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H. Arthur Nedom, SPE, died 11 March 2013 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. He was born 19 August 1925. Nedom served in the US Army Infantry in Belgium and Germany during World War II, and was awarded the Bronze Star for heroic conduct in battle. He is a distinguished alumnus of the University of Tulsa, where he earned his BS and MS degrees in petroleum engineering. Following g…

Murray Free Hawkins Jr., SPE, died 7 March 2013. He was 95. Hawkins is survived by his wife of 70 years—Julia Welles Hawkins—and his four children. He received a BS degree in chemistry and an MS degree in physics, both from Louisiana State University (LSU). He worked for the Carter Oil Company research laboratories before serving in the South Pacific as an officer in …

The XII IATMI National Symposium and Congress was held recently in Jakarta under the theme, “Harmonization of Energy Policy in Efforts to Increase Production of Oil & Gas Reserves of Conventional & Unconventional Energy for Sustainability.” The event, which included technical talks and an exhibition, was attended by more than 500 people. The welcoming speech was prese…

Papers this month cover numerical modeling of a horizontal pipe separator, stress fatigue cracking in pipelines due to accoustic vibration, application of traffic design to pipeline systems, and optimization of separator operating pressures.

The rapid growth in the development of unconventional shale resources has changed business-as-usual for onshore production equipment manufacturers and suppliers.

In gas applications with high-pressure drops and/or high-velocity gas flow, acoustic-induced vibration (AIV) occurs when very high sound levels are propagated in piping. This can induce fatigue cracking of the pipe and potentially catastrophic pipe failure.

Enhanced oil recovery processes, particularly offshore, create challenges for produced water treatment. This option reviews technology options and current applications.

The current state of the subsea industry can best be described as confusing - there must be a better way of doing business.

What was once an emerging technology in the US has become the growth engine for oil and gas production globally, and the napalm-based mix that was used then looks like an anachronism.

Compared to the US industrial average downtime ranging from 3% to 5%, the oil and gas industry’s estimated downtime ranges from 5% to 10%,indicating that improvement is needed in reliability and maintenance of facilities, equipment, and processes.