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The transfer of LNG to Equinor’s Arctic Voyager marks the first ship-to-ship transfer in the island nation.

In 2015, the United Nations ratified the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. Technology will be critical in the pursuit of these ambitious targets, but the pace and scale of change creates risks that humanity must take very seriously.

Tracey Henderson assumed the role of Kosmos Energy's chief exploration officer upon the retirement of chief exploration officer and founding partner Brian F. Maxted, effective 15 February. Maxted will remain on the board of directors and continue to serve as a special advisor on matters related to exploration. Henderson joined Kosmos Energy in 2004, serving as a key m…

Proserv, a controls technology company, promoted Tore Erntsen to chief technology officer, subsea controls, based at the firm’s Trondheim, Norway, facility. Prior to taking on his new role, he was vice president, engineering and technology, within the subsea team. Erntsen joined the company in 2012 when the firm took over the subsea controls business of Weatherford. H…

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers introduced legislation that would ban oil and natural gas drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

The announcement comes 7 months after the two received permission to begin the tendering process for the project offshore Nigeria, which is expected to carry a peak production of 225,000 BOPD by 2022.

Management of produced water is driving subtle yet potentially consequential changes in certain regions. Contributing factors for seismicity and well pressurization, while different, share some elements. By assessing these common elements, partial risk profiles for both conditions can be assessed.

Is the adoption of sustainability practices a form of strategic differentiation that can lead to superior financial performance? Or, is it a strategic necessity that can ensure corporate survival but not necessarily outperformance?

Three papers selected from 2018 SPE ATCE look at the challenges and approaches to the treatment of increasing volumes of produced water.

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) present in crude oil can be released to the atmosphere from storage tanks, waste waters, and equipment leaks. A pilot-scale sequential biotrickling/biofiltration unit was designed and tested for removal of VOCs from a wastewater sump.

Sourcing water for hydraulic fracturing, and disposing of produced water, are constraints and significant cost items in the Permian Basin. Some of the produced water can be treated and reused by using a water life cycle approach..

Reducing a separation system’s footprint while increasing separation efficiency is demonstrated in an Oklahoma field trial.