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Jack Gerard, president and CEO of API, will step down when his contract ends in August. Gerard joined API in 2008 after serving as president and CEO of the National Mining Association and the American Chemistry Council. He worked in the US Senate and House for almost a decade and is currently active in several civic organizations. In 1990, Gerard helped found McClure,…

Stanford geoscientists have found a way to detect thousands of tiny tremors around hydraulic fracturing operations that could serve as predictors of eventual larger earthquakes.

With $102 billion of decommissioning-related expenditure forecast to 2040 in Western Europe, opportunities are ripe for the supply chain to compete with innovative and cost-effective solutions for the E&P operators.

The long-term decommissioning of the historic Brent field has necessitated redevelopment of the younger Penguins field in the North Sea, where the UK hopes to see more revival projects in the coming years.

Petrobras and Total have executed two major transactions involving deepwater, presalt development assets offshore Brazil, with Total becoming the first major international company to operate a Brazil presalt field.

The Delaware Manufacturing Industries Corporation’s (DMIC) BVH/BVAH ball valves are rated for a full 6,000 psi application and are fully compatible with every connection type, including threaded, flanged, and welded connections. Connection types are available in sizes ranging from 1/4-in. to 4 in., and the valves are offered in carbon steel and stainless steel with va…

Julie J. Robertson was appointed chairman of the board, president, and CEO at Noble Energy. Robertson will succeed David W. Williams who will retire from these positions in February 2018. Before this, Robertson was executive vice president of the company from February 2006 and senior vice president of administration from July 2001 to February 2006. She also served con…

Siemens’ Pipelines 4.0 is an integrated service created for the engineering, supply, and lifecycle optimization of pipeline assets. It offers integrated offerings and turnkey applications to enhance efficiency on pump and compressor stations, as well as data analytics and lifecycle services to optimize asset performance and cybersecurity services to protect informatio…

Matt Gallagher, SPE, was appointed a member of Parsley Energy’s board of directors. He is currently the company’s president and COO, and will succeed current chairman of the board and CEO Bryan Sheffield as CEO in January 2019. Sheffield will serve as CEO through the end of 2018, in the newly created position of executive chairman throughout 2019, and as chairman of t…

Belgacem Chariag, chief global operations officer of Baker Hughes, a GE company, has resigned and will reportedly be replaced by Uwem Ukpong, the company's chief global operations and integration officer. Chariag agreed to resign on 2 January but will remain with BHGE until the end of January. Ukpong previously was a GE Oil & Gas executive and has run the company's Oi…