Adam Wilson

Technology Editor

Adam Wilson is a technology editor for the Journal of Petroleum Technology. He has been editing for SPE for more than 15 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

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 Oil Field

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
Business/economics

Oil Prices Float in a “Fragile Equilibrium”

Oil prices appear to have stabilized during the past year, and speakers at the annual Energy and the Economy Conference at the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank say they expect prices to remain level, at least for a little while.

October 14, 2018 • Adam Wilson • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Sustainability

New Tool Aims To Quantify Sustainability

SPE’s 2018 Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition ended with an earnest discussion about how best to communicate the industry’s efforts on sustainability with the public and other stakeholders.

October 9, 2018 • Adam Wilson • HSE Now
Environment

HSE Award Honors Work With Environmentally Friendly Drilling

For his efforts in turning Environmentally Friendly Drilling from an oxymoron to a ubiquitous concept, Rich Haut has earned SPE’s 2018 Health, Safety, and Environment Award. The award will be presented at the SPE’s 2018 Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition in September.

August 13, 2018 • Adam Wilson • HSE Now

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