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Charles Frederic Rand and Robert Earll McConnell

After the Macondo incident, the oil industry started a significant review of its capabilities to respond to a subsea well blowout and launched some specific development projects.

Following years of deliberation, the European Union (EU) released a recommendation on unconventional hydrocarbons and a related communication in 2014. This paper traces the origins and development of these documents, which provide vital clues for the road ahead in European shale-gas regulation.

This paper reviews the Ebola outbreak from the viewpoint of an onshore and offshore petroleum operator, providing insight into the real threats the outbreak, and providing lessons learnt for industry operations elsewhere.

Safety culture can be distilled into nine characteristics predictive of safety outcomes. To improve safety performance and create lasting change in organizational culture, leaders can focus on developing 10 safety-specific leadership capabilities.

When Gerald Schotman, Shell’s chief technology officer, looks at the unconventional oil and gas business, he sees so many young technologies and “from the perspective a chief technology officer, that is such an opportunity.”

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Helge Haldorsen is the nominee for 2015 Society of Petroleum Engineers president. He and seven others make up the slate of Board nominees recommended for SPE Board positions by the society’s Nominating Committee and Board of Directors.

Experience has revealed that frictional pressure loss in the wellbore hinders the full use of the entire length of the horizontal well. This paper presents a new approach to maximize the use of the full length of long horizontal drainholes.

There’s an old line in the proppant business that customers want a product that is stronger than diamonds, lighter than water, and cheaper than dirt. And they are serious about that.