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The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has announced an additional comment period on its 19 December 2016 interim final rule that established minimum federal safety standards for underground natural gas storage facilities.

In March 2016, the SPE Board approved moving forward with work on a draft CO2 Storage Resources Management System (SRMS) by a subcommittee of the Carbon Dioxide Capture, Utilization and Storage Technical Section (CCUS). The subcommittee has completed the document which establishes technically-based capacity and resources evaluation standards.

The Pure Pack System from Pentair is a portable system for secondary and tertiary produced water and wastewater treatment. With oil content as high as 5 to 10% at the inlet, the system can yield low-ppm oil at the outlet, and the recovered oil may be processed or sold to deliver value for the end user. No on-site sludge generation or management is required.

Schneider Electric's OASyS SCADA system provides enterprise SCADA for pipeline operations. The system includes real-time performance updates, advanced alarm management, and historical and real-time trending. Its middleware connects and communicates with various modules to enhance responsiveness, and systemwide monitoring uses the least intrusive course of action to re…

Simmons Edeco named Niels Versfeld CEO. Versfeld has 14 years of experience in the energy industry, including 10 years managing sales, operations, and business development for energy services companies. Before joining Simmons Edeco, he served as general manager of Gibson Energy’s environmental services division. He previously worked as COO of Palko Environmental until…

A.J. Jain was appointed CEO and Balaji Bhashyam COO at Kreuz Subsea. Jain has more than 25 years of executive industry experience holding leadership positions across the globe. His previous posts include managing director at Harkand Group responsible for operations in North America and Africa, and member of the senior management team at Dynamic Industries Internationa…

Since the Macondo disaster, industry publications have discussed the equipment, connections, and interfaces needed for capping and containing a blowing subsea well, but they give little insight into developing a well-specific subsea capping contingency plan.

The effect of frac hits on production economics is becoming more important as a result of the high-speed drilling in the US shale sector. Recent research reveals the financial and recovery risks involved if well spacing results in well-to-well interference.

How can operators and service companies go forward in a shale-dominated industry with low oil prices?

An overview of honors and awards SPE members are eligible for from SPE’s founder society American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME), United Engineering Foundation, and American Association of Engineering Societies.