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April 2020 saw oil prices dip negative for the first time in memory. A mixture of COVID-19 travel restrictions worldwide, ...

With growing worldwide momentum in decarbonization, the oil and gas industry is starting to acknowledge its impact on climate change, ...

With operational disruptions, supply chain lags, and reductions in consumer spending, the coronavirus pandemic continues to impact business globally. Stalled ...

During these challenging times, with rigs drastically cut and completion crews on indefinite hold, finding ways to immediately impact cash ...

Photo courtesy of Sigma Drilling Technologies Drilling is an essential component in the oil and gas industry with operators using ...

Eric Eissler: Please provide some background as to what your company does and how you do it. Spencer Albright: MineralWare ...

The energy industry is very cyclical and, while companies should take advantage of economic ups and market changes that give ...

Tech, tech and more tech. It only goes up from here and, since the dawn of the Internet revolution in ...

Five major players – Kinder Morgan, Williams Companies, ONEOK, Energy Transfer, and Plains All American – each with extensive pipeline ...

The energy industry today understands the value of technology. Innovation and sensible investment can rapidly cut operating costs and reduce ...

The discipline of oil drilling is one of the most inherently risky manufacturing industries worldwide. From the heavy machinery involved, ...

To continue with our young professional series, our talk today is with Kim Salinas, who is a bank engineer with ...

Imagine for a moment, you’re getting ready to dial into your weekly leadership call when you receive an urgent text ...

As software and technology continue to further penetrate the oil and gas industry, the upstream sector is seeing the technology ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has put many oil and gas companies in financially difficult positions. In response to low oil prices ...

Protecting your greatest assets – the people that make up your operation and the operation itself – are at the ...

Several influences play integral roles in the evolution of the midstream sector, with compliance and safety often at the heart ...

Driven by the worldwide COVID pandemic, the oil and gas industry is challenged to plan and operate with new procedures ...

The upstream sector of the oil and gas industry is based on the first stage of a reservoir’s lifetime. This ...

As business leaders in the oil and gas industry come to terms with the “new normal” of remote working, digital-led ...

The Crude Life engages with industry experts and energy enthusiasts every day with interviews, radio programs, social media posts, print ...

Keo Lukefahr is the head of derivatives trading for Motiva Enterprises. She has worked in the energy industry for more ...

Normalcy is a term we’ve all become accustomed to hearing in the news as we emerge from the pandemic lockdown. ...

A GOP eager to pile up wins in this year’s general election must have taken comfort in the Democrats’ own ...

Where is all the water going? As much as 10 barrels of saltwater are produced for every barrel of oil ...

In early 2020, oil prices plummeted from an average of USD 65 in 2019 to as low as USD 25 ...

The oil industry has not historically been one to embrace change by investing in new technologies. However, many company leaders ...

Production Downturn Summary The global oil industry has been in crisis since March. While recovery has begun, we must ask: ...

Find out what E&P companies need to know as they navigate the impact of a negative and/or depressed oil and ...

Succeeding with new, post-commodity business models, revenue streams and energy ventures become much more manageable with these four digital elements ...

The oil and gas industry is based on the marketing of hydrocarbons. Since the early stages, the use of this ...

The low price of oil coupled with the pandemic has resulted in budget cuts and significant shifts in how companies ...

The oil and gas industry has faced no shortage of challenges in recent years. However, few could have predicted both ...

In March 2014, the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Aberdeen held the first international conference on how to address the ...

Real-time location in remote areas helps Texas firm stake sites. There’s a reason Texas is called the Lone Star state. ...

With the typical oil and gas asset having so many moving, complex parts – some of which may be deep ...

COVID-19’s impact on the transportation sector is affecting oil and gas demand and prices around the world. The peak of ...

With the evolution in recent years, the energy demand for fossil fuels has been increasing (with some periods of recession ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) was taking the world by storm long before the COVID-19 crisis and the oil and gas crash ...

Oil and gas companies have long stuck to antiquated systems. There is a need for wholesale evolution, innovation, and diversification, ...

In previous sections, we introduced unconventional reservoirs, and determined that one of the main parameters that will define this type ...

The COVID-19 pandemic wiped out nearly 40 million jobs in total dating back to mid-February. It didn’t matter which industry, ...

A pleasure to be with you again. In the midst of the adversities created by this pandemic, we find the ...

Today, oil and gas enterprises such as floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) operators, drilling contractors, and other vessel owners ...

Anye Ndefru works at one of the world’s leading oilfield services companies. Alan Alexeyev (AA): Tell us a little bit about ...

At more than 100 years old, the oil industry is one of the most faithful industrial disciplines to its principles; ...

Understanding intrinsic safety certification for Smart PPE use in certain applications, such as oil and gas and mining. The oil ...