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Cybersecurity firm Dragos has identified a new threat to the oil and gas industry, HEXANE. The company has also released a report assessing the cybersecurity environment in oil and gas.

Using direct air capture in the near-term is critical if the technology is going to be affordable at a truly large scale in the coming decades. Enhanced oil recovery is the most-economic way to do that.

Often, I receive questions from colleagues asking for tips on data science and machine learning as applied to petroleum engineering. This column address some of those questions I have collected. Here is my advice on becoming a petroleum engineer and a data science wizard.

GSP has signed a contract with TechnipFMC for the execution of various activities at the Karish gas development project in Israel. Under the terms of an EPCIC contract with Energean Israel, TechnipFMC will engineer, build, and commission the entire project infrastructure. GSP, a subcontractor of the Karish project, will perform spool removal and manifold tie-in instal…

Royal Boskalis Westminster has won a contract for the seabed intervention and shore crossing activities for Woodside’s proposed Scarborough export gas pipeline in Australia. The scope of activities include the pre-trenching of the nearshore pipeline route along a 50-km section, offshore deepwater excavation works, pre-lay and post-lay rock installation for pipeline an…

The Bakken and Niobrara operator will eliminate 254 jobs in an effort “to better align [its] business with the current operating environment.”

Lundin reports that the hookup and commissioning of installed facilities at the large North Sea field is progressing as planned. Phase 1 startup is still scheduled for November.

Approximately $200 billion in projects worldwide are racing to be approved over the next 2 years. The race is not just to make FIDs on projects, but also to enter FEED work to lock in contractors before others do.

The Neptune-operated project is on track to start drilling later this year, with first oil scheduled for the end of 2020. The Norwegian North Sea field is expected to produce 30,000 BOE/D at its peak.

A comeback in offshore and international exploration and production is making up for the North American slowdown, but it is a difficult transition.