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Between 2009 and 2016, SPE facilitated a series of global sessions to develop ideas for the future advancement of health, safety, and the environment in the industry. The result is the technical report “Getting to Zero and Beyond: The Path Forward.”

Finding niches that provide a competitive edge over larger operators has enabled Talos Energy to leapfrog into a powerful position with Mexico’s first offshore wildcat discovery.

Exxon Mobil Corp. elected Neil Chapman to the position of senior vice president and member of the corporation's management committee. Chapman is currently president of the ExxonMobil Chemical Company. He joined Esso Chemical in 1984 at the Esso refinery in Fawley, UK. He has held a range of senior engineering, operations, planning, and marketing roles in various chemi…

Power Link Cable Solutions provides wireless monitoring of subsea cable operating conditions to help prevent subsea cable damage and minimize downtime and costs in the event of fault, helping offshore facilities operators avoid severe losses from cable failures. Based on PRY-CAM solutions, the service features non-invasive measurement and includes programmed intervent…

DriX is a multi-purpose autonomous unmanned surface vessel (AUSV) optimized for coastal and offshore operations. Consisting of a main body, a mast, and a gondola bolted onto a drop keel, the AUSV is suitable for multiple applications such as exploration, pre-site installation, touchdown monitoring, undersea inspection, Metocean, decommissioning, as well as environment…

Schlumberger and Weatherford are teaming up to provide a range of hydraulic fracturing services to the US and Canada land market.

The Nigerian Petroleum Industry Bill possibly ranks as No. 1 by a wide margin among the bills that have spent the most time with the legislature. It is also one of the most controversial and most discussed in the legislative history of bills within the Nigerian National Assembly.

Hans Leo Hals, managing director for Trelleborg’s offshore operation based in Norway, met with leading oil and gas representatives in Mexico over a number of months to support improving the safety of Mexico’s offshore assets in the Gulf of Mexico.

In response to questions from lawmakers on whether federal law adequately provides for the prosecution of "criminal activity against infrastructure," the Department of Justice recently committed to "vigorously" prosecute those who damage "critical energy infrastructure in violation of federal law."

Safety has always been a top concern for oil and gas suppliers. Because pipelines must operate 24 hours a day and 365 days a year, safety, high availability, and reliability are key requirements for smooth operations and, ultimately, profitability.

Independent Project Analysis researchers took a closer look at site project system staffing approaches including full alliance, owner engineering, contractor engineering, and core staffing to determine the effect of staffing characteristics on capital project outcomes.

The Hebron field off the east coast of Canada has begun production 37 years after it was discovered. Production is expected to peak at 150,000 B/D and ultimately yield about 700 million bbl of oil over the field's life.