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Nigel Hearne has been named managing director of Chevron’s Australasia business unit (ABU). Hearne joined Texaco in 1989, prior to its merger with Chevron, and served as operations manager for the Pembroke refinery in the United Kingdom and for Chevron’s refinery in El Segundo, California, before becoming vice president of strategy for the company’s downstream strateg…

SPE PFC Technical Director Howard Duhon announces the incoming PFC Technical Director and shares his experiences from his trip to Alaska for the June SPE Board meeting.

The Industry Technology Facilitator has appointed Richard Luff to its board as a nonexecutive director. Luff, who currently serves as senior vice president at Intecsea, has more than 40 years’ experience in the oil and gas sector. He has worked in subsea industries around the world, including Saudi Arabia, Norway, Brazil, and the United States. In 2007, he joined a st…

ExxonMobil Corporation elected Angela Braly to its board of directors. She was previously chairman of the health insurance company WellPoint from 2010 to 2012 and president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the company from 2007 to 2012. Prior to that, Braly held various senior executive positions at WellPoint, including general counsel and chief public affairs off…

Please join SPE in congratulating the 2016 SPE International Award recipients.

The oil price downturn has created a precarious job market for aspiring engineers, especially in disciplines like flow assurance that are closely linked to high-cost deepwater development. However, despite the economic climate, it is still possible for people entering the job market to succeed.

Why CFD should be part of your separator design? This goal of this goal is to allay any fears about CFD that you may have as a result of flashbacks to university class and a dizzying array of partial-differential equations.

A summary of the OTC panel discussion on the potential cybersecurity risks companies face from malicious actors, risk mitigation strategies, and emerging security standards.

Innovative technologies will be critical to the industry as it manages through an oil price downturn, and the industry must create a supportive environment for startup companies that promotes the growth and competition needed for a stable marketplace.

The assessment of service life extension is not unique to oil and gas facilities, and commonalities exist in evaluating the equipment and components in other sectors.