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Organizational determinants of shift work practices are not well characterized; such information could be used to guide evidence-based research and best practices to mitigate shift work’s negative effects.

Randy Schmidt has been named managing director of the Burns & McDonnell terminals and pipelines group. In 14 years with the company, he has led teams on a wide range of projects, including several major oil and gas pipeline, storage, and loading/unloading facilities for marine, rail, and truck modes of transportation. Schmidt has 24 years of professional experience, s…

A consultant examines the ways in which artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions may have a significant impact on industry operations.

CEO Bob Dudley, who calls BP’s UK North Sea business one of its “crown jewels”, will address hundreds of delegates at the opening plenary session at Europe’s foremost exploration and production technical conference and exhibition.

The potential of big data depends on the ability of companies to change the habits of its users.

In this first selection are papers dealing with scaling and corrosion, topics that affect all of us involved with oil and gas facilities. Early in my career I worked in corrosion, only to discover that without keeping scaling and corrosion in mind, it is impossible to be a good facilities engineer.

Identifying the type of corrosion is the first step in the analysis and prevention of corrosion-related failures. Visual inspection of the pit morphology can provide insights into the type of corrosion that is occurring.

This paper considers some of the challenges and learnings associated with the application of chemicals for preservation of coated pipe/flowline for a major liquefied-natural-gas (LNG) project in Australia.

The accurate and precise analysis of scale inhibitors—in conjunction with other field data such as ion analysis, total suspended solids, and productivity index—plays an important role in making decisions about the efficiency of scale squeeze and continuous chemical injection treatments.

Figuring out the right price for an active oil and gas field is tricky business in the shale sector but one producer explains how it uses data analytics to get a clearer picture.

Innovation is required, but it is not a super-power allowing engineers to effortlessly vaporize long-standing challenges.

Strategies to remain competitive and mitigate risks will be the focus of an upcoming Norwegian Energy Partners conference.