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Three experts from different sectors discussed the challenge of methane and regulation at the first panel session of the 2017 SPE Health, Safety, Security, Environment, and Social Responsibility Conference–North America in New Orleans.

A new material under development is highly effective at sieving carbon dioxide from natural gas streams and is also cheap and easy to make, according to researchers.

The newly launched Unmanned Systems Technical Section will provide a central hub for questions, answers, discussion, collaboration, and networking around unmanned marine, air, and land vehicle systems, software solutions, and power systems for the oil and gas industry. Unmanned systems include remotely operated, autonomous surface, autonomous underwater, unmanned unde…

CGE Subsea named Jon Arve Sværen as its new chairman of the board for subsea. Sværen is currenty vice president of business strategy processing at OneSubsea. He has also served as vice president of processing system sales for the company. Sværen's appointment was made along with the appointment of several others to GCE Subsea's board of directors: Tove Ormevik, offsho…

When technology startups and oil and gas companies finally agree to run a pilot test, there are a few things both sides of the table should know before they move forward.

The 2017 SPE Health, Safety, Security, and Social Responsibility Conference–North America started with a blast on 18 April and continued with a discussion of how the brain works and a brain-centric view of safety.

Short-cycle projects allow owners and operators to stay financially stable while preserving the production infrastructure and capacities needed to expand quickly when oil prices improve.

Noel D. Rietman, SPE, died 4 March. He was 83. Rietman was the SPE President in 1987 and the president of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers in 1994. Much like the current year, Rietman’s year of SPE presidency saw the industry go through a downturn, with oil prices dropping steeply in 1986. In the May 2016 JPT issue, 2016 SPE Pre…

Phaneendra Kondapi, SPE, was appointed founding director of engineering programs and professor of subsea engineering at the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering Katy Campus. Kondapi was previously director of subsea engineering and professor of practice at Texas A&M University. He has more than 20 years of experience in the industry including with FMC T…

Conval's Camseal ball valves are designed for high-pressure, high-temperature applications. It can be used on electric, pneumatic, and hydraulic actuators and comes with single and double limitswitches. The valve's body is not subject to pipeline stresses, and it does not have an inline body bolting that is subject to loosening and fatigue, allowing the body to stay l…