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Changes coming to the anonymity tools underlying the darknet may make a deeper kind of online privacy possible. Soon anyone will be able to create their own corner of the Internet that’s not just anonymous and untraceable, but entirely undiscoverable without an invite.

Scientists have developed oxidized carbon particles that extract radioactive metals, such as cesium and strontium, from water. They said the materials may help purify contaminated waters stored after the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident and also can trap common radioactive elements found in waterfloods from oil extraction, such as uranium, thorium, and radium,

The Hail 3D transition-zone seismic survey carried out by ADNOC is located in a UNESCO world-biosphere reserve. Effective environmental and ecological management throughout the project was attained through working procedures and monitoring programs.

Various incidents that took place between Transocean, the owner of Deepwater Horizon, and BP, the company that leased the rig for use at Macondo, illustrate the gap between work-as-imagined in the drilling program and work-as-done by the well operations crew.

The City Council of Lafayette, Colorado, on 17 January voted to table an anti-hydraulic-fracturing ordinance that could impede oil and gas development within Lafayette through sanctioning acts of civil disobedience and nonviolent protest.

Hackers have gotten smarter and bolder in their recent attempts to steal coveted oil company data. Mario Chiock has worked for years to keep them at bay.

Over the past year, various institutions and organizations—both domestic and international—have shown an interest in moving the increasingly prevalent cybersecurity conversation offshore.

Despite a turbulent time for most offshore sectors over the past 2 years, Douglas-Westwood’s latest analysis from the World Offshore Helicopters Market Forecast 2017–2021 projects USD 18 billion in oil- and gas-related expenditure over the next 5 years.

Gerry Peereboom has been appointed as vice president of integration at Steelhead LNG. Peereboom has more than 38 years of international experience on major oil, gas, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects for companies such as Noble Energy, BP, and Amoco. He has held serveral commercial, financial, and general managerial positions, including stints as president of A…

Tina Campbell has been named marketing coordinator at Asset Guardian Solutions, a company specializing in protecting the integrity of companes' process control systems software. Campbell will be responsible for planning and executing online and offline marketing strategies and campaigns in her new role. She previously worked in various marketing, public relations, and…

Peterson, an international energy logistics provider, has named Sarah Forbes as director of projects and innovation. Forbes has 15 years' industry experience in a number of senior roles. In 2012 she founded Core29, a project management and consultancy business in which Peterson has invested. Forbes has also served as a business delivery manager at Envue Limited, a cor…

Various industry experts discussed the progress of an initiative led by SPE and BSEE to develop a safety data-sharing framework to help mitigate potential risk in operations.