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Analyzing accidents can demonstrate how much they have in common with everyday operations. Business principles and sound engineering practices can be at odds.

Oil and gas wells often produce sand or solids with the well fluids. Despite exclusionary well designs, these solids can cause equipment failure, completion problems, or changes in production. This paper offers a way to remove solids in separators.

Offshore Installation Services (OIS) named Colin Shellard as its managing director. Shellard has more than 16 years of experience in offshore construction and subsea engineering. He joined OIS as vice president of operations in December 2014, helping to lead the company’s well decommissioning campaign with Centrica Energy and Antrim Energy. Shellard has also worked in…

Deepwater production has become more reliant on the integrity of subsea, umbilical, riser, and flowline (SURF) systems. A JIP explored cost-effective inspection and maintenance options.

KBR appointed Ann Pickard to its board of directors. Pickard has held several positions during a 15-year career at Shell, including her most recent position as executive vice president of the company’s Arctic operations. She spent 3 years as executive vice president of Shell’s exploration and production business and country chair of the company’s Australian operations…

Lauren Engineers and Constructors promoted Randy Lipps to president, Tom Modisett to chief financial officer (CFO), and Cody Bryant to senior vice president. Lipps, who also serves as Lauren’s executive vice president and chief operating officer, joined the company in June. He began his career in construction management and was previously the executive vice president …

In trying to reduce the footprint of facilities, operators often select the wrong piping components, hampering the performance. Selection of the right piping can avoid separation issues.

Michael J. Stover retired from his position as vice president of operations services at Marathon Oil after 30 years with the company. Stover began his career at Marathon as a roustabout, eventually being promoted to operations and reservoir engineering work for the Yates field in Texas. In 1991, he transferred to the company’s international group based in Houston and …

Change is constant in the oil and gas industry, bringing an increase in operational risk. As companies acquire and develop assets around the world, they must reduce their risk exposure by improving operational integrity.

Iran’s oil and gas sector has been significantly affected by the introduction and tightening of international sanctions in recent years. represents a significant step forward in terms of normalizing the country’s relations with the global community.

Use of unmanned aerial vehicles to monitor pipeline networks for theft and other issues is discussed.

Can aggregative contingent estimation (ACE) improve the quality of oil price forecasts and even project performance? I have come to believe that oil price can be determined with reasonable confidence, and the key to such forecasting is ACE.