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Decommissioning

ATCE Highlights: Boosting Recovery From Maturing Fields and Decommissioning

The 2014 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE) in Amsterdam drew people from all over the world, covered global themes, and focused on the triumphs, challenges, and remaining opportunities for the North Sea.

November 30, 2014 • Paul S. Jones • Oil and Gas Facilities
Sustainability

A Social License to Operate in the 21st Century: Overcoming the Clash of Two Cultures

Energy development projects that affect local communities frequently face opposition. This article describes an approach to dealing with local communities that has proved effective.

July 28, 2013 • James A. Kent • Oil and Gas Facilities
Processing systems/design

Savvy Separator: The Ghosts of Separators Past, Present, and Future

Lessons learned by the members of the SPE Separations Technology Technical Section, representing more than 250 years' experience, are presented so that the same mistakes are not repeated in the future.

November 23, 2015 • Robert Chin • Oil and Gas Facilities
Onshore/Offshore Facilities

Process-Design Considerations for a Compressor Dry-Gas Seal-System Interface

Failure of a dry-gas seal in the compressor can result in plant outage and considerable revenue loss to the operating company. This paper discusses design considerations to minimize risk of failure.

November 4, 2015 • Chung Leong • Oil and Gas Facilities
Flow assurance

Models for Asphaltene Phase Behavior and Deposition Evolve

Rice University has been working on effective models of phase behavior and asphaltene deposition as a path to improved design that can reduce this challenge for operators.

November 14, 2014 • Stephen Whitfield • Oil and Gas Facilities
Drilling

CSB Report Reveals New Details, Lessons Learned From Macondo Incident

Several different factors contributed to the Macondo accident, according to an analysis by the CSB.

October 21, 2014 • Stephen Whitfield • Oil and Gas Facilities
Environment

New EPA Regulation Offers Opportunities for Emissions of Waste Gas

A new federal air quality rule from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) could affect how the oil and gas industry handles waste gas emissions.

November 13, 2014 • Stephen Whitfield • Oil and Gas Facilities
Field/project development

Industry Panel Discusses Future of Energy and Construction

A panel of oil and gas industry experts at the Rice Global Engineering and Construction Forum discussed megaprojects and the joint responsibility of owners and contractors to make them better.

October 16, 2014 • Stephen Whitfield • Oil and Gas Facilities
Safety

Effective Safety Culture Necessary To Understand Accident Causation

While there is no one way to prevent all accidents from occurring, organizations can develop an effective safety culture that allows them to learn from their mistakes.

November 18, 2014 • Stephen Whitfield • Oil and Gas Facilities
Field/project development

Radical Change Needed To Improve the Efficiency of E&P Projects

A webinar examined reasons why projects fail to meet profit expectations and how success potential can be enhanced.

November 17, 2014 • Stephen Whitfield • Oil and Gas Facilities

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