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As an example of an open system, the oil and gas market is a function of several external forces. Free market supply and demand may not yield a sustainable equilibrium price, but the deferral of capital projects will result in a lack of global supply in just a few years.

A new blowout preventer design shows potential for delivering much greater shearing power than current BOPs. The design is simpler and more efficient than current BOPs.

DNV’s new training center will run full-scale experiments for a joint industry project aimed at investigating cost-efficient explosion load descriptions for process areas.

This paper analyzes differing well-factory approaches to unconventional assets, with examples from the Wolfcamp unconventional oil play in the Permian Basin.

In May Praeger published 2006 SPE President Eve Sprunt’s book, A Guide for Dual-Career Couples: Rewriting the Rules. Her advice on ways for both individuals to achieve career success is based on a re-evaluation of traditional styles of working and focuses on productivity, flexibility, and negotiating win-win solutions. She incorporates the learnings from three SPE Tal…

Phaneendra Kondapi, SPE, was appointed director of subsea engineering for the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. He has more than 20 years of experience in the industry including with FMC Technologies and KBR in engineering and consulting projects worldwide. Kondapi has been recognized for his work in designing and developing university-level curriculum i…

Decision making is a critically important part of engineering. In this article, the author argues that the day-to-day project execution decisions are more important than major project decisions and deserve more attention.

A closer look at the design and construction of Statoil’s subsea gas compression systems in the Åsgard and Gullfaks fields, the first of their kind in the oil and gas industry.

Operators must take a more practical and less theoretical approach to the design and construction of three-phase separators, with an honest assessment of their separation needs.

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