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In this column, Howard Duhon examines different types of complexity theory.

As the debate continues about oil prices and supply and demand, the SPE Production and Facilities technical director examines data published by various organizations on the short- and long-term industry outlook.

Larry Archibald will join Woodside's board of directors as a nonexecutive director effective 1 February. Archibald retired from ConocoPhillips after spending 8 years in senior executive positions including senior vice president, business development and exploration, and senior vice president of exploration. Prior to joining ConocoPhillips, he spent 29 years at Amoco a…

EnQuest, a UK-based oil and gas development and production company, named Neil McCulloch as its chief operating officer. McCulloch currently serves as president of the company's North Sea region and will join its board as an executive director. He began his career as a graduate trainee with British Gas Exporation and Production, and from 1996 to 2001 he worked in a va…

A recently opened plant in Wharton marks the first small-scale commercial gas-to-liquids project in the state of Texas.

The North American shale sector has always relied on brute force to get the job done in the subsurface. However, these days hydraulic fracturing involves more science, engineering, and finesse than ever.

The downturn and lack of investment for new projects are likely to impact the onshore pipeline industry toward the end of the decade. But the long-term drivers for pipeline construction, notably the increased demand for gas in regions such as Asia, remain stable.

High-concentration polymer flooding can improve oil-displacement efficiency but separation of oil/water mixture becomes more difficult because of emulsification. In this work, a case history of dehydration technology for HCPF production and lab investigation of emulsion behaviors are reviewed.

A recently launched joint industry project (JIP) is working to improve petrophysical analysis methods to reduce the time and expense of characterizing tight sandstone gas reservoirs for exploration, appraisal, and production.

KBR named Mark Sopp as its new chief financial officer (CFO), effective in the first quarter of 2017. Sopp previously spent 10 years as CFO and executive vice president for the publicly traded government contractor Leidos, previously called SAIC. He has also held various executive positions with Titan Corporation, which was also involved in government contracting and …

Investment in digital technologies may increase project efficiency and reduce costs. However, Technip’s chief executive officer (CEO) said it is equally important to strengthen relationships with companies along the supply chain.

Replicating field conditions for flow assurance experiments at a reasonable cost often presents many challenges, particularly when it comes to designing an experiment with appropriately scaled geometry, an expert said.