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The biggest problem is not in the everyday operation or use of tools or machinery, no matter how dangerous they may be. It’s when plans veer away from the day-to-day routine that’s the biggest problem.

The Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church is developing a system for analyzing company ethics, and top mining and oil companies will be graded by the end of 2018.

Academic scientists and advocacy groups are urging the Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw and rewrite proposed guidelines for determining which scientific findings to use when evaluating the safety of toxic chemicals.

The National Oceanography Centre is set to start a 5-year project that will use marine robots to investigate how meltwater from Greenland and Arctic ice is changing deepwater formation in the North Atlantic.

InterMoor named Martin Kobiela as president. He replaces Tom Fulton, who takes over the new global role of chief technology officer for InterMoor. These two appointments follow upon the nomination of new global CEO Mark Jones at the end of last year. Kobiela, previously regional president for InterMoor Asia Pacific, had the overall responsibility for developing and ma…

Shale explorers run very few logs into horizontal wells, making it difficult to understand the effects of reservoir depletion in tightly spaced wells. This new technology is trying to change that.

C&J Energy Services appointed Jan Kees van Gaalen CFO. He is expected to join C&J on 17 September. Mike Galvan, who has served as C&J's interim CFO since March when Mark Cashiola resigned, will continue in his position as senior VP-chief accounting officer, reporting to van Gaalen. Van Gaalen has more than 35 years of global experience in business analytics, treasury,…

W&T Offshore appointed Janet Yang as acting interim CFO effective immediately following the retirement of J. Daniel ("Danny") Gibbons, senior VP and CFO. Yang joined W&T in 2008 as finance manager and in 2012 became director, strategic planning and analysis, a position she held until being appointed VP, corporate & business development in 2017. She has over 15 years o…

Chemical demand is essential to long-term oil demand growth. However, the focus to tackle plastics waste by reducing and recycling is raising concerns on future chemical demand growth.

Troubleshooting and solving separation problems takes a combination of analytical tools, experience, and a knack for investigation. These 5 lessons provide a starting point for assessment.

ExxonMobil and Hess led the way in the most active regionwide US gulf lease sale thus far.

With new projects scheduled to come on line later this year, the region, which mostly comprises states along the US Gulf Coast, will shift from being a source of natural gas supply to a source of growing demand.