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Human factors questions are now part of the contract prequalification service. This means that all companies wishing to bid for work in the oil and gas sector should demonstrate human factors policy and how they apply human factors in seven different areas. The SPE Human Factors Technical Section has created a guide to the process.

Highlights of what the US oil and gas chief said to SPE members at the recent Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference.

The perspectives gained from the Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference offer a glimpse of life after COVID-19, which looks better and different.

The Trinity Spirit, capable of storing up to 2 million bbl, sank off the Nigerian coast on 3 February.

Two cruises were completed for DenAr Ocean Engineering for the TPAO Sakarya gasfield pipeline route investigation and site survey project.

The Lake Albert project includes the development of oil fields, processing facilities, and an electrically heated pipeline network.

The alliance ratified another modest daily production increase of 400,000 barrels.

One of the main reasons software implementations fail is because the scale of the project was too much from the outset.

The Los Angeles City Council voted to ban new oil and gas wells in the country’s second most populous city and phase out existing wells over a period of 5 years.

Tested within a full ballast water tank on a North Sea FPSO, the ROV collected visual inspection data, validating system performance including wireless navigation and wireless communication.

In-situ extraction of heavily sulfured oil by use of steam injection comes with a high risk of hydrogen-sulfide production resulting from aquathermolysis reactions. This could lead to casualties, environment damage, and corrosion of surface facilities and wells. Also, a strong need exists to understand aquathermolysis reactions and to forecast the generation of acid g…

Malaysian oil company Petronas has teamed up with the Malaysian Psychiatric Association to launch the MIND-A-CARE first aid for mental health training program.