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Today, the industry is faced with entry into frontier areas with little prior published understanding and potentially complex slope and deepwater settings.

Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) represents a major hazard in oil and gas production, and the efficient and reliable detection of gas leaks is a critical safety aspect.

When it comes to fracturing, experts argue about many things, but they agree that fractures do not look like lightning bolts, tree roots, or shattered glass.

The purpose of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Safety and Environmental Management Systems (SEMS) is to enhance safety of operations in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM).

There is no question that deepwater production will play a very important part in meeting the world’s future energy demand.

West Africa has seen a significant shift in drilling activity, mainly in deep water. Many of the major international operators are carrying out important ­exploration-and-development activities there.

Nearly 350 people gathered at the Omni Interlocken Resort outside of Denver for the 2015 SPE E&P Health, Safety, Security, and Environmental Conference—Americas. The conference carried the theme “Striving for HSE Excellence—It Takes All of Us.”

In recent years, projects in upstream oil and gas have become more complex, remotely located, and, therefore, costly and difficult to deliver.

After acquiring Berry Petroleum in 2013, Linn Energy became the operator of heavy oil fields in California’s San Joaquin Valley.

Managing the business amid the downturn in the price of oil and overcoming the challenges facing the industry topped discussions during the 19th annual Middle East Oil & Gas Show and Conference (MEOS), held in Manama, Bahrain, in March.