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In response to a Presidential Order to reduce undue burden on industry, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement has completed a comprehensive review of the Production Safety Systems regulations.

Recommendations to reduce risks related to gas-release hazards were issued to the offshore oil and gas industry on 5 January. The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement released a Safety Alert highlighting the findings of its Gulf of Mexico-wide inspection effort.

The paper describes a structured methodology for evaluation and visualization of technical integrity for oil and gas production and processing plants and explains how it is used to decide on technical conditions and assess risk and mitigating actions.

C-Innovation formed a turnkey subsea projects group based in Edison Chouest Offshore’s Houston office. The vertically integrated network of affiliate companies will provide support for complex projects.

The papers selected for this issue cover advances and opportunities in well testing. They also apply reservoir fundamentals as well as sound engineering judgment, using quantity but also quality data sets from conventional and unconventional assets.

The purpose of the complete paper is to create a performance-based reservoir characterization by use of production data (measured rates and pressures) from a selected gas-condensate region within the Eagle Ford Shale.

The complete paper aims at a better understanding of the effect of channel content in complex fluvial channel systems on well-test-derivative responses.

The shutting in of unprofitable offshore wells and the requirements for their plugging and abandonment is attracting more attention to what is being done with the associated subsea equipment. The benefits of leaving subsea systems in place vs. recovering them are being considered.

The adoption of emerging technologies is essential for all businesses, and even more important for well-­established industries because of the perpetual threat of disruption from competitors.

Considering the significant weight of drilling costs in upstream ventures, saving even a few hours of drilling could lead to substantial cost savings on the overall capital expenditures (Capex). Thanks to the big data revolution, cost optimization still has strong potential in drilling operations.