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Battlecat Oil & Gas ratcheted up on data, analysis, and technology to successfully develop unproven shale acreage.

New long-term contracts between offshore drillers and equipment makers reduce downtime and risks associated with key components, from blowout preventers to risers.

A former technical manager with Petrobras discusses the development of the company’s flow assurance philosophies and strategies.

The Petroplan Group appointed Rory Ferguson as its chief executive officer (CEO). Ferguson joins the organization from the recruitment firm Lawrence Harvey, where he spent 5 years as group managing director. Prior to that, he spent 4 years at Hydrogen, another recruitment firm. A former officer in the British Army, Ferguson holds a BA in history from the University of…

Completed 11 months ahead of schedule, BP’s Thunder Horse South Expansion project furthers the company’s deep water agenda.

Shell named Zoe Yujnovich as chairman of its Australian operations effective 1 April. Yujnovich is currently executive vice president of oil sands for Shell. Prior to joining the company, she held frontline and management roles in mining across three continents. She joined Rio Tinto in 1996, where she held various roles including company president in Brazil and chief …

Borets named Obren Lekic as chief executive officer (CEO) of Borets US. Lekic has more than 20 years' experience in the oil and gas industry. He joined Borets in 2005, serving as the deputy general director for business development and marketing. He went on to serve as vice president of the eastern hemisphere for Borets International. Prior to taking on his current ro…

The CEO of Phillips 66 expects the DAPL to be operational in 2Q 2017.

Designers used algorithms to create 10,000 unique acoustic panels to line the ceiling, walls, and balustrades of Hamburg's Elbphilharmonie concert hall. The panels comprise 1 million little divots, ranging from 4 to 16 cm across, that shape sound within the auditorium.

A closer look at recent unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) regulations and sensor technologies shows the areas in which they could have a major impact on oil and gas projects in the future.

US Water named LaMarr Barnes as its chief executive officer. Barnes has more than 25 years of experience in industrial water treatment and technology management. Hired in 2010 as vice president of marketing, he assumed added responsibilities as vice president of marketing and business development before being named senior executive vice president of marketing and stra…

Katharine Morgan was named president of ASTM International. Morgan, a 33-year veteran of the company, served as its executive vice president for the past two years. Prior to that, she was ASTM's vice president of Technical Committee operations. She is a board member of the American National Standards Institute’s Board of Directors, the Council of Engineering and Scien…