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The new head of ExxonMobil used his first major public appearance to emphasize the major oil company's committment to environmental concerns through the development of emerging technologies.

The CEOs of Petrobras and Statoil discuss the challenges their companies face in enacting economically and environmentally sound operational policies.

The session will cover an area of growing interest, given increasing concern about wellbore integrity and well control.

Forty-thousand doctors, nurses, and public-health professionals have asked the oil and gas industry to stop opposing policies to reduce methane emissions.

The international major's low-cost development plan calls for a subsea tieback that will transport oil and gas through a single flowline to an existing floating production facility.

Cairn Energy appointed Eric Hathon as its director of exploration. Hathon joins Cairn from Marathon Oil, where he was director of conventional exploration. He joined Marathon in 1991 as an exploration geologist, and since then he has worked in several senior international management roles in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

Tan Ek Kia will take over as chairman of the board of directors of KrisEnergy. Tan joined the company’s board as a nonexecutive independent director in January 2013 and has more than 40 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry. He joined Shell in 1973 and worked in various positions in the company’s upstream oil and gas and petrochemical businesses, including a s…

Woodside named Richard Goyder as chairman of its board of directors, effective at the close of the company’s Annual General Meeting in April 2018. Goyder currently serves as the chief executive officer (CEO) at Wesfarmers; he will leave the company in November. He has worked for Wesfarmers since 1993 and was appointed to his current position in 2005.

A look at techniques and technologies aimed at mitigating erosion issues from produced sand.

In the midst of enormous change, OTC retains its status as a “must attend” technical conference for petroleum engineers and scientists working around the globe.

The Dakota Access Pipeline is 99% completed and expected to begin flowing oil in March or April. Check out the 3D model of a drilling pad at the site generated from drone imagery.

Randy Schmidt has been named managing director of the Burns & McDonnell terminals and pipelines group. In 14 years with the company, he has led teams on a wide range of projects, including several major oil and gas pipeline, storage, and loading/unloading facilities for marine, rail, and truck modes of transportation. Schmidt has 24 years of professional experience, s…