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Spencer Dale, bp chief economist, presents the findings of the report.

At a time when the world is dealing with the COVID-19 virus, it is a safe assumption that we are frequently thinking about our health. This selection of technical papers highlights the topic as addressed at the 2020 SPE Virtual International Conference on Health, Safety, Environment, and Sustainability.

Earlier this year, 19 teams competed in a machine-learning contest held by the Data Analytics Study Group of SPE’s Gulf Coast Section. The was the first competition of its kind for SPE. Here, the organizers of the contest present some of the techniques used and lessons learned from the Machine Learning Challenge 2021.

Finding creative ways to drive down the CAPEX and discounted OPEX and define a realistic pathway and schedule to full-scale commercial operations is discussed.

SPE is accepting applications for its annual Energy Startup Competition. The deadline for applications is 2 July.

The roadmap presented by the International Energy Agency requires extreme measures that could be career changing for petroleum engineers.

Fourteen technologies from 14 companies around the world were selected, including five companies receiving small business recognition.

This paper describes diversity and inclusion in its broadest sense and its benefits and challenges within the context of the oil and gas industry, in particular with regard to petroleum engineering and subsurface teams.

The Swedish operator is using a $35-million tree-planting initiative to offset the estimated 98,000 BOED it produces from the Edvard Grieg field about 111 miles offshore Stavanger.

Smaller and independent upstream companies often have limited resources for data management. Nonetheless, their data are valuable and must be managed for that value to be realized. Geologists may just be in the perfect position to do the job, if they can get the training.