Adam Wilson

Special Publications Editor

Adam Wilson is SPE’s special publications editor, responsible for SPE’s online publications HSE Now and Data Science and Digital Engineering in Upstream Oil and Gas. He has been editing for SPE for more than 12 years, starting his tenure there working with peer-reviewed technical journals. Before joining SPE, Wilson spent more than a decade working for daily newspapers. He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of North Texas.

Data & Analytics

Inaugural Conference Pushes Industry Past the Digital Transformation

Digital transformation: It’s a phrase that seems to be on the lips of everyone in the oil and gas industry, and that was certainly true at the inaugural Energy in Data conference held in Austin. The conference, however, showed that the transformation is more than on its way. It’s here.

July 11, 2019 • Adam Wilson • Data Science and Digital Engineering
Sustainability

Guyana Treads Carefully Toward Sustainability

The small rainforest country nestled between Venezuela and Suriname has recently struck oil—a lot of it. With this newfound vast potential comes concern about developing the resources sustainably and with proper consideration for the country’s people and environment.

May 28, 2019 • Adam Wilson • HSE Now
Robotics/unmanned systems

Robots Run Free at OTC

Robots may not be ready to take over the world just yet, but they are making great strides in the offshore industry. A technical session at this year’s Offshore Technology Conference presented some of the advances, including untethered ROVs and subsea broadband communications.

May 5, 2019 • Adam Wilson • Data Science and Digital Engineering
Data & Analytics

Data Initiative Aims To Get It All Out in the Open

Representatives from ConocoPhillips, Shell, Chevron, and BP came together onstage at the 2019 Professional Petroleum Data Expo in Houston to present the Open Subsurface Data Universe, “an open-source, data-driven, reference architecture for subsurface and well data in a cloud solution.”

April 29, 2019 • Adam Wilson • Data Science and Digital Engineering
Data & Analytics

Trustworthiness Casts a Shadow Over Data

In the expanding landscape of oilfield data analytics, analysts must trust their data. Some experts say that trust in the data is as important, if not more important, than the data’s accuracy.

April 3, 2019 • Adam Wilson • Data Science and Digital Engineering
Sustainability

Community-Liaison Officers Build Vital Bridges

CLOs play a critical role in developing and maintaining relationships with communities in and around the sites of company operations.

March 31, 2019 • Adam Wilson • HSE Now
Safety

Survey Pinpoints Challenges to Increasing Safety Performance

For safety training, quality appears to be more important than quantity, according to a study conducted by Environmental Resources Management. The 2018 Global Safety Survey examined responses from 144 safety leaders from 120 corporations, approximately 20% of which were oil and gas companies.

February 19, 2019 • Adam Wilson • HSE Now
Digital oilfield

Blockchain Stretches Into the Oil Patch

Blockchain technology may have gotten its start by keeping cryptocurrency traders honest, but its usefulness is expanding. And the oil and gas industry is taking advantage.

January 20, 2019 • Adam Wilson • Data Science and Digital Engineering
Safety

Rethinking Training Fights Unconscious Incompetence

Safety training must hurdle barriers built by people’s confidence in their misconceptions.

January 6, 2019 • Adam Wilson • HSE Now
Water management

Water Management-2018

Produced water has been an albatross around the neck of operators for a long time. Efforts to solve its challenges have been extensive and continue to evolve. These efforts can have a strong effect on the profitability of an operation.

November 30, 2018 • Adam Wilson • Journal of Petroleum Technology

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