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This is the third article of a series on water management for hydraulic fracturing in unconventional resources. This month, water treatment technologies are introduced, beginning with the removal of suspended solids by coagulation/flocculation and electrocoagulation for recycling flowback fluids.

This is the time of year new graduates join our companies. There is tremendous talent coming into our industry. Over the years, I have developed a number of “observations/home truths,” which I invariably share as part of the dialogue around careers and opportunities.

Chet Morrison Contractors named Michael Brown as general manager of marine construction. Brown has 35 years of experience in the commercial diving industry. Most recently, he held an 8-year tenure as vice president and general manager at EPIC, the commercial diving business unit of TETRA. Brown is an active member of several industry associations and committees, inclu…

Conversion of very large crude carriers to FPSO's can speed time to first oil under the right conditions, there are many considerations in the planning and execution of these conversions.

GEORGE P. MITCHELL, SPE, a pioneer in developing methods to produce shale gas economically, died 26 July in Galveston, Texas. He was 94.

SPE Dallas Section 2013 Mid-Continent Regional Awards were presented in June at the monthly section meeting at Brookhaven College in Farmers Branch, Texas. Brian Chacka, left, accepted the Distinguished Corporate Support Award on behalf of Denbury Resources, located in Plano, Texas. Michael Tunstall (current Mid-Continent Regional Director) and Dan Auces both received…

Are you creative? Do you write English well? Are you passionate about the world’s struggle to find and develop energy sources? Do you love to learn about different perspectives from all over the world?

SPE recently implemented significant changes in its staff structure to maximize staff resources for future growth in programs and services. The new organizational structure regroups and consolidates activities from functional departments as well as SPE’s regional offices to provide a more seamless global staff operation. The revised structure will enhance collaboratio…

Offshore engineering companies are taking existing technologies and lessons learned from floating rigs to create a new platform design that will allow drilling in deeper waters.

Drilling in extreme environments is helping drive advances in the oil and gas industry and presents analogs that can be mined for insight.