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On 1 June, Hardt unveiled Europe’s first hyperloop test facility on the TU Delft campus. Hardt was founded as a company by a number of the winners from Elon Musk’s hyperloop competition earlier this year. Together with the European construction company BAM, they have built a test facility for this futuristic transport system.

By understanding the factors involved in oil droplet coalescence, the Savvy Separator engineer can assess the operational/chemical factors in the treatment system that are affecting droplet growth and make adjustments to enhance coalescence rates. 

A test method is being developed to screen paraffin chemistries in the presence of brine, closer resembling dynamic field conditions.

Last year, SPE created a task force to study the topic of climate change and to determine if a public position statement should be created. After a year-long review, it recommended that we not develop a statement on climate change, which was accepted by the SPE Board of Directors in March.

The budget ensures continued support of the offshore energy industry’s safe and responsible operations providing for secure and reliable energy production for America’s future.

Canadian regulators are formally proposing rules to reduce methane pollution from the oil and natural gas sector.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has halted an Obama administration rule to cut down on pollution of methane, a greenhouse gas produced at oil and natural gas drilling wells.

FLIR Systems appointed Jim Cannon president and CEO. Cannon previously served for more than 16 years in a variety of senior leadership positions at Stanley Black and Decker, most recently as president of Stanley Security North American and Emerging Markets. Priort to that, he was president of the company's industrial and automotive repair business united, first in Nor…

Finding the right person for the right job requires a strong organizational approach, and personality traits should play a role in the evaluation of prospective managers.

If an organization has a culture that implicitly or explicitly rewards short-term productivity, what happens to safety numbers? Up or down? And why is that?

Santos appointed Vanessa Guthrie as an independent nonexecutive director on its board of directors. Guthrie has experience in the mining industry across a variety of roles, including operations, environment, community, indigenous affairs, corporate development, and sustainability. She was previous a managing director and CEO of Toro Energy Limited and VP of sustainabl…

Manfred Vonlanthen has been named CEO of Swire Oilfield Services, a supplier of cargo carrying units to the offshore energy industry. Vonlanthen joined the company in 2014 as general manager for its Norwegian division before becoming director of its North Sea operations last September. In addition to managing the North Sea business, he served on Swire's executive mana…