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Numerous reports suggest that the worst of the oil industry downturn is decidedly over, and that the outlook for renewed capital spending this year is positive. Some firms are even hiring again.

A closer look at recent unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) regulations and sensor technologies shows the areas in which they could have a major impact on oil and gas projects in the future.

One of the challenges for those involved with understanding an unexpected decline in well performance is identifying the exact causes for the reduced productivity. Consideration of all data available can eventually point toward one factor that could explain productivity decline.

Sustaining innovation and well performance during economic downcycles is a hot topic right now. However, the severity of this downturn has resulted in an unprecedented purging of existing paradigms. In this context, it is important to reveal and highlight new initiatives and success stories.

This month's feature on Offshore Facilities is drawn from more than 200 papers presented at SPE events over the past year.

Continued enthusiasm in the well-testing segment of the oil industry is apparent. Even though there was a smaller number of presentations among various conferences related to well testing in 2016, there are articles that contribute significantly for the experts and the upcoming generation.

US Water named LaMarr Barnes as its chief executive officer. Barnes has more than 25 years of experience in industrial water treatment and technology management. Hired in 2010 as vice president of marketing, he assumed added responsibilities as vice president of marketing and business development before being named senior executive vice president of marketing and stra…

Katharine Morgan was named president of ASTM International. Morgan, a 33-year veteran of the company, served as its executive vice president for the past two years. Prior to that, she was ASTM's vice president of Technical Committee operations. She is a board member of the American National Standards Institute’s Board of Directors, the Council of Engineering and Scien…

The SPE technical director of Production and Facilities discusses the role process and occupational safety play in oil and gas operations.

Through data gathering, machine learning, and the use of a supercomputer, a non-profit organization in Texas is seeking to boost oil and gas production on land owned by the states’ two largest university systems.