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New ventures supported by Surge Accelerator, a company that offers financial support, training, and advice from mentors, are creating software to improve oil and gas operations.

Not only are individual wells challenging, but most are part of a complex reservoir network that must be managed over an extended period.

The oil and gas industry can enhance safety practices by developing shared guidelines for work control, isolation standards, risk assessment, and safety observation programs.

The discovery of additional unconventional resources, new oil recovery techniques, and more university collaborations have led to Saudi Aramco's record performance and increased technical capabilities.

Universities are working on some of the oil and gas industry's most challenging hurdles to develop new technologies and techniques to meet the increasing global demand for energy.

Initial forecasts for 2014 predict continued growth in global oil supply, relatively moderate demand, and a potential softening of oil prices.

Underreamed wells are among the toughest challenges to using a centralizer, a device that keeps the casing or liner in the center of a wellbore.

The growing desire of offshore operators to speed up subsea field development while reducing costs has fostered many compelling innovations.

GEORGE P. MITCHELL, SPE, a pioneer in developing methods to produce shale gas economically, died 26 July in Galveston, Texas. He was 94.

SPE Dallas Section 2013 Mid-Continent Regional Awards were presented in June at the monthly section meeting at Brookhaven College in Farmers Branch, Texas. Brian Chacka, left, accepted the Distinguished Corporate Support Award on behalf of Denbury Resources, located in Plano, Texas. Michael Tunstall (current Mid-Continent Regional Director) and Dan Auces both received…