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Can activities related to shale oil and gas production cause earthquakes? Yes. Can these be avoided? Yes, again.

Last year, lawmakers in the United States sent a blunt message to the oil business: If it wants new exploration and production technology, it will need to pick up more of the cost.

SPE’s 2014 Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE) will be held at the Amsterdam RAI Exhibition and Convention Centre in Amsterdam, Netherlands, during 27–29 October. Since the first ATCE in 1924, this is the second time its venue will be in Europe.

As the task of finding and producing hydrocarbons becomes more difficult, complex, and costly, the number of universities focusing on finding solutions has risen.

James Lee Rike, SPE, of Tickfaw, Louisiana, died on 3 August 2014. He was 87. An SPE member since 1949, Rike played a key role in the development of new completion concepts, directional perforators, sand control using plastics, coiled tubing rigs, concentric tubing workover/completion operations, and advanced offshore completion practices. He authored patents and pape…

Recognizing the need to preserve the experience and knowledge of those innovators who contributed to the advancement of the industry, SPE’s Board of Directors authorized a history archive project to collect this history for its members and the public, and to provide unlimited access to the content by housing the entire archive online, on the Engineering and Technology…

To support excellence in education among African students, 2013 SPE President Egbert Imomoh has established a new scholarship for those pursuing a master’s degree in petroleum engineering. Created through the SPE Foundation, the Imomoh Scholarship will award two students from Nigeria and two students from other countries in the SPE Africa Region a one-time scholarship…

SPE will hold the inaugural session of its 3-day leadership development program for professionals in the exploration and production (E&P) industry—SPE Leadership Academy: Inspiring Your Path to Success—from 30 September to 2 October at The Address Hotel–Dubai Marina. The SPE Leadership Academy’s second session, held during 2–4 December, will take place at SPE’s Housto…

"Smart water" is needed for effective waterflooding in carbonate reservoirs. A novel water-ionic technology, comprising nanofiltration and reverse-osmosis membrane-based processes, was identified for optimization in this study.

There is no doubt that North Sea activity, both its highs and lows, has been the benchmark of quality and efficiency for many decades.