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The world’s developing countries will lead economic growth and consume an increasing share of energy production globally over the next quarter-century,according to Rob Gardner, manager of economics in corporate strategic planning at ExxonMobil.

Don Vardeman joined the board of directors at Independent Project Analysis. Vardeman recently retired from Anadarko as vice president of worldwide project management after serving as an officer at the company since December 2011. He was responsible for facilities execution for Anadarko's major projects in Algeria, Ghana, Mozambique, and the US Gulf of Mexico. Vardeman…

Hisham Saadawi takes office as the first technical director of the newly formed SPE Production and Facilities discipline. Having served twice as an SPE Distinguished Lecturer, Saadawi appreciates SPE's international diversity and aims to encourage more volunteering from all parts of the world.

With the launch of the redesigned, device-friendly website, SPE young professionals’ magazine, The Way Ahead (TWA), is now an online-only publication and can be found at www.spe.org/twa. The old website, which held pdfs of articles from the print issues, has been updated to a web-friendly format and adapts to desktop, tablet, or mobile reading.

Treating produced water to control bacteria is like weeding a garden. It addresses the problem that is not going away.

A floating gas-extraction facility was constructed to extract gas-laden water, separate the CH4 and some of the CO2, and reinject the degassed water, thus increasing the safety of the lake and simultaneously providing CH4.

Applying an economic analysis for Trinidad and Tobago's deepwater gas fiscal regime, results were calculated for various price scenarios to identify a workable strategy for development of offshore resources.

The engineering and operational planning to ensure that no uncontrolled hydrocarbon releases occur during the execution of subsea big-bore gas wells are described.

Analyzing the properties of produced water is a difficult process because of the extreme levels of suspended and dissolved particulates contained in it, and a chemistry profile that is in constant flux.

Steen Karstensen was appointed as chief executive officer of Maersk Supply Service effective October 24. Karstensen joined Maersk in 1986 and has spent the last 30 years with the company, working in procurement, logistics, supply chain, in-house consultancy, and other crossfunctional areas. Karstensen previously served as the company's chief procurement officer, overs…