b'Education matters The Intergovernmental Panel on Climatehave seen not only in industry but inin Chevron, but I mentor university Change (IPCC) and International Energysociety, in many decades. People in ourgraduates and new migrants looking Agency (IEA) have both noted CCS willindustry will need to learn to adapt at afor jobs. I can see that a lot of the need to be deployed around the worldmuch faster pace. recruitment is done through internship on a big scale to meet global emissionsand via networking. Having a good reduction goalswere sharing theWith the energy transition and CCS, wereCV is essential, but that will only open lessons were learning at Gorgon tomoving to more integrated projectsyou some doors. You need to get good support this. and we need people that are able tointerpersonal skills to get the job. understand the whole value chain.Its hard to assess those skill in just a Since the early days of the project, weScientists and engineers sometimescouple of interviews. When I worked have been working with universities,want to solve all the uncertainties, butwith Schlumberger I was involved in consortia, and research centres inwe also need to understand the valuethe recruitment process, and we used Australia and around the world tochain to ensure that project is viable. Weto have full day workshops to assess develop CCS technologies. We havecant afford to have people working incandidates for their team working and more than 15 years of collaboration withsilos, we need people that can work incollaboration skills. The other way we Curtin, CSIRO and the CO2CRC in thiscollaboration and understand the wholeused to recruit people was by offering area. picture, technical, economic, political, etc.mentoring, internships, and training to make optimum decisions. in the universities. Its much easier to Since we started injection in August 2019, more than 5.5 million tonnes ofMP: This integrated economics plusassess interpersonal skills when you greenhouse gas emissions have beenbusiness plus technical skills approachwork closely with a candidate. Its injected at Gorgon. However, CCS islooks very interesting. The recruitsimportant to evaluate the whole person not an easy technologywe mustyou are hiring now, are they trained inrather than just their achievement and handle multiple subsurface, facilitiesthis way? Do they already have thesegrades. It also allows you to assess and project uncertainties. We have to bequalities? How difficult is it to find suchtheir ability to innovate. Diversity and prepared for many different outcomes.specialists? inclusion are becoming more and This is something that were usedmore important in our society, so its to doing in the oil and gas industry:important to identify people that can Diversity and inclusion arework well with people from different uncertainty and risk assessment and mitigation plans. We have thebecoming more and morebackgrounds.knowledge, the experience, and theimportant in our society, so itsMP: Indeed, our industry is very diverse. savoir-faire in our industry. important to identify people thatYou have worked in many countries and MP: In this complex world and rapidlycan work well with people fromspeak several languages.changing energy landscape, what doesdifferent backgrounds. IB: Yes, Spanish is my native language, industry expect from tertiary education?I learned French for my studies and What would you recommend to studentsIB: Im very, very pleased with thethen English for work. Its kind of and young graduates? trainees and graduates that we have hadnormal in the international community. IB: Ive been working with vacationin Chevron. They are very technicallyMost of my friends speak two or three students and my eldest son is in unisavvy; they have a growth mindset,languages. Its the beauty of working now. I tell my kids and mentees thatand they are very proactive, and theywith people from different parts of they need to have a growth mindset,have good emotional intelligence andthe world. Cultural diversity is very be willing to think outside the box andcommunication skills. enriching and something very close to learn beyond their speciality. Theremy heart since I have a multicultural will still always be room for specialists,They come with a more open mind thanfamily: Australia, Mexico, Indonesia but in uncertain environments youwe used to have in the past. They areand Canada. Im very passionate must be very adaptable and resilient tonot expecting that their career will beabout diversity and inclusion not only thrive. The energy transition space, itslinear. They are willing to learn and to tryin terms of gender but also cultural very exciting, but we need to be verydifferent things. I dont know if they arediversity. I try to raise awareness of the flexible because we dont know howlearning this at university or somewherechallenges that the migrants face in the energy market with evolve. Thereelse. Nowadays you dont need to learnAustralia, and the value that they bring are so many economic, political andeverything at university. You can learn soto the community. Im currently the technical elements that can have a bigmany things online. Chair of the Inclusion Council and the impact on the energy landscape. ItsLead of the Latin American employee MP: Thank you, it is what I alsonetwork in Chevron Australia. Im also a hard to predict what will happen 40, 50emphasised in my Education mattersmentor in the kaleidoscope mentoring years from now. We need people in thepiece in Preview 210. It is good to knowprogramme for migrants. This industry that are flexible, and that canthat the new generation coming will beprogramme helps people migrating to adapt to constant changes. This is notbetter than we were. It brings us to theWestern Australia to find job in their new. The O&G industry has always hadnext question. How has the recruitmentareas of expertise.ups and downs. If you look at my career,process itself changed? How do you I went from running wireline tools inchoose the best people from thoseMP: From your point of view, should the rigs, to building geological models,applying for a position? we expect evolution or revolution, and then CCS and now digital technologies.what is the role of tertiary education in The current energy transition is one ofIB: In my current role Im not directlyassuring a smooth transition to clean the biggest structural changes that weinvolved in the recruitment processenergy?DECEMBER 2021 PREVIEW 30'