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As you may remember, SPE adopted a new Strategic Plan in March 2013. Since then, the Board committees and several Board-level work groups have been examining high-priority initiatives.

As offshore development moves into deeper waters, harsh environments, and longer distances, the economic and practical advantages of moving as many components to the seafloor as possible has become a driving factor in technology development.

With inconsistent inlet water quality being the rule rather than the exception, sizing and operational considerations of the treatment system components must vary accordingly to make the most economic sense.

The growing attention on sustainable development has prompted many oil and gas companies to take a hard look at their operations and to build a framework for making them more socially responsible.

Project management professionals need to revise the traditional methods of evaluating the efficiency and progress of major projects, if they want to improve their performance record.

LNG will increasingly be the way to bring stranded gas to market so that it can meet demands for clean-burning fuels. LNG basics for engineers was the subject of a recent webinar presentation.

Modularizing components for facilities sounds like a great idea, but may not be as simple as it seems. The lack of standards is a major impediment. You have to know that parts will work together. But the process of modularization has started and will continue.

Complexity isn't just about the projects we build, but everything in our work. Everyone is "too busy to help." Can we optimize and free up "engineering hours" to use for more valuable and fun activities?

Human factors may be a trendy term, but human habits are the targets in effecting change in behaviors related to performing work safely. Recent research around what habits are, how they are formed and changed and how they affect our lives has important implications for creating a safety culture.

Shell and Transocean formed a partnership to work on designing a more reliable control system for blowout preventers (BOPs). Their goal is “eliminating BOP control system downtime” with a 3-year project to design fault-resistant and fault-tolerant control systems.