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The two companies will collaborate to define the technology and equipment scope for an initial four-well development phase for BP’s major West African offshore gas project.

SpotSee, a global internet of things (IoT) connectivity platform and parent company of logistics monitoring brands, appointed Jan Van Niekerk as the company’s vice president of engineering and innovation. Van Niekerk has more than 20 years of experience in the technical creation, implementation, and management of tracking technologies including radio frequency identif…

Norwegian suppliers Framo, Maritime Partner, Norbit Aptomar, and NorLense have come together to create the Oil Spill Recovery Vessel Group to offer a complete oil-spill-response solution.

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement released the panel investigation report on the 11 May 2016 subsea jumper leak on a platform operated by Shell Offshore. The leak from Green Canyon Block 248 occurred on Subsea Well 4, resulting in an estimated release of 1,926 bbl of oil.

Partnerships are proving key in developing and sustaining big offshore projects internationally, with Eni now teaming with ADNOC off Abu Dhabi and farming out another stake in the Zohr gas field off Egypt.

Penn Virginia, an independent oil and gas company based primarily in the Eagle Ford, announced the resignation of Marc McCarthy from its board of directors. McCarthy resigned on 6 March due to increased demands of his other professional commitments. He is currently a partner at Wexford Capital, focusing on the company’s private and public energy investments. He joined…

Windrock’s Spotlight Monitoring System is an automated, Industrial Internet of Things (IIot)-based system designed for the collection and analysis of critical asset data. It continuously monitors, diagnoses, and optimizes reciprocating machinery health while collecting and analyzing data from the field. Spotlight is a plug-and-play system that utilizes four magnet-mou…

David Pursell has taken over as senior vice president of planning and energy fundamentals at Apache. He will oversee corporate planning as well as energy fundamentals systems, processes, and analysis. Pursell previously served as managing director of investment banking for Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. Before that, he was head of Macro Research and was one of the found…

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…

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.

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.