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Marathon elected Douglas Foshee and Elise Hyland to its board of directors. Foshee is the founder and owner of Sallyport Investments. He previously served as chairman, president, and CEO of El Paso Corp. until its merger with Kinder Morgan in 2012. Prior to joining El Paso in 2003, he worked for Halliburton in various roles including executive vice president, COO, and…

The petroleum industry is becoming increasingly dependent on digital systems, and companies have ambitious plans for increased use of digital technology—along the entire value chain. A new report shows how digitalization affects health, safety, and the environment.

Roland Moreau, SPE's former HSE technical director, talks about the international HSE conference in Abu Dhabi.

Geothermal power offers enormous potential—an inexhaustible supply heat to drive huge electric plants around the clock—but that extreme heat can quickly kill conventional hardware, which led to something new.

Fears of peak oil demand are exaggerated, Saudi Aramco’s CEO says, despite recent headlines that advances in electric vehicles and worries about climate change will lead to a drop in global oil and gas use.

Anadarko aims to maximize immediate short-cycle value through tiebacks and platform relocations in the Gulf of Mexico.

Completion of the umbilicals system marks another step toward startup for the Total-operated ultradeepwater development offshore Angola.

US Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced a series of new initiatives on 6 March to strengthen the federal offshore oil and gas inspection program.

A carbon capture and storage (CCS) white knight has appeared on the horizon, and it is potentially a game changer. The US Congress has considerably expanded what was a modest and limited tax credit for CCS into something meaningful that ought to accelerate deployment of the technology.

Oklahoma is tightening its rules for hydraulic fracturing after studying a new cluster of earthquakes in one of the hottest US regions for drilling.

The new IADC Guidelines for Baseline Cybersecurity for Drilling Assets provide baseline guidance on cybersecurity for oil and gas drilling assets and draw from the National Institute of Standards Technology Cybersecurity Framework and international standards.

States that have made “significant” safety improvements in recent years by incorporating Chemical Safety Board recommendations are highlighted in the agency’s inaugural Safety Spotlight publication.