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Salaries Rise Year on Year but Fall From 2012

Petroleum industry professionals reported an average total compensation of USD 214,328 in 2014, compared with 203,557 in 2013 and 223,472 in 2012.

October 31, 2014 • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Decommissioning

Winds of Change Reduce Cost of Removing Gulf of Mexico Platforms

A strong reason for removing old platforms from the Gulf of Mexico, rather than trying to squeeze more years of marginal production out of them, is hurricanes.

October 31, 2014 • Stephen Rassenfoss • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Decommissioning

Searching for New Ways To Make the Cut

Much of the new technology development occurring now is aimed at finding better ways to sever the thick, tough steel structures and wellheads so that they can be removed.

October 31, 2014 • Stephen Rassenfoss • Journal of Petroleum Technology
LNG

FLNG: Applying Advanced Technology To Bring More Natural Gas to Market

The constraints of space and seaworthiness required the designers of Shell’s joint-venture floating-liquefied-natural-gas (FLNG) facility to assemble these technologies in novel configurations.

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January 31, 2016 • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Decommissioning

Aging Offshore Fields Demand New Thinking

When he started his firm focused on removing obsolete offshore structures, Brian Twomey chose the name: Reverse Engineering Services. The thinking was that taking out a structure is like building it, but in reverse.

October 31, 2014 • Stephen Rassenfoss • Journal of Petroleum Technology
The Power of the Industrial Internet: Turning Data Into Insight and Action

Over the past 200 years, since the days of the Industrial Revolution, we have experienced several waves of innovation, which have had a profound effect on our everyday lives.

October 31, 2014 • Paul White • Journal of Petroleum Technology
The SPE Leadership Academy: A New Training Initiative

The SPE Training and Member Programs departments took on the task of creating an intensive and industry-specific means to help spur the development of leadership abilities particularly of younger E&P professionals.

October 31, 2014 • Robin Beckwith • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Stakeholder Issues Play Key Role in Shale Future

As the shale revolution changes the map of oil and natural gas development and shifts the balance of production between regions, public acceptance is an increasing challenge.

October 31, 2014 • Joel Parshall • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Oman Champions EOR in the Middle East

Although famous for its abundant oil fields, generations of production in the Middle East is putting sharper focus on ultimate recovery from these fields.

October 31, 2014 • Abdelghani Henni • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Technology

Wellbore Strengthening: The Mechanical Option

Before many of the new chemical and nanoparticle technologies for wellbore strengthening arrived to the marketplace, casing while drilling (CWD) was used for more than a decade to mechanically achieve the same end.

October 31, 2014 • Trent Jacobs • Journal of Petroleum Technology

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