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The world still needs oil and gas, but it is also making room for renewable energy which will change how upstream companies do business.

Sizing a person’s “operating box” for making decisions and taking actions to make room for ingenuity and affordable mistakes provides opportunities for his and the organization’s learning. Which factors affect the resizing of the box and how can the limits be adjusted to encourage continued growth?

BP Southern Africa (BPSA) appointed Priscillah Mabelane as CEO. Mabelane joined BPSA as CFO in 2011 and most recently served as operations director for BP’s UK retail business. Prior to joining BP, she held various executive roles at a number of large South African companies, including a stints as CFO at Airports Company and tax director at Ernst & Young. Mabelane hol…

McDermott appointed Philippe Barril to its board of directors. Barril has served as COO at SBM Offshore since March 2015 and has over 25 years’ experience in the offshore oil and gas construction industry, including engineering and project management. He has held key positions of increasing responsibility for various companies, including as president and COO of Techni…

There are downsides to a "hearts and minds" behavioral safety approach. The original "hearts and minds" program is instructional in this regard.

As of 4 September, BSEE has not received any damage reports from evacuated platforms or rigs in the path of Hurricane Harvey. A small number of facilities remain evacuated.

The Trump administration is easing environmental regulations and opening up territory for drilling as part of the president’s bid to unleash the “vast energy wealth” of the US. Yet Donald Trump’s push to rewrite the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) could have the opposite effect.

A consortium of organizations has set out to tackle one of the more enduring challenges in the North Sea: the nondestructive testing (NDT) of corroded pipes under insulation and engineered temporary pipe wraps.

The author discusses various methods of modeling process safety.

It’s not just my opinion that the oil industry is significantly harder on women than most other industries; studies prove it. Development of people should be an accountable metric for all business leaders. Visible metrics and accountable leaders can change the face, literally, of our industry.