Letter from the Publisher (September-October 2019)
The EIA (Energy Information Agency) at the Department of Energy recently mentioned U.S. petroleum production increased 16 percent and natural gas 12 percent in 2018....
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Gas Detection and the Connected Worker
In our increasingly connected world, portable gas detectors have been slow to keep up with the latest digital trends. In the age of IoT, you...
An Overview of Unconventional Reservoirs and Their Basic Classification
Today, there is much that is talked about and discussed in the oil and economic world of unconventional reservoirs. But what are these unconventional reservoirs?...
Artificial Intelligence Provides New Layers of Refinery Safety in 21st Century
In the late 1990s the oil and gas industry worked overtime against the fear of what would happen when the clocks struck midnight in the...
A Minute Saved, a Minute Gained? Why Analysis is Key for Your Next Drilling Project
It’s mid-January, 150 miles from land with the temperature around zero degrees Celsius. The waves are 50 feet high, with many large vessels having chosen...
Odor Control in Oilfields Now Has Greener Options
Every year, oil companies receive hundreds of complaints about nuisance odors emanating from oilfields. For residents living in these areas, “rotten egg” smells and “dead...
Comparing Oil Superpowers: No Match?
Last year, Russia and the USA produced respectively some 11.16 and 10.96 million b/d of crude oil and lease condensate or more than any other...
Maximizing Flame and Gas Detection Effectiveness: The Case for Optimizing Detection Coverage Over Device Availability
FGS (Flame and gas detection systems) are increasingly critical to the protection of people, the environment, and, ultimately, the profitability of oil and gas operations....
Pink Petro Founder & CEO Tells Congress the Future of Energy is All-Inclusive
Five short years after its founding, the origins of Pink Petro have become part of oil and gas folklore. At the time, then 40-year-old founder...
Automated Pipe Welding Emerges from “Perfect Storm” of Technology Advances
Automated pipe welding has been little more than a pipe dream for decades. But advances in several critical technologies, including sensors, AI (Artificial Intelligence), and...