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A contractor fitness-for-duty guidance establishes a standardized approach to ensuring that contractors are fit to perform their duties.

Every year, SPE recognizes members who have made an exceptional effort to ensure the technical excellence of the Society’s peer-reviewed journals. For their contributions, the following individuals are recipients of the 2018 Outstanding Technical Reviewer Award.

Fast-declining, older, unconventional oil wells require artificial lift experts to deal with and explore a population of miles-long horizontal wells that do not follow the established rules of thumb.

Eni plans to buy a portion of BP’s interest in Libya’s Ghadames and Sirt Basins in an effort to relaunch exploration activity there next year.

The merger of Ensco and Rowan creates a company with growing cash flow from the biggest fleet of jackup rigs, and growth potential as deepwater drilling comes back.

The Port Fourchon, Louisiana, facility will serve as the base for the company’s operations in the area. Its subsea services group has performed multiple hydrate remediation projects in the US Gulf of Mexico since its formation.

The union marks the first time an international company has taken a direct equity stake in one of ADNOC’s service companies. BHGE will expand its presence in UAE, while ADNOC will gain access to BHGE technological expertise and proprietary equipment.

Bernt Sigve Aadnøy, SPE, was recognized as the Oil Professional of the Year by the SPE Stavanger Section for his 40 years of commitment to both petroleum education and technology development, and his strong contribution to Norway’s international reputation in the oil and gas industry. Aadnøy is a professor of petroleum engineering at the University of Stavanger, speci…

Cuadrilla Resources will test the two wells over the next 6 months to determine how much gas it can initially recover from the Bowland Shale.

Maersk Decom, a joint venture decommissioning company, has appointed Jacob Halberg to its CFO position. Halberg had previously held various leadership positions in finance at Novo Nordisk Engineering, IBM, and Maersk Data. Halberg has 17 years of experience in corporate finance and holds an MSc in economics from the University of Southern Denmark.