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Oceaneering appointed Jon Erik Reinhardsen to its board of directors. Reinhardsen is currently the president and chief executive officer of Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS), a marine geophysical company. Prior to joining PGS in April 2008, he served as president of global primary products growth at Alcoa for three years. He has also worked for Aker Maritime's in merger an…

Oilfield Helping Hands appointed Gregory Rachal as president. Rachal previously held positions with M-I SWACO and Halliburton in sales, product line and account management, operations, and product management across the United States. He also worked with major and independent operators in Houston and New Orleans. Rachal holds a BS in industrial art from Northwestern St…

Mekers Offshore, a Zhejiang-based company, launched its first in a series of liftboats at Shanghai Bestway Dajin Heavy Industries yard in Jiangsu, China.

Kashagan crude reached the global markets. The world’s most expensive upstream project restarted production and about 195,000 barrels, produced during the startup process, were shipped for export.

The report was written by a steering committee of SMEs with industry input from an SPE summit as well as members from SPE online communities. It is based on discussions and conclusions from the summit and is intended to provide guidance on an industry-wide safety management data sharing program.

In this column, Howard Duhon provides a book report on Nancy Leveson’s "Engineering a Safer World."

The outlook for the US onshore oil business is looking better, which is not to say it is looking up. Recent surveys by the Federal Reserve banks of Kansas City and Dallas indicated the industry had stabilized after a long period in critical condition.

IoT has become a popular phrase in various industries. For upstream oil and gas operators, an IoT infrastructure may present an opportunity improve quality control on their projects, potentially reducing costs and increasing production.

AUVs have evolved from an emerging technology with niche uses to a viable solution and an established part of operations in various marine sectors. Douglas-Westwood’s AUV Market Forecast considers the prospective demand for AUVs in the commercial, military and research sectors over the next 5 years.

Three metrics that are used for monitoring organics in water are total organic carbon (TOC), chemical oxygen demand, and biological oxygen demand. While less commonly used than the other two methods, TOC can offer practical advantages to operators.

The world’s developing countries will lead economic growth and consume an increasing share of energy production globally over the next quarter-century,according to Rob Gardner, manager of economics in corporate strategic planning at ExxonMobil.

Don Vardeman joined the board of directors at Independent Project Analysis. Vardeman recently retired from Anadarko as vice president of worldwide project management after serving as an officer at the company since December 2011. He was responsible for facilities execution for Anadarko's major projects in Algeria, Ghana, Mozambique, and the US Gulf of Mexico. Vardeman…