Ollie Folayan MBE, Co-Founder AFBE-UK, Chairperson AFBE-UK Scotland and Roy Bitrus, Co-Chair, AFBE-UK Scotland & Leadership Programme Coordinator, AFBE-UK

Attracting and developing talented geoscience and engineering graduates is essential to ensure a viable and sustainable energy workforce for the future as the industry negotiates the Energy Transition.

AFBE-UK members are benefitting from full access to KeyFacts Energy thanks to sponsored access provided by Serica Energy. The scheme offers students and professionals from ethnic minority backgrounds an important ‘non-technical’ ongoing review of the global energy sector and promotes awareness of this exciting industry among the next generation of geoscientists and engineers.

The Energy Country Review database is an ideal resource for monitoring global upstream and renewable energy activity, with instant access to more than 2,600 continually updated ‘country- specific’ oil and gas and renewable energy company profiles in 144 countries - all in one, easy access location. In addition, users have access to a global Energy Industry Directory covering more than 2,400 oil service and renewable energy companies and industry organizations.

AFBE Comment - Anjela Maharajah, Corporate Partnerships Lead: 
“At AFBE-UK, we aim to equip people from all backgrounds for a career in the engineering sector. We do this by trying to give our students and young professionals as realistic a lens as possible into industry. A huge barrier to this is knowledge of the industry and sector, which can often seem opaque. This is why access to KeyFacts Energy's 'Energy Country Review' is so vital. Through this review, students can gain access to important information about the various companies in the energy sector. This can be vital when preparing for interviews and even more so if they eventually secure jobs in the industry”.

Serica Energy comment:
“We are delighted to be able to sponsor access to KeyFacts Energy to the members of AFBE UK. We have been proud members of ABFE UK for two years now, they have played a key part in our Diversity and Inclusion journey and it’s great to be able to give back to support their members”.

Chris Pettit, Managing Director at KeyFacts Energy, added:
"In response to the challenge of creating awareness of this exciting industry to the next generation of geoscientists and engineers, we are delighted that Serica Energy has agreed to sponsor KeyFacts Energy access for AFBE-UK members. In this critical period of energy transition, the scheme offers users an important ‘non-technical’ overview of the global oil and gas and renewable energy sectors, promotes awareness of this exciting industry among the next generation of engineers and geoscientists and will help identify and research potential employers." 

KeyFacts Energy: Serica Energy UK country profile   l   KeyFacts Energy Industry Directory: AFBE UK