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Integrated engineering service provider EnerMech has appointed Salvatore Cuttino as its regional director for Africa. Cuttino joins the company from Harris Pye Engineering, where he served as an international business development manager. He has more than 40 years’ experience in marine and offshore services, mechanical engineering, and project management.

When two engineers lost their jobs during the industry downturn, they used the misfortune as an opportunity to develop an innovative concept that aims to make it a lot easier to move subsea gas long distances.

The US re-imposing sanctions on Iran has prompted Total to consider dropping its stake in a project designed to bolster output from the world’s largest gas field.

Logistical work is taking place in advance of subsea installation activities, which have the large UK North Sea field on track for first oil in 2019.

At the 2018 SPE International Conference and Exhibition on Health, Safety, Security, Environment, and Social Responsibility, Abdulla Al Marzooqi, manager of ADNOC’s Group HSE Unit and conference chairman, spoke with reporter Eithne Treanor. Watch the interview here.

The potential sale could net as much as $2 billion, depending on which assets were made available. The company has not launched a formal process but is said to be testing the waters, according to a new report by Reuters.

Maintaining a social license to operate is critical for the oil and gas industry to continue to provide energy for the world. Fernando Benalcazar recently completed his Distinguished Lecturer tour, during which he spoke on “Oil and Gas Operations—Integrating the Realities of the Social License.”

Offshore oil and natural gas drilling in the eastern part of the Gulf of Mexico would likely be incompatible with military training and testing, the Pentagon is warning lawmakers.

The Scottish Government has been urged to explain its position on hydraulic fracturing after telling a judge that no ban is in place and ministers still have to make up their minds.

Researchers have discovered that genes regulating important biological processes are incapable of adapting to new sleeping and eating patterns and that most of them stay tuned to their daytime biological clock rhythms.

When inactivity is largely the result of months and eventually years spent at a desk job or in meetings, could an employer face liability for any serious medical issues that ensue? A recent study from Philadelphia’s Drexel University concluded that—at least for US workplaces—the answer might be yes.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation announced a three-point smart strategy aimed at ending gas flaring in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry in 2 years.