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Chevron appointed Wanda Austin to its board of directors, effective December 1. She will serve on the board’s nominating and governance committee and its public policy committee. Austin has served as president and chief executive officer of The Aerospace Corporation since 2008. She joined the company in 1979 and previously served in various positions, including stints…

Carlos Murrieta Cummings was named managing director of Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex). Murrieta served as corporate director of operations at Pemex from 2009 to 2015, where he was responsible for strategic planning, operational coordination of subsidiaries, consolidation, and implementation of sourcing strategies. Before joining Pemex, he served as managing director for…

Chevron named Dambisa Moyo to its board of directors, effective October 11. She will serve on the company’s Audit Committee. Moyo is an economist and is the founder and chief executive officer of Mildstorm. From 2001 to 2008, she worked for Goldman Sachs in various roles. Prior to that she worked at the World Bank. She currently serves on the boards of Barclays, Barri…

The SPE Board of Directors has realigned the Production & Operations and Projects, Facilities & Construction technical disciplines under one Technical Director.

The compact nature of offshore platforms makes the management of the exhaust from engines a concern from a health and safety standpoint. In this paper, the authors present a typical plume-impingement problem aboard an offshore platform and discuss the application of plume-cooling technology.

C. Susan Howes was named vice president of engineering at Subsurface Consultants and Associates (SCA). She will be responsible for maintaining technical quality standards for the company’s recruitment, consultancy, and training services. She will also participate in the direction, administration, and coordination of SCA’s operations, manage technical projects, and ser…

Subsea processing is an evolving technology in ultradeepwater development and has the potential to unlock a significant amount of hydrocarbon resources. In this paper, the authors have reviewed the application of subsea systems in 12 deepwater fields and discussed the significance of each.

Helicopter operations are important in the offshore industry but accidents involving them can have fatal consequences. This paper focuses on risk mitigation during the loading/unloading task of a slickline/wireline job from various viewpoints, including the psychological aspects of the crew.

A presentation from the 2016 Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Technical Symposium examines a testing strategy to determine the effectiveness of paraffin inhibitors.

It may seem like reason is a powerful tool to lead us to truth, but does it really work well?

Virtual reality technology has become a powerful training tool for companies looking to recreate real-life, on-the-job oil industry scenarios.