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Secrecy lies at the heart of invention and capitalism to reward innovators with exclusive rights to their creations. But that secrecy can also come at a cost. With drilling and fracturig, the ingredients and chemicals used to obtain oil and gas are legally allowed to be kept confidential.

According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, which recently released a report on 2014 oil and gas fatalities, 18% of the 101 deaths for the year were the result of roadway vehicle accidents.

Energy is overtaking banking and finance as a target for cybercriminals in the Middle East, yet companies in the sector are leaving themselves significantly more open to a successful attack, leading international experts have told the Security in Energy conference in Abu Dhabi.

ConocoPhillips is producing more oil from the North Slope as it advances development of the massive, historic region. The 1H NEWS viscous oil project is expected to flow 8,000 b/d at peak in 2018.

Fernando L. Benalcazar, a senior adviser with APD Proyectos in Ecuador, launched the first Distinguished Lecturer tour in the US presented by a Sustainable Development Technical Section board member.

Dow's ROMAX series of water clarifiers are designed to separate oil from produced water and reverse emulsions. They help ensure that oil levels are low enough such that the water can be reused and integrated into a system, reducing residual oil-in-water from more than 1,000 ppm to below 20 ppm. The clarifiers do not require the inversion that conventional products oft…

Exception-based monitoring of real-time data by remote operators can increase operational awareness of drilling crews, which can significantly minimize well-control risks by taking proactive and precise actions.

Operators, vendors, academics, and government officials offered an abundance of views and recommendations on cyber-threats to the industry during the American Petroleum Institute’s recent Cybersecurity Conference.

Safety barriers need to be implemented in an integrated and consistent manner in order to minimize risk, and technical, organizational, and operational aspects of the barriers need to be considered.

Asset Guardian Solutions, which helps energy companies protect industrial and automated control system software, named Blaire McLeod as technical consultant. McLeod will be responsible for developing the company’s software, which requires designing code, writing code, and testing it. She has a background in database systems, networking, and user experience.

Shell reported it has not observed any signs of oil on the water associated with a fire on the Enchilada platform, located in the US Gulf of Mexico.

GATE Energy is the most recent contract awardee for Noble Energy’s Leviathan project offshore Israel. It will provide the commissioning of the production platform for the megaproject.