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May 16 marked the 145th anniversary of the founding of the American Institute of Mining Engineers (AIME), SPE’s parent organization.

The deployment of appropriate CO2-separation technologies for natural gas processing is viewed as an abatement measure toward global CO2-emissions reduction. Selection of the optimum technology requires special attentiion.

With the oil and gas industry facing an uncertain financial future, organizations are looking for any way to save costs. One way to achieving cost savings is through efficient planning in the construction and conversion of floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) units. In a technical session, “Practical Steps Towards FPSO Cost Reduction,” held Wednesday at…

Complexity is the central challenge of executing deepwater major capital projects, and the industry must find ways to reduce it for future projects to be viable, Chevron’s General Manager of Facilities Engineering Mick Kraly told a luncheon audience Tuesday at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston. “Major Capital Projects Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: Is The…

The discovery of the Zohr natural gas field, the largest in the Mediterranean region, has begun to rejuvenate prospects for the Egyptian economy. Located offshore Egypt, the Zohr field holds more than 30 Tcf of gas in place. Onshore site preparation began in March, and first gas to market is expected in December 2017.

Moving oil/water separation equipment from platforms to the seabed looks inevitable, but based on the current rate of adoption it could take forever.

A  service using pressure data from a few nearby unconventional wells to map fracturing will soon be for sale.

Approximately 5% of world annual gas production is being flared or vented. This is equivalent to approximately 110–140 billion m3 (Bcm) of gas, and equates to the combined gas consumption of ­Central and South America in 2013.

For the past 2 decades, the use of DNA sequencing technology has largely been relegated to the domains of criminal forensics and the healthcare industry. One company is betting that the shale industry soon will join that list.

A company known for being a pioneer in methods built on imaging ultratight rock at the core level has built a business testing drilling cuttings to help identify productive, fracturable rock to help operators design better completions.