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The force required to drill through a rock is a direct test of its strength and stiffness. Developing a reliable measure of the properties of rock based on the force required to drill a long lateral is a large challenge.

One of the biggest ways to lower the cost of production from shale would be to identify zones that are productive, or not, before fracturing them.

Hubert (Hugh) L. Elkins, an industry pioneer in offshore drilling equipment and technologies, died 18 March 2016. He was 81.

Edgar Rangel-German, SPE, commissioner of Mexico’s regulatory agency National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH) and one of the key members behind the implementation of Mexico’s recent energy reform for hydrocarbons, died 23 March. He was 42.

InterMoor hired Folabi Bolatiwa as general manager of its Nigerian operations. Bolatiwa joined the company in 2007 as an engineer and has more than 10 years of experience in the offshore oil and gas industry, serving in engineering, operations, and management roles. He was previously the company’s Gulf of Guinea operations manager and helped launch its Nigerian office…

In the Price of Oil, Roberto Aguilera and Marian Radetzki predict a dramatic increase in shale oil and other tight oil production from about 4 million BOPD today to as much as 40 million in 2035. This will have a limiting effect on oil price.

As operators look to reduce the time and cost for projects, adopting a modular approach to facility design. While this approach may provide some benefits, it may not be the most efficient path.

Influence is an important part of engineering. It is not enough to develop a brilliant design; you have to convince someone to build it. Intuition and reason are important factors in influence.

As rig counts and oil prices fall to low levels not seen in decades, no one in our industry is immune from the impacts. However, adversity can spur innovation and lead to changes that set us up for future success.

Report on experimental study to investigate characteristics of three-phase stratified wavy flow in horizontal pipelines.