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Many startup companies promote the wonders of analytics but few can ensure that the methods used and data generated live up to the hype.

The global oil industry is positioned for stronger performance, reflecting the financial discipline and cost-cutting innovation driven by several years of low oil prices and the likely prospect of more stable market conditions.

Noble Energy’s latest planned gas development offshore Israel will not only have a major positive impact on the host country but could transform energy sourcing for the region, Project Manager Brian Hogan told the SPE Gulf Coast Section International Study Group recently.

Siemens and GE are among the companies discovering the power of an open-source innovation community to offer solutions for significant oil and gas industry challenges, such as improved corrosion monitoring.

A professor who the EPA charged with reviewing its 2016 study on hydraulic fracturing’s possible drinking water impacts shared her observations on the flawed process that led to the agency’s final conclusion.

Long-term studies of oil spill responders are urgently needed as oil spills continue to occur. To this end, the prospective Deepwater Horizon (DWH) Oil Spill Coast Guard Cohort study was established . DWH oil spill responders and nonresponders who were members of the US Coast guard were included.

A professor, whom the EPA charged with reviewing its 2016 study on hydraulic fracturing’s possible effects on drinking water, shared her observations on the process that led to the agency’s final conclusion.

Schlumberger has decided to quit the seismic acquisition business due to poor financial returns.

A team of researchers from the University of Houston is working with the oil industry to develop new ways to predict when an offshore drilling rig is at risk for a potentially catastrophic accident.

ABS granted Approval in Principle to new designs for a floating production storage and offloading hull, a self-elevating unit for a mobile offshore drilling unit, and a tension-leg platform.

Good reservoir detective work costs money, but two studies show how it can help identify even more expensive problems.

Total just strengthened its presence in United States deepwater plays through an acquisition from Samson that gives the French company a 12.5% interest in blocks covering the Anchor discovery, one of the most significant recent finds in the Gulf of Mexico.