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Three experts from different sectors discussed the challenge of methane and regulation at the first panel session of the 2017 SPE Health, Safety, Security, Environment, and Social Responsibility Conference–North America in New Orleans.

When technology startups and oil and gas companies finally agree to run a pilot test, there are a few things both sides of the table should know before they move forward.

Before you head to OTC 2017, make plans for the event’s best opportunities for professional networking and to learn about the array of new technologies pushing their way into the business.

Kerogen Exploration is excited about the Vista Grande project, a Woodford Shale play in a west-Texas Permian sub-basin that offers further targets lying above in the Barnett Shale.

Aggressive drilling growth in the Permian and other shale plays belies the cost of those wells, which in many cases are in the red.

At the 2017 SPE Oilfield Chemistry Conference, an assistant professor from Heriot-Watt University discusses the optimization of squeeze treatments delivered by diving support vessels.

A Houston-based energy consultancy concludes that a series of downturn deals have contributed more to the resiliency of the US shale sector than a rise in oil prices.

Optimistic talk about oil prices offers encouragement to those who have been looking hard for jobs in the E&P industry.

Schlumberger and Weatherford are forming a joint venture to tackle the North American unconventionals oilfield services market.

Royal Dutch Shell CEO Ben van Beurden is to speak at the opening plenary session at SPE Offshore Europe 2017, which is being held in Aberdeen from 5–8 September.

An underwater safety center will be constructed in Asia to simulate diving activities and subsea emergency procedures.

You would never hear the manager of an oil company say they are a late adopter of technology but, in reality many are. By better understanding both sides of table, technology developers and oil and gas operators may find they can accelerate adoption cycles beyond the status quo.