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The probability value, commonly known as the p-value, has been used for decades to test the significance of researchers' findings. A small p-value (typically ≤ 0.05) indicates a statistically significant result. The American Statistical Association is recommending the value be lowered to 0.005, which would reduce the number of false positives. Why is this being revisi…

Jean-François Saint-Marcoux won the 2017 SPE Projects, Facilities, and Construction Award. Saint-Marcouxis an industry consultant. He spent 40 years working in engineering and engineering management, with a specialty in flow assurance and hydrodynamics, contributing to the design of deepwater riser systems. After 2 years with Cameron as a wellhead engineer, he joined …

Aqualis Offshore, a marine and offshore engineering consultancy, appointed Bjarte Røed as head of its Norwegian operations. Røed previously served as head of engineering and risk consulting with the firm, a position he had held since August 2015. Prior to joining Aqualis, he worked as technology manager and managing director of Future Subsea in Norway, and as senior p…

Claudio Descalzi, SPE, was nominated as chief executive officer (CEO) at Eni for a second 3-year term by the Italian government. Descalzi has been Eni’s CEO since May 2014. He joined Eni in 1981 as an oil and gas field petroleum engineer and became project manager for the development of North Sea, Libya, Nigeria, and Congo. In 1990, he was appointed head of reservoir …

Noel D. Rietman, SPE, died 4 March. He was 83. Rietman was the SPE President in 1987 and the president of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers in 1994. Much like the current year, Rietman’s year of SPE presidency saw the industry go through a downturn, with oil prices dropping steeply in 1986. In the May 2016 JPT issue, 2016 SPE Pre…

Phaneendra Kondapi, SPE, was appointed founding director of engineering programs and professor of subsea engineering at the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering Katy Campus. Kondapi was previously director of subsea engineering and professor of practice at Texas A&M University. He has more than 20 years of experience in the industry including with FMC T…

SPE is inviting comment on a draft proposal of a new resources management system. In March 2016, the SPE Board of Directors approved moving forward with work on a Geologic Storage Resources Management System by a subcommittee of the Carbon Dioxide Capture, Utilization, and Storage Technical Section. The subcommittee has completed a draft, which establishes technically…

Topaz Energy named Martin Helweg as its chief operating officer. Helweg has nearly 20 years' experience in leadership roles. He most recently served as regional managing director for the Americas at Svitzer. Prior to that, he was Svitzer's regional chief financial officer and deputy managing director for Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.

A message from David Quirk, SPE Canadian Educational Foundation Chair, and Helen Chang, SPE Canadian Educational Trust Past Chair

The newly launched Unmanned Systems Technical Section will provide a central hub for questions, answers, discussion, collaboration, and networking around unmanned marine, air, and land vehicle systems, software solutions, and power systems for the oil and gas industry. Unmanned systems include remotely operated, autonomous surface, autonomous underwater, unmanned unde…