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Golden parachutes typically pay executives big money if they are fired without cause. Whiting Petroleum executives found a way to collect theirs for staying on board after the company they led filed for bankruptcy.

Measuring the flow of water, mud, and cuttings from a well is critical, and difficult. A new flowmeter design that promises to be both accurate and durable is one of three technologies featured in a JPT series on drilling measurement innovation.

An estimate says data centers, including edge sites, will soon use four times the energy all data centers used in 2018. Can it be true?

When the field emerged at the end of the 20th century, it was hoped that computers would be able to operate on their own, with human-like abilities—a capability known as generalized AI.

As deep learning matures and moves from the hype peak to its trough of disillusionment, it is becoming clear that it is missing some fundamental components.

Support vector machines are powerful for solving regression and classification problems. You should have this approach in your machine-learning arsenal, and this article provides all the mathematics you need to know. It's not as hard you might think.

Organizations interested in realizing the benefits of having data at the center of their firm will need to define numerous specific work scopes for the conversion of unstructured to structured data.

The best way to know how drilling affects drill bits is to visualize the bits. A device that creates high-resolution images for precise measurements is one of three technologies being featured in a JPT series on drilling measurement innovations.

UK North Sea oil and gas production is set to be maintained at normal levels despite the industry moving to "minimal manning" of offshore facilities in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, trade body Oil and Gas UK's health and safety director, Trevor Stapleton, said.

Methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, is leaking from industry sites at rates equivalent to the annual carbon emissions of France and Germany combined, a new analysis using satellite data shows.

The $8-billion pipeline project has been held up for years, but amid a historic price crash, the Canadian government is stepping in with funding to support exports.

The drop in gas prices, although greater than forecast, will not be to the same extent as oil prices.