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After the oil price downturn, operators placed renewed emphasis on spending discipline, in drilling, project costs, and balance sheets. For some, that was a different metric: return to shareholders over production growth.

Several SPE sections have received recognition for outstanding contributions to the association. Nine SPE sections have been awarded the 2019 SPE Presidential Award for Outstanding Section, the highest honor a section can receive. These sections form the highest-ranked 5% of SPE’s 203 sections around the world. Formerly known as the President’s Award for Section Excel…

Australia's largest independent has commissioned production from its $1.9 billion offshore project. Greater Enfield is expected to produce 41 MMboe for Woodside, contributing to its targeted annual production of 100 MMboe next year.

Underwater inspection provider Welaptega promoted Tyler de Gier as general manager for global business. He has held business development, engineering, and project management roles at the company. The appointment follows the acquisition of Welaptega by Ashtead Technology in November. De Gier previously worked at Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board as advisor, o…

Ronnie Carroll was appointed senior manager of land administration at the public accounting firm Whitley Penn. He will be part of the company’s oil and gas group. Carroll has extensive oil and gas industry experience and was most recently director of land administration at an asset management firm. He holds a BBA from Sam Houston State University in accounting.

Enbridge Offshore Facilities has contracted Balltec to supplu its PipeLOK pipeline recovery tools and flangeless subsea PIG launchers for the Vito deepwater project in the US Gulf of Mexico. THe equipment will be rented for contingency purposes during subsea installation of the 18-in. oil and 10-in. gas export pipelines, as well as the 14-in. and 10-in. steel catenary…

McDermott Marine Construction has contracted Nexans to supply approximately 62 miles of subsea umbilicals and components for BP's Greater Tortue Ahmeyim gas project offshore Mauritania and Senegal. Nexans' scope covers management, procurement, engineering, manufacturing, and testing activities for the consignment. The company will manufacture electrical cables and fib…

Digital technologies serve as a primary theme of this year’s group, with a few environmentally conscious firms included in the mix.

New Mexico’s Lujan Grisham pushes an ambitious pro-environment agenda for an industry whose receipts dominate the state budget.

This paper presents one company’s experience developing sound technical specifications for prefabricated temporary safe refuges (TSRs). It also details the specifications and presents their implementation and the detailed studies conducted on cost-effective conversions of existing buildings to TSRs.