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Dato’ Wee Yiaw Hin is executive vice president of Petronas Exploration & Production

The first Offshore Technology Conference Asia exceeded attendance expectations while providing in-depth panel and technical sessions on the increasingly important Asian energy sector as well as other globally significant upstream trends and technology applications.

More than 1,000 people gathered in Long Beach, California, in March for SPE’s 2014 International Conference on Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE).

The Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) selected 12 new technologies for 2014 Spotlight on New Technology Awards.

The vision of fully automated drilling rigs driven by big data gathered in real time looks so far off but there are people working on a road map to help the oil and gas industry find its way there some day.

Petronas has a goal of transforming itself from a technology user to a technology developer, and the fruits of that drive were on display at the OTC Asia.

New energy legislation in Mexico offers significant exploration and production (E&P) investment opportunities and also promises to transform Mexican state oil company Pemex, said participants at one of several special sessions at OTC Asia focusing on individual countries.

Malaysia has set its sights on the elevated position of the energy hub of Asia, despite a resource base that is modest compared with some of its neighbors.

The opening of Mexico’s energy sector to private foreign investment continues to move forward, with more details of the landmark legislation expected soon.

Reciprocating rod lift has been a mainstay artificial lift method for onshore oil producing wells for nearly a century, helping to keep marginal wells producing for as long as economically possible.