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Fears of peak oil demand are exaggerated, Saudi Aramco’s CEO says, despite recent headlines that advances in electric vehicles and worries about climate change will lead to a drop in global oil and gas use.

Drilling customers would like to be able to buy the hardware they need from the vendor of their choice and plug it into an automated system, but the companies creating the control systems say they can not afford to do that.

Anadarko aims to maximize immediate short-cycle value through tiebacks and platform relocations in the Gulf of Mexico.

Completion of the umbilicals system marks another step toward startup for the Total-operated ultradeepwater development offshore Angola.

US Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced a series of new initiatives on 6 March to strengthen the federal offshore oil and gas inspection program.

A carbon capture and storage (CCS) white knight has appeared on the horizon, and it is potentially a game changer. The US Congress has considerably expanded what was a modest and limited tax credit for CCS into something meaningful that ought to accelerate deployment of the technology.

Oklahoma is tightening its rules for hydraulic fracturing after studying a new cluster of earthquakes in one of the hottest US regions for drilling.

The new IADC Guidelines for Baseline Cybersecurity for Drilling Assets provide baseline guidance on cybersecurity for oil and gas drilling assets and draw from the National Institute of Standards Technology Cybersecurity Framework and international standards.

States that have made “significant” safety improvements in recent years by incorporating Chemical Safety Board recommendations are highlighted in the agency’s inaugural Safety Spotlight publication.

A small municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec that was facing a million-dollar lawsuit from an oil and gas exploration company has won its court battle, bringing an end to a 4-year ordeal that began when residents took steps to protect their water supply.