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Clay Williams, SPE, chairman, president, and CEO of National Oilwell Varco, was appointed a member of the Energy Advisory Board at the University of Houston. Formed in 2010, the Energy Advisory Board is a volunteer board that lends strategic guidance, external coordination, and resource development for UH Energy, which is an umbrella for efforts across the university …

Many operators are taking a full-life-cycle approach to preparing for decommissioning—a shift borne of necessity amid cost and regulatory constraints.

Recycling produced water may not be the soundest economic decision for operators of hydraulic fracturing projects. A water logistics expert examines the design considerations companies must account for with full-cycle water management systems.

Schlumberger and Subsea 7 want to form a joint venture that builds on their 2-year collaboration in the subsea sector.

The Trump administration must start enforcing an Obama administration rule limiting methane leaks from oil and natural gas drilling on federal land, a court ruled.

Fugro will begin its fifth gas hydrate research project in in the South China Sea.

The rising oil production and produced water volumes in the Permian are expanding the scope and scale of recycling. Apache is aiming to have 50% of its hydraulic fracturing water made from recycled produced water this year.

With no money to be made, P&A is one area where operators can put aside their hyper-competitiveness to work together. Members of the recently formed PACE network discussed the virtues of collaboration at the Decommissioning and Abandonment Summit 2018.

Starving employees are growing too weak for heavy labor, hobbling the refineries that keep the economy running.

Jan Arve Haugan has been appointed as CEO of Aker Energy, a joint venture between Aker and TRG effective 1 March. Haugan is currently president and CEO of Kvaerner, having served in that position since its demerger from Aker in 2011. He joined Norwegian Hydro as chief engineer in 1991 and has held several management positions in Hydro’s oil and gas projects and operat…