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This paper presents the principles and approaches used in API RP 17N, and discusses what it is in general and why it was written. It also describes the status of its recent update.

Unconventional resources offer many substantial benefits, yet the rapid increase in production of these resources using hydraulic fracturing has generated scrutiny by some policymakers and advocates who cite health concerns.

The benefits of modern industrial control systems have never been greater. A baseline system security image, as a start, allows a vessel owner or operator to understand the security risks.

Every process plant presents a high number and diversity of valves that control the flow of feedstock, products, and service liquids and gases.

“Technical Writing and Publishing: Tools, Philosophies, Strategies, Methods, Pitfalls, and Tricks”—a new SPE course for industry professionals who want better writing and publishing skills, especially for technical papers—will now be held 3–4 September at the SPE Houston office’s Training Center. Kevin Mahrer, chief scientist at geophysical firm Sigma3, will teach the…

On 20 May, the SPE France Section held a half-day-plus evening event to celebrate its first 30 years. The France Section, located in Paris, was established 27 February 1984.

The SPE Gulf Coast Section (GCS), in cooperation with the GCS Permian Basin Study Group, hosted the 2nd Annual High School Invitational on 15 April. The joint effort welcomed advanced-level, Houston-area science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) high school students to a luncheon held at the Norris Conference Center in Houston, Texas. The students were …

One of the earliest problems that plagued downhole fiber-optic technology is known as hydrogen darkening.

This month's peer-approved papers cover weather windows of opportunity, optimization of a template for Arctic subsea systems, slugging in risers, and mechanical vapor recompression for treatment of shale-gas flowback water.

The United States shale boom brought the issue of social license to operate (SLO) to the forefront.