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Sevan Marine named Reese McNeel as its chief executive officer (CEO) effective 1 January 2017. McNeel is currently the company's chief financial officer (CFO) and will continue in the role after assuming CEO duties. McNeel has previous experience in several interim finance management positions, including a stint as interim CFO at Sevan Marine in 2001. He previously se…

Smart waterflooding by tuning injection-water salinity and ionic composition has gained attention in recent years. In this study, desalination technologies are reviewed with the objective to develop potential water-treatment solutions that can most efficiently alter injection-water chemistry.

This paper focuses on a numerical-modeling analysis of the acid-gas-injection (AGI) scenario in carbonate HP/HT reservoirs, and presents the way in which AGI impacts asphaltene-precipitation behavior.

Gretchen Watkins was named chief executive officer of Maersk Oil. Watkins has served as the company’s chief operating officer since 2014. Prior to that, she spent six years at Marathon Oil, serving as vice president of international production operations from 2008 to 2012 and vice president of North American production operations from 2012 to 2013. She began her caree…

Sanchez Energy named Howard Thill as executive vice president and chief financial officer. He will oversee the company's financial reporting, accounting, treasury, tax, and communications functions while developing and implementing corporate development, investor relations, and financial strategies.

A look at a water management plan for developing shale assets in the Permian Basin encompassing the full life cycle of each field.

Richard Dyson was named chief executive officer of io oil & gas consulting, an independent venture backed by GE Oil & Gas and McDermott. Dyson will be based in the company's head office in London and oversee its global operations, which include offices in Houston and Perth. Dyson has previously held various leadership roles, including the oversight of io's operations …

A company in Tokyo, AgIC, developed a circuit marker pen with a silver-based conductive ink that dries and becomes conductive immediately on circuit paper. And an eraser removes traces of the ink. Because the circuits are made on paper, folding is possible as long as it doesn’t break the circuits. Flexible circuits can be printed by using the special ink in home inkje…

Studies show that almost 65% of megaprojects fail to meet the performance goals established when the financial go-ahead was given. Operators can avoid costly pitfalls if they focus on addressing the human-related problems.

Swire Oilfield Services named John Bruce Rae-Smith as its chief executive officer. Rae-Smith has been with the company since 1985 in various roles, notably as managing director of Swire Pacific Offshore. Most recently, he served as director of Swire Pacific and executive director of the company’s trading and industrial division. He holds a master of arts degree in eng…

Understanding petrophysical properties well enough to make drilling decisions, particularly for tight gas can be a challenge. A new computer system aims to help analyze the extensive data involved.

In this eighth articles of the series, level settings and control in gravity separators are addressed.