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C&J Energy Services appointed Jan Kees van Gaalen CFO. He is expected to join C&J on 17 September. Mike Galvan, who has served as C&J's interim CFO since March when Mark Cashiola resigned, will continue in his position as senior VP-chief accounting officer, reporting to van Gaalen. Van Gaalen has more than 35 years of global experience in business analytics, treasury,…

W&T Offshore appointed Janet Yang as acting interim CFO effective immediately following the retirement of J. Daniel ("Danny") Gibbons, senior VP and CFO. Yang joined W&T in 2008 as finance manager and in 2012 became director, strategic planning and analysis, a position she held until being appointed VP, corporate & business development in 2017. She has over 15 years o…

Chemical demand is essential to long-term oil demand growth. However, the focus to tackle plastics waste by reducing and recycling is raising concerns on future chemical demand growth.

Troubleshooting and solving separation problems takes a combination of analytical tools, experience, and a knack for investigation. These 5 lessons provide a starting point for assessment.

ExxonMobil and Hess led the way in the most active regionwide US gulf lease sale thus far.

With new projects scheduled to come on line later this year, the region, which mostly comprises states along the US Gulf Coast, will shift from being a source of natural gas supply to a source of growing demand.

Diamondback is slated to become the Permian’s latest pure-play giant with its pending purchases of Energen and Ajax Resources.

The US Army of Corps of Engineers pulled the permit application after the company requested an extension on a review deadline for the project, which could accommodate up to 6 million tons of LNG production annually.

For his efforts in turning Environmentally Friendly Drilling from an oxymoron to a ubiquitous concept, Rich Haut has earned SPE’s 2018 Health, Safety, and Environment Award. The award will be presented at the SPE’s 2018 Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition in September.

BP has seen enormous payoff from a program to intervene in underperforming subsea wells in the Gulf of Mexico.

HydroFlo’s MaxiSep “enhanced gravity” oil/water separator follows API design parameters, and can be outfitted with unlimited varieties of parallel plate media. Its internal media can be flushed with water and reused for several years, and its design allows for the installation of sludge augers or surface drag skimmers as a company’s process or discharge requirements c…

Nine Energy Service appointed Darryl Willis, vice president of oil, gas, and energy at Google Cloud, to its board of directors. At Google Cloud, Willis is responsible for driving business across the energy sector. Prior to joining Google, he worked as president and CEO for BP Angola. Willis has 25 years of technical and global management experience in subsurface, dril…