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What Project Sanctions Tell Us About the State of the Upstream Sector
Many of the biggest players in the industry—particularly the majors—have adapted their portfolios for “lower for longer” and are once again sanctioning big projects. While we are not back to the heady days of 2010–2014, we have left behind the dark days of 2015–2016.
Operators Share Frac Schedules To Know When Wells are at Risk
To reduce the risk of wells getting “frac hits,” Permian Basin operators around Midland created an information exchange to give them notice of nearby fracturing.
Industry Leaders Top the Agenda at ATCE 2017
SPE’s annual meeting will feature leading executives from Baker Hughes and Devon as well as other industry leaders.
Artificial Intelligence and Human Expertise Form Powerful Combination for Performance Improvement
Anadarko’s CEO and a company board member who heads a venture-backed software developer for artificial intelligence (AI) discuss the key role that AI will play in the oil and gas industry’s future.
Halliburton-Microsoft Strategic Alliance Hopes To Speed Industry Transformation
Halliburton and Microsoft believe that by working together they can step up the pace of digital transformation across the E&P industry.
BP and Shell Agree: A New Energy Future Is Coming
The world still needs oil and gas, but it is also making room for renewable energy which will change how upstream companies do business.
This Vision of Onshore Seismic May Look Strange at First
Faced with big potential discoveries under terrain that makes good seismic imaging impossible, Total is rethinking how to gather the data it needs, with an idea that could change the face of seismic exploration.
Clouds are Forming Around the Upstream Sector, and That’s a Good Thing
No longer considered a buzz phrase, cloud computing has made converts of the largest oil companies, and now the smaller ones are next.
TECHNOLOGY
New SCADA Systems Help Operators Fulfill Potential of the Digital Oil Field
Supervisory control and data acquisition systems no longer simply monitor operations and produce large volumes of data in static displays, but now collect production data from all operation data sources and contextualize and present them to workers in real time as meaningful, actionable information.
Data Aggregation and Distribution With Human Factors Incorporated
Researchers have developed a drilling-data-aggregation and -distribution system that seamlessly integrates all forms of data, file types, and communication protocols and incorporates human-factors engineering in the design.
Technology’s Role for Today’s New-Look, Multidisciplinary Teams
What are the real opportunities for disruptive step change that will help us to catch up and leapfrog other industries that have given rise to companies such as Amazon, Google, and Apple, and have driven the renewal of the auto, airline, and transportation industries?
Bakken Case Study: Fracturing-Plug Drillout Performance With Task-Built PDC Bit Design
A new line of specialized polycrystalline-diamond-compact bits have been tested in a series of Bakken wells. The bits’ integrated design allowed significant increases in drilling rate and the number of plugs drilled.
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Silviu LivescuChief Scientist, Baker Hughes, a GE Company |
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Kevin J. Blount
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Priscillah Mabelane
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Priscillah Mabelane was appointed CEO of BP Southern Africa (BPSA). She was previously the CFO of BP...
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Steve Gilbert
08 September 2017
Steve Gilbert, SPE, was appointed director of asset management and decommissioning at Lloyd’s Regist...
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Torgeir Stordal
08 September 2017
Torgeir Stordal was appointed exploration director at the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. He previo...
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