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Neil Chapman was appointed as the president of ExxonMobil Chemical and elected to serve as the vice president of ExxonMobil, replacing the retiring Stephen Pryor. Chapman joined the company in 1984, working for an Esso Chemical refinery in the United Kingdom. He advanced within the company in a series of engineering, operations, planning, and marketing roles in chemic…

In September, a technical workshop was held on the topic of injection-induced seismicity in Banff, Canada. It brought together industry and technical experts to discuss the increasingly important topic of induced seismicity associated with various injections during oil and gas activities.

In the northeastern desert of Utah, a new type of oil sands extraction technology has been born. The ­company behind it claims the process is the most cost-effective and environmentally sound way to develop oil sands.

As decommissioning costs mount in the US Gulf of Mexico, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is looking to change financial requirements for ­lessees and operators in federal waters for the first time in more than 20 years.

This is an update on several managed-pressure drilling (MPD) technologies and downhole drilling performance-enhancing tools in use onshore and is the first of a two-part series. The second article on offshore MPD technologies will appear in the February issue of JPT.

Downhole data acquisition by fiber-optic technology, particularly distributed fiber-optic (DFO) sensing, has gained rapid acceptance. Compared with conventional data acquisition, DFO provides a much better understanding of well and reservoir behavior.

This month, Mexico will begin opening data rooms as it prepares for its first upstream bidding round involving foreign participation.

The primary purpose of this study is to develop a method that overcomes the restrictions of rock-mechanics tests with respect to unconventional shale formations.

An ongoing research project started nearly 3 years ago by the US Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) is shedding new light on what really happens to foamed cement as it is pumped deep down offshore wells during completions.

The industry’s continued migration into deeper, hotter, and more unconventional oil and gas reservoirs carries the potential for significant financial rewards and major economic risks.