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Once the stuff of science fiction, artificial intelligence (AI) has become ubiquitous in our daily life, and the modern oil and gas industry is no exception.

After the Macondo incident, the oil industry started a significant review of its capabilities to respond to a subsea well blowout and launched some specific development projects.

The label unconventional resources, for shale or other nontraditional oil and gas formations, has its detractors.

SPE recently held an Applied Tech¬nology Workshop (ATW) on “SPE Petroleum Resources Management Systems (PRMS) Reserves and Resources Definitions–Applicable to Both Unconventional and Conventional Resources?” in Penang, Malaysia.

Chevron has committed USD 1 million to support SPE programs aimed at increasing student participation and advancing energy education.

Nominations for the 2013 SPE International and Regional Awards are due 15 February.

Energy outlooks by companies, government agencies, and private industry groups identify long-term energy trends and develop projections on supply and demand based on factors such as technological advancement, population trends, the global economy, and policy issues.

Industry operations are shifting toward high-temperature (HT) downhole settings, expensive tubular metallurgy, and extended reach wells, while health, safety, and environmental requirements become stricter.

The 7th International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC) in 2014 has officially announced its call for papers.

In November, SPE’s Energy4me program held its first workshop at the Canadian Unconventional Resources Conference in Calgary.