Impact of a Digital Oilfield
There are over 9,000 independent oil and natural gas producers in the United States, operating in 33 states. Each of these companies works with countless...
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Saying Goodbye to Hot Oiling
“If you want the good stuff (performance), then you have to use the bad stuff.” This has been a long-standing slogan in the oilfield production...
Enhancing Safety and Operability in the Evolving STS Transfer Market
Ship-to-ship (STS) transfer is becoming increasingly common throughout the shipping industry. It has been an important part of the oil industry for some time, providing...
A Practical Approach to Using IOT Devices to Support Legacy SCADA Field Systems in the Transition to Internet Based Industrial Automation Systems
In the world of industrial automation, the talk is centered around IIOT. With buzzwords like “Industry 4.0,” “IOT,” “digital twin,” “cloud computing,” “artificial intelligence,” “machine...
Interview, Brent Rhymes, CEO of WolfePak Software
Tonae’ Hamilton: Can you explain how the acquisition came about? Was acquiring DocVue a primary goal for WolfePak? Brent Rhymes: We’re excited about bringing together...
Predictive Analytics and Big Data Increase Flows in Downstream Supply Chain Management
Since the 2014 oil and gas downturn, the industry reinvented itself in order to rebound. What has emerged from the chaos of 2014 is not...
A Look Inside the Data Refinery—the Expansion and Impact of Upstream Software and Emerging Technologies in the Oil and Gas Industry
In recent years, the oil and gas industry has experienced a major transformation in operations and oil production, with many companies now relying on data...
Ready To Make It Happen!
Kicking off a New Year, a new decade and in Oil and Gas – an exciting time of making deals happen! Of course, I work...
America’s Energy: 2020 and Beyond
As stated in my book, America Needs America’s Energy: Creating Together the People’s Energy Plan, “Future generations are depending on us to keep the American...
Energy’s Top Quotes from 2019
Here is a look back at some quotes from The Crude Life in 2019 that deserve another look and listen. “It is confusing and gets...