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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…

Hisham Saadawi takes office as the first technical director of the newly formed SPE Production and Facilities discipline. Having served twice as an SPE Distinguished Lecturer, Saadawi appreciates SPE's international diversity and aims to encourage more volunteering from all parts of the world.

Steen Karstensen was appointed as chief executive officer of Maersk Supply Service effective October 24. Karstensen joined Maersk in 1986 and has spent the last 30 years with the company, working in procurement, logistics, supply chain, in-house consultancy, and other crossfunctional areas. Karstensen previously served as the company's chief procurement officer, overs…

OceanWorks, a subsea solution engineering company, appointed Glen Viau to the position of president. Based out of the company's Vancouver office, Viau will oversee the company's submarine rescue systems, seafloor observatory systems, and subsea systems departments for the oil and gas market, among other things. He holds more than 24 years of experience in the subsea t…

Sevan Marine named Reese McNeel as its chief executive officer (CEO) effective 1 January 2017. McNeel is currently the company's chief financial officer (CFO) and will continue in the role after assuming CEO duties. McNeel has previous experience in several interim finance management positions, including a stint as interim CFO at Sevan Marine in 2001. He previously se…

Chevron named Rhonda Morris corporate vice president of human resources (HR). Morris, who was previously the company's vice president of HR for downstream and chemicals, will oversee its HR, diversity and ombuds, and medical and health services groups. She joined Chevron in 1991 in the Corporate HR Development Program. Since that time, she has held a number of roles o…

Smart waterflooding by tuning injection-water salinity and ionic composition has gained attention in recent years. In this study, desalination technologies are reviewed with the objective to develop potential water-treatment solutions that can most efficiently alter injection-water chemistry.

This paper focuses on a numerical-modeling analysis of the acid-gas-injection (AGI) scenario in carbonate HP/HT reservoirs, and presents the way in which AGI impacts asphaltene-precipitation behavior.

Gretchen Watkins was named chief executive officer of Maersk Oil. Watkins has served as the company’s chief operating officer since 2014. Prior to that, she spent six years at Marathon Oil, serving as vice president of international production operations from 2008 to 2012 and vice president of North American production operations from 2012 to 2013. She began her caree…