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Fiona MacAulay will become CEO of Echo Energy effective 4 July. MacAulay, the current COO at Rockhopper Exploration, is a geologist with more than 30 years' experience in the oil and gas industry including stints at Mobil, Amerada Hess, and BG. She joined Rockhopper in 2010 following the companies Sea Lion discovery and was a member of the senior team that managed the…

Alpha Petroleum Resources named Charles Proctor as its new CFO. Proctor is a former executive at BP and Genel Energy with more than 28 years of experience in the international energy industry. He held several commercial and financial positions at BP early in his career, eventually becoming CFP for its exploration and production businesses in Angola and Azerbaijan. In …

A Saudi Arabian steel-fabrication company participates in OTC 2017 for the first time, reflecting a new emphasis on increased investment in Middle Eastern oil and gas infrastructure.

Every organization is bound to fulfill the compliance related to the health and safety of the employees and every individual associated with it. Some industries are at higher risk because of their sensitive production processes that involve risky tasks to be performed by the employees.

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper recently said the home explosion in Firestone, Colorado, that killed two people was a “freak accident.” But a new study by the Colorado School of Public Health indicates that accidents like this may not be so uncommon.

You’ve heard about the earthquakes; the controversial claims of flammable tap water; and the potential contamination of streams, lakes, and drinking water aquifers, but the system that’s supposed to pay for these calamities may itself be a pending disaster.

Frank Hermance will retire as executive chairman of the board of directors at AMETEK effective 7 July. Hermance joined the company in 1990 as group vice president and then served as president of AMETEK's Precision Instruments Group from 1994 to 1996. He was promoted to COO in 1996, and in 1999 he was named CEO, a role he held until 2016. Current AMETEK CEO David Zapic…

A group of conservation organizations sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on 5 June, saying the agency unlawfully suspended Obama-era rules to cut methane pollution.

Digitization in oil and gas is entering a new era thanks to the increased capabilities and lower cost of huge computing power

Pedro Parente, CEO of Petrobras, and Robin Watson, chief executive of Wood Group, are to speak at the opening plenary session at SPE Offshore Europe 2017, which is being held in Aberdeen from 5–8 September.

As the GE-Baker Hughes deal moves closer to finalization we now know who will be leading the combined company.

The Buchan Alpha ended production on 12 May in the UK North Sea. The semisubmersible moored floating production facility will be decommissioned by Veolia at its Dales Voe site in Lerwick, Shetland.