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The factors contributing to out-of-control costs and delayed deliveries of projects are many. They range from unrealistic early cost and time estimates and human factors to the effects of geopolitical events.

The high failure rate of projects is well documented. Companies want to find the most efficient ways of managing their investments, and when those investments do not meet their targets, they want to know the reasons.

SPE’s projects, facilities, and construction (PFC) discipline has had a good track record in developing and delivering workshops on topical themes over the last 10 years or so.

“Change” was the theme of Offshore Northern Seas (ONS) 2014 in Stavanger, Norway, in August. While commemorating the conference’s 40th anniversary, speakers called for changes in “business as usual.”

Natural-gas-actuated pneumatic-control equipment has recently become a focus area for regulators trying to reduce the quantity of actual pollutants and greenhouse gases released to the atmosphere.

In the August Oil and Gas Facilities, I wrote about the inherency of poetry in our work and how it helps define who we are. In this issue, I share a remarkable example of poetry at work in the mind and heart of an engineer and how it resonated with people and helped to change an industry.

James Lee Rike, SPE, of Tickfaw, Louisiana, died on 3 August 2014. He was 87. An SPE member since 1949, Rike played a key role in the development of new completion concepts, directional perforators, sand control using plastics, coiled tubing rigs, concentric tubing workover/completion operations, and advanced offshore completion practices. He authored patents and pape…

Recognizing the need to preserve the experience and knowledge of those innovators who contributed to the advancement of the industry, SPE’s Board of Directors authorized a history archive project to collect this history for its members and the public, and to provide unlimited access to the content by housing the entire archive online, on the Engineering and Technology…

To support excellence in education among African students, 2013 SPE President Egbert Imomoh has established a new scholarship for those pursuing a master’s degree in petroleum engineering. Created through the SPE Foundation, the Imomoh Scholarship will award two students from Nigeria and two students from other countries in the SPE Africa Region a one-time scholarship…

SPE will hold the inaugural session of its 3-day leadership development program for professionals in the exploration and production (E&P) industry—SPE Leadership Academy: Inspiring Your Path to Success—from 30 September to 2 October at The Address Hotel–Dubai Marina. The SPE Leadership Academy’s second session, held during 2–4 December, will take place at SPE’s Housto…