Young Professionals in Sustainability - with Minjie Lu, S&P Global [Chinese]
Release Date: 08/10/2023
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- Career change: research-oriented work to consulting
- S&P Global Commodity Insightsw's energy upstream research business
- A Day in the Life of an Energy Advisory Consultant
- Interesting energy consulting projects
- Recent major industry events and changes in the energy market
2022年我们萌生了一个想法:
在环境中国最新一期的播客中,我们邀请到了陆旻杰——
1. 旻杰最初是怎么对环境能源领域的学习和工作感兴趣的?
我一直比较喜欢理科类的学科,
之后我在英国帝国理工大学就读了石油工程研究生课程。
毕业后, 我加入了法国道达尔能源在苏格兰的研发中心,
2. 旻杰刚刚提到「水力压裂技术」对环境的影响,
简单来说,“水力压裂法”指的是在页岩层注入高压的液体,
环境影响方面的话,目前来看,
3. 从苏格兰回国之后,
我是在2019年的下半年加入埃信华迈(IHS Markit)亚太区能源咨询团队的。
4. 旻杰可以和我们分享一下公司在能源上游的业务吗?
我们公司的能源上游业务主要分为三大板块:
第一是研究团队,他们主要负责定期发布一些行业的研究洞察,
第二是数据团队,主要负责收集全世界各地的上游勘探开发数据,
第三个就是我所在的能源咨询板块,
5. 你在标普的职称是“大宗商品能源咨询师”,
我是在2019年下半年加入公司的,
在项目开展过程中,
在过去四年中,我参与的咨询项目周期从3个月到半年不等,
6. 要不要和我们分享一个最近你觉得比较有趣的项目?
我想和大家分享的是我最近参与的一个项目——随着疫情的放开,
在这期间和客户开展了很多非常高效的互动和交流,
7. 对比之前在道达尔的研究型工作经历,你觉得现在在标普做咨询,
我在道达尔研发中心的主要工作是油气工程建模相关的研究,
7.1. 要不和我们迅速简单地科普一下“油气藏”吧?
简单来说,“油气藏”就是油气聚集的一个封闭空间,
那我现在接着回答之前的问题。相比来说,
相比之前在道达尔从事比较单一的油气藏建模研究而言,
8. 听你分享感觉在咨询行业的工作会更加丰富有趣些,
因为咨询项目往往需要紧跟客户当下的需求,
另外,咨询项目往往和客户需要开展的某项业务平行的进行,
但是其实在完成一个个咨询项目的过程中也会有很多rewardi
所以怎么说呢,咨询其实是一个令人爱恨交加的行业或者工作吧。
9. 最后和我们分享一下你们行业近期的大事件吧?
去年俄乌冲突的爆发,我们看到了世界能源转型的进程的加速,
但是与此同时,大家可能忽略了另外一个能源行业大事件:
欧洲是受能源危机影响最严重的地区之一。由于天气条件,
10. 播客开头你也提到自己之前对化石能源的刻板印象。
正如我在播客一开始提到的那样,全球的发展是必然趋势,
能源转型需要循序渐进,新能源的投入不但要满足能源需求的增长,