Business/economics
This article analyzes Nigeria’s deepwater fiscal framework by examining its legal foundations, the practical operation of production-sharing contracts, and the allocation of financial risk between the government and international oil companies.
The third and final part of the series covers the facility engineering and petroleum economics aspects of a field development plan.
Petroleum engineering tops the pay scale among engineering majors, with new graduates projected to earn an average starting salary of $100,750, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers.
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As the age of industry workers is shifting, companies are having to rethink their staffing approaches, focusing more on diversity and on leadership training. They also need to address knowledge transfer mechanisms. -
The past and future decade: Industry leaders Eve Sprunt and Luis Rodriguez speak their minds on a host of industry topics.
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Developing a global oil and gas liquids supply outlook is not a common petroleum engineering assignment. Ted Pirog discusses how he learned it was important and how he approaches that task as part of ExxonMobil's energy outlook.
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Nearly 2 decades after it was dreamed up as a way to do the job of two icebreakers with just a single hull, the oblique icebreaker has been launched into service in the Gulf of Finland. The Baltika, a first-of-its-kind vessel, completed sea trials in March and despite it launching too late in the season to work in heavy ice conditions, it will nonetheless provide a ba…
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Wumi Idelare, LSU, provides a primer on petroleum fiscal systems worldwide and discusses how the terms and requirements may potentially affect the attractiveness of a country's resources for development.
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Amjad Bseisu, CEO at Enquest discusses the energy business and his entrepreneurial career in oil and gas.
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A discussion of mature oil fields focusing on preventing decline.
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Find out more about the oil and gas industry in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and what it is like to travel there.
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Natural gas is increasingly important as a cleaner-burning fuel. To meet growing demand, the industry will need a highly trained workforce, meaning more students need to be attracted to the industry.
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Cairo University’s Ahmed El-Banbi and Science Based Solutions’ Geoffrey Thyne give their perspectives on common public perceptions of the oil and gas industry.
