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Change is constant in the oil and gas industry, bringing an increase in operational risk. As companies acquire and develop assets around the world, they must reduce their risk exposure by improving operational integrity.

Michael J. Stover retired from his position as vice president of operations services at Marathon Oil after 30 years with the company. Stover began his career at Marathon as a roustabout, eventually being promoted to operations and reservoir engineering work for the Yates field in Texas. In 1991, he transferred to the company’s international group based in Houston and …

Iran’s oil and gas sector has been significantly affected by the introduction and tightening of international sanctions in recent years. represents a significant step forward in terms of normalizing the country’s relations with the global community.

Use of unmanned aerial vehicles to monitor pipeline networks for theft and other issues is discussed.

SPE President Nathan Meehan provides guidance to young professionals and students on how to handle the downturn.

For engineering design teams, the market downturn is an opportunity to review practices and learn from others who have used hard times to reshape processes through simulation while cutting development time and costs.

Seismic innovators are working on new sound sources designed to produce better subsurface images while addressing concerns raised by scientists and regulators about the environmental impact of the related noise on sea life.

The surge in unconventional completions over the last decade has created ample candidates for hydraulic refracturing, which has been demonstrated to be a viable alternative to the more expensive endeavor of drilling and completing new wells.

On the basis of safety performance results achieved through automation downstream, an operator set out to achieve the same advances in its upstream business.

The Caspian Sea region is once again becoming one of the globe’s important frontiers in oil and gas production. Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan are in the midst of intensive efforts to underpin their developing economies by increased exploitation of massive reserves.