basins in the world. Former president of SEG Bucharest Chapter and Vice-President of SPE Leoben Chapter where he managed projects of over 30k dollars as a student while bringing international recognitions.
Andrei Blanaru - Officer
With a Bachelor's Degree in Petroleum Engineering and a Master's in Mechanical Engineering at the Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Andrei has been working as an Engineer with Halliburton Completion Tools since August 2020. He has been planning, preparing and executing projects both onshore and offshore with a focus in Romania and Italy, while gaining valuable knowledge and experience in areas such as Sand Control, Intelligent Completions, Service Tools, Wellbore Cleanout.
He is a former Officer and President of the Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti SPE Student Chapter (2017-2020) and currently Webmaster of the SPE Romanian Section.
Andreas Kurti - Officer
Andreas KURTI is a petroleum engineer with a BSc degree from “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu. He started his career in S.N.G.N. ROMGAZ S.A., in the position of rehabilitation engineer and is currently part of the "Methane Emission Management" Department of the same company. He works in a dynamic team to develop best practices in order to run the company's production activities in a sustainable and environmentally friendly manner. Andreas is an SPE member since 2022.
Eduard Chilimon - Officer
Eduard Chilimon is a Geological Engineer with a BSc degree from Al. I. Cuza University in Iasi and over ten years of experience in the oil and gas industry, mainly in surface logging. Currently, he is the Regional Advanced Services Coordinator at GEOLOG, overseeing projects in Eastern Europe, North Africa, and Central Asia and providing global Formation Evaluation support for GEOLOG. A member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) since 2022, Eduard actively contributes to advancements in surface logging.