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One question raised about the sharp slide in global crude oil prices is whether this is just another cycle in a volatile business that has certainly seen its share of ups and downs, or a more significant shift in the relationship between producers, namely OPEC, and consuming countries.

Add a new possible use for downhole casing: It can serve as broadcast antennae.

North America is expected be a net exporter of both oil and natural gas by 2020, according to ExxonMobil’s “Outlook for Energy: A View to 2040” report, which was released in December.

Despite shallow-water, conventional areas being some of Mexico’s most promising plays for international operators in the short term, the economic factors surrounding them are “not robust,” even at higher oil prices.

It is inspiring to look back to 1909 when Howard Hughes Sr. and Walter Sharp introduced the roller-cone bit.

A Cold War technology invented to stealthily guide the United States Navy’s nuclear submarine fleet is now serving a much more peaceful purpose: aiding in the search for oil and gas deposits.

A group of 233 Saudi Aramco engineers were recognized at a luncheon in October for achieving passing scores on the SPE Petroleum Engineering Certification Exam, earning Aramco an 85% pass rate since it began prepping employees for the exam in 2010. The ceremony was held at Saudi Aramco’s Upstream Professional Development Center (UPDC) in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and was…

SPE Gulf Coast Section’s Permian Basin Study Group held its third annual High School Invitational in November at the Norris Conference Center in Houston, Texas. The luncheon was led by Texas A&M drilling professor and retired ExxonMobil chief drilling engineer Fred Dupriest, who gave a presentation titled, “What We Need From This Generation, and Steps to Help Them Ach…