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Cost containment, digital technology’s impact on the industry, and cautious optimism permeated discussion and technical and panel sessions during last month’s Offshore Technology Conference (OTC).

Well fires look all consuming, but proving they burn all the oil without leaving a spill behind required the efforts of Boots Coots plus a rocket scientist and a lot of high powered computer equipment.

Oil and gas entrepreneurs need more than just a brilliant idea to attract investment, and investors have to offer more than just money.

Some operating companies are now enlisting engineers as foot soldiers in their analytics army. It is not required yet, but those looking to get ahead would be wise to get involved.

An increasingly buzzy term tossed around at industry events, “digital twin” is leveraging data analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to improve efficiencies from design to decommissioning.

In the complete paper, a new, fully coupled implicit tool was used to model an onshore Omani asset with multiple reservoirs, each featuring different fluids and multiple networks.

If the papers presented at the SPE/ICoTA Coiled Tubing and Well Intervention Conference and Exhibition this March are anything to judge by, then coiled-tubing drilling seems to be regaining some interest in the broader market.

With speakers from various disciplines and professions, the 2018–2019 SPE Distinguished Lecturer season focuses on industry trends, challenges, and technology applications.

The sense of reaching a tipping point permeated the recent international SPE HSE conference in Abu Dhabi. Each of the disciplines went much further than before, be it safety embracing brain science, health going beyond the fence, or social responsibility showcasing best practices in labor rights.