RPSEA UDW Flow Assurance Winter TAC Meeting
AgendaRPSEA's Ultra-Deepwater Technical Advisory Committees (TAC) focus on a particular ultra-deepwater technology area. The role of the TACs, with representation from subject matter experts who study...
View ArticleRPSEA UDW Subsea Systems Winter TAC Meeting
AgendaRPSEA's Ultra-Deepwater Technical Advisory Committees (TAC) focus on a particular ultra-deepwater technology area. The role of the TACs, with representation from subject matter experts who study...
View ArticleRPSEA UDW Drilling, Completions and Interventions Winter TAC Meeting/ RPSEA...
AgendaRPSEA's Ultra-Deepwater Technical Advisory Committees (TAC) focus on a particular ultra-deepwater technology area. The role of the TACs, with representation from subject matter experts who study...
View ArticleRPSEA UDW Geosciences & Reservoir Engineering Winter TAC Meeting
AgendaRPSEA's Ultra-Deepwater Technical Advisory Committees (TAC) focus on a particular ultra-deepwater technology area. The role of the TACs, with representation from subject matter experts who study...
View ArticleRPSEA UDW Floating Facilities and Risers & Systems Engineering Winter TAC...
AgendaRPSEA's Ultra-Deepwater Technical Advisory Committees (TAC) focus on a particular ultra-deepwater technology area. The role of the TACs, with representation from subject matter experts who study...
View ArticleBaker Hughes Board of Directors Forced Out
In a prelude to the buyout, Baker Hughes announced that Halliburton informed the company that all Baker Hughes board members would be replaced with Halliburton nominees at the April 15, 2015 board of...
View ArticleHalliburton Buys Out Baker Hughes
Falling oil prices have resulted in Halliburton buying out rival oilfield services company Baker Hughes for $34.6 billion. Global oil prices have fallen 31% in the past five months to the lowest in...
View ArticleKeystone Pipeline Fails Senate Vote by 1
The Senate vote on the Keystone Pipeline failed by one vote - the 59-41 vote required 60 votes for passage. The vote was a setback for industry ready to proceed with construction. Republicans plan to...
View ArticleOPEC to Meet in Vienna to Discuss Oil Price
OPEC members will meet in Vienna on November 27 to discuss the 30% drop in the price of oil and its impact. United Arab Emiratis Energy Minister, Suhail bin Mohammed al-Mazroui, said OPEC will make the...
View ArticleRussia will not Cut Oil Output
Russia's Energy Minister, Alexander Novak, announced that Russia, the world's largest energy exporter, will not cut oil production to shore up oil prices. Russia is dependent on energy production for...
View ArticleCO2 Set for 20th Annual Conference in Midland
CO2 flooding has been replacing waterflooding in the Permian Basin for over 30 Years. Currently over 190,000 barrels a day of oil in generated by CO2 flooding. CO2 conference chairman, Steve Melzer,...
View ArticleOil Price Drop Impacts U.S. Exports
OPEC meeting in Vienna, and OPEC's support for Saudi Arabia refusal to cut production, have caused Asian refineries to suspend imports of condensate, and light crude oil produced from the U.S. shale...
View ArticleSaudi's Response to Oil Price Drop
Following last week's OPEC meeting, the Saudi cabinet released a statement, "The cabinet stressed that the kingdom's oil policy is emanating from economic fundamentals, to achieve the economic...
View ArticleOil Prices Decline after Monday's Rally
Reuters reports that "Oil prices resumed their decline on Tuesday after rallying the previous session (Monday afternoon), while world stock markets edged higher." On Monday morning the price was below...
View ArticleThe Oil Boom has returned to the Gulf of Mexico
Royal Dutch Shell announced in late November 2014 that the Olympus Platform, 130 miles offshore Louisiana, came on line early and is bigger and more expensive than anything else in the Gulf. Four years...
View ArticleSolar Efficiency Increased
Researchers at the University of New South Wales became the 1st in the world to achieve 40% efficiency in conversion of sunlight hitting a solar system into electricity. The technology and efficiency...
View ArticleBP First to Announce Job Cuts Due to Oil Price
BP announced on Sunday, that it would begin cutting middle management jobs and freeze, delay or scrap projects in response to the low oil price. BP Finance director, Brian Gilvary, said "We have got...
View ArticleExploration Continues Despite Drop in Oil
Chevron announced that they have been awarded licenses from New Zealand to explore three prospects off the south-east coast of the North Island. This is Chevron's first venture in New Zealand. They...
View ArticleEIA Cuts Oil Production Forecast
The U.S. Energy Information Agency cut the 2015 forecast of oil production by another 100,000 bpd to 9.3 million bpd. In November EIA had cut the 2015 forecast by 100,000 bopd to 9.4 bpd.
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