Exploration & Production
Energy for Everyone
“As a father, I believe it’s important to provide education and promote curiosity for our little ones. I love involving my daughter in my work and…
July 11, 2023 · By Energies Media Staff
Exploration & Production
Exploration & Production
Changing Our Legacy One Well At A Time
Growing up on a farm in rural Central New York State, I learned the values of hard work, integrity, and leaving things better than I found…
July 11, 2023 · By Amanda Veazey
Exploration & Production
Five More Firms Throw Support Behind 10-Point Plan to Improve Mental Health In Energy Industry
Aberdeen – Five more leading energy organizations have given their backing to a charter aimed at improving the mental health of thousands of North Sea workers.…
July 5, 2023 · By Energies Media Staff
Exploration & Production
Processing Supplier Non-conformance Reports: Are You Leaving Money on the Table?
A supplier non-conformance report (NCR) is often a bain (a thing that ruins or spoils) that causes chronic headaches and drains money and time from capital projects…
June 17, 2023 · By Roy O. Christensen
Exploration & Production
10 Reasons the Energy Mix Matters Now More Than Ever
As the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions gains momentum, the undercurrent of seismic cultural shifts is creating a challenging business landscape for energy companies to…
May 16, 2023 · By Merilee Kern, MBA
Exploration & Production
U.K. Industry Leaders Take Action to Improve Mental Health Support for Energy Workers
Senior figures from the U.K.’s energy industry have agreed to establish a mental health charter to improve the support available to workers in the North Sea.…
May 16, 2023 · By North Sea Chapter, IADC
Exploration & Production
Realizing Global Growth – What the Oil and Gas Sector Can learn from Civil Nuclear Manufacturing Processes
As the demand for a shift to renewable energy sources grows, the infrastructure that has long served as the foundation of our energy supply is undergoing…
May 5, 2023 · By Julian Vance
Exploration & Production
A Just Transition: Making Energy Poverty History
I wrote about the oil and gas gender gap in my last book, Billions at Play: The Future of African Energy and Doing Deals, but as…
March 15, 2023 · By NJ Ayuk
Exploration & Production
Petro and the End of Oil Exploitation in Colombia
On August 7, 2022, Colombia made a 180 degree turn in terms of managing its economic policy by electing the first president with a clear socialist…
March 15, 2023 · By Angela Levy and Carlos Arturo Toro
Diversity
A New Era for the African Continent
Africa finds itself at the crossroad of reducing energy poverty (less than half of its population has access to electricity), adopting an energy transition that is…
January 13, 2023 · By Mireille Toulekima
Exploration & Production
How CFO Services Can Be a Tool for Supplier Relationship Management and Help Your Suppliers
For those of you who work in procurement, the supply chain, with service contractors and/or accounts payable of large organizations, have you ever been asked the…
January 13, 2023 · By Paula Waggoner-Aguilar
Business
Oil and Gas Regulations
Critics say the petroleum industry, including oil and gas, needs to be more heavily regulated when, in fact, it is one of the most highly regulated…
January 13, 2023 · By Sally Goodson
Exploration & Production
Enverus Intelligence Releases Canadian Oil Sands Report Predicting Increased Production Growth
Topics of conversation vary, but within the oil and gas industry, they all seem to circle back to production growth and 2030. A team of Enverus…
January 12, 2023 · By Nick Vaccaro
Exploration & Production
Jennifer Haley, CEO, Kern Energy
Rebecca Ponton: I found it so interesting that when you joined Kern you didn’t have energy industry experience. What attracted you to the refining industry, and…
November 15, 2022 · By Rebecca Ponton
Exploration & Production
Avoiding the “Resource Curse”
Oil seekers hit gold – black gold, that is – when they found oil in the small South American nation of Guyana in 2015 which, according…
November 11, 2022 · By Shannon West
Exploration & Production
The Oil and Gas Industry – A 40 Year Retrospective
When I retired from the American Petroleum Institute (API) in May of this year, I decided to write a retrospective, having worked in the oil and…
November 11, 2022 · By Sally Goodson
Business
Oil Field Services Companies Survived the Pandemic. Now What?
Over the course of the pandemic, the U.S. oil field services industry experienced an existential threat as E&P companies dramatically cut spending in response to the…
November 11, 2022 · By Brian Williams
Business
Three Ways the Oil and Gas Industry Can Compete for Talent
Over the last year or two, several industries faced their share of labor shortages. The oil and gas industry is no exception, with many skilled professionals in…
November 11, 2022 · By Alan Henson
Business
2022 Year in Review: What We Learned
As an upstream player in the oil and gas industry, it is common to conduct a full review of the previous year’s activities and review how…
November 11, 2022 · By Jordan Jayson and Robert Thaxton
Exploration & Production
Managing the E&P Talent Shortage Hinges on Bringing More Women Into the Field
Oil and gas organizations face diversity challenges, especially in recruiting, retaining and promoting women. Companies that meet those challenges with creative, flexible solutions will benefit from…
September 9, 2022 · By Nicole Durham
Exploration & Production
WOMEN AT bp OMAN
Asmahan Mustafa Learning advisor, Middle East and Africa Asmahan started her journey with bp as an intern in the international mobility team. After graduating, she was…
September 9, 2022 · By Energies Media Staff
Environment
Trendsetter Awarded Contract by Well‐Safe for Plug And Abandonment Campaign
Houston, Texas – Trendsetter Engineering, Inc. is pleased to announce a contract award by Well‐Safe to utilize the Trident Intervention System and technical services for UK…
August 16, 2022 · By Energies Media Staff
Exploration & Production
A (North) Sea Change in Leadership
Early 2022 brought a name change; the start of 2023 will bring a leadership change. After helming Offshore Energies UK (OEUK), formerly Oil & Gas UK,…
July 8, 2022 · By Rebecca Ponton
Diversity
Transformative Shifts in the Oil and Gas Industry
Over the last two years, traditional context for decision-making has fundamentally changed, and business leaders worldwide have been thrust into a historic intersection – adapt or…
July 8, 2022 · By Kendra Lee
Exploration & Production
Female Ukrainian Geoscientist Refugee Funds
Robbie (Ruth Roberta) Gries is organizing this fundraiser. Many Ukrainian female geologists have escaped the violence in Ukraine to nearby Poland and other countries, some with…
July 8, 2022 · By Robbie Gries
Day in the Life
Rosie the Driller
On a drilling rig in the North Sea, Rosie Hutchins stood in the derrick, a tower-like framework that supports the hoisting equipment that raises and lowers…
July 8, 2022 · By Ally Cedeno
Diversity
Anomalies: Pioneering Women in Petroleum Geology 1917 – 2017
Anomaly anom·a·ly | ə-ˈnä-mə-lē plural anomalies Definition: A departure from the expected or normal; a geologic feature that is different from the general surrounding and is…
July 8, 2022 · By Robbie Gries
Exploration & Production
An Introduction to the Pulitzer Prize Nominated Book “Clean” Energy Exploitations
The cover for “Clean” Energy Exploitation is very provocative: A soldier with an AK47 machine gun overseeing the mining of minerals in one of the developing…
July 8, 2022 · By Ronald Stein
Environment
Optimizing Wettability in CCS Class VI Wells can Slash Regulatory Costs and Boost Storage Efficiency
CCS is touted as the solution to continued fossil fuel requirements, so cutting millions from costs and making wells hold more CO2 is vital to the…
May 6, 2022 · By Dr. Geoffrey Thyne and Vladimir Ulyanov
Diversity
Erika Anderson: Engineering an Inclusive Future
For many students, math and science often feel like subjects that – even if you’re good at them –you can’t use in the real world. This…
May 6, 2022 · By Erin Twamley
Environment
Microbes Offer Cost Effective and Environmentally Friendly TPH Cleanup of Oil Spills
As everyone from investors to the general public asks the oil and gas industry to get cleaner and more environmentally friendly, more and more operators are…
May 6, 2022 · By Bill Lantz
Downstream
Without American LNG, the Fight Against Russia Would Have Been Much, Much Worse
This year, Russia invaded Ukraine, threatening not just the sovereignty of European nations, but also the world energy market. When America, along with our allies and…
May 6, 2022 · By Ed Longanecker
Exploration & Production
SmartBOP™ Oil & Gas Industry’s Disruptive Technology
“Necessity is the mother of invention” Plato NEW YORK, NY: With the rising number of maturing onshore oilfields in the recent years, exploration, and production activities…
April 25, 2022 · By Chris Moran
Exploration & Production
Dynamic Trio of Gen Zers Sees A Future in Oil and Gas
The oil and gas industry is at risk of starving as meeting its basic needs is becoming more difficult. “Keep it in the Ground” activism limits…
March 7, 2022 · By JoAnn Meyer
Exploration & Production
Succeeding in the Production Era
Rebecca Ponton: What sparked the idea that started your company? Sealy Laidlaw, CEO, Zeno Technologies: The concept for Zeno originated with the Echo Energy team in…
March 7, 2022 · By Rebecca Ponton
Exploration & Production
Young Professionals in the Oil and Gas Industry: Interview with Denis Eremenko
Alan Alexeyev: Tell us a little bit about your current position and what you do, as well as how you found a job. Denis Eremenko: I…
March 7, 2022 · By Alan Alexeyev
Environment
Properly Handled, Microbes Can Cost-Effectively Treat Scale, Corrosion, Paraffin and the Environment
There’s no question that rising environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns on the part of investors, the public, and the oil and gas industry itself have…
March 7, 2022 · By Bill Lantz
Exploration & Production
How Oil and Gas Companies Can Recruit, Train and Retain Top Talent
As millennials and Gen Z professionals begin climbing the ranks of corporate leadership, organizations are grappling with how to train and retain talent, while recruiting top…
January 7, 2022 · By Vanessa Akhtar
Exploration & Production
Canada’s Doing Oil Differently
Estella Petersen, who is a member of Cowessess First Nation, an advisor for the Indigenous Resource Network and a heavy equipment operator for Suncor, is firmly…
November 9, 2021 · By Shannon West
Exploration & Production
A Landman’s Primer
Earlier in the year, when the Biden administration issued a moratorium on drilling on federal land (which has since been lifted), it opened up the possibility…
November 9, 2021 · By Rebecca Ponton
Exploration & Production
Wildcat Women: Narratives of Women Breaking Ground in Alaska’s Oil and Gas History
Part Two – Wildcat Voices Debora Strutz. Debora collects and creates jewelry. She also fishes, photographs Alaskans and Alaskan scenery and writes. She built a home…
November 9, 2021 · By Energies Media Staff
Environment
Clean Coal – An Oxymoron?
Coal is the most abundant fossil fuel on earth and has been used for centuries. It was the energy source that fueled the Industrial Revolution of…
November 9, 2021 · By Sarah Skinner
Business
What You Need to Hear (But Don’t Want To)
If you follow me at all (@roberthefnerv on Twitter or Linkedin), you know I’m deeply passionate about energy and that I have a deep respect for…
November 9, 2021 · By Robert Hefner V
Energy Scene
Spotlight on Mexico
Mexico, the United States’ neighbor to the south, has been undergoing its own energy transition over the past few years with its current president, Andrés Manuel…
September 3, 2021 · By Angela Levy
Exploration & Production
The American Shales
MARCELLUS: 2014 We were – all this time – searching for nickels and dimes and we’re sitting here with $100 bills.” – Bill Zagorski With just…
September 3, 2021 · By Nissa Darbonne
Alex Mills
Oil Markets Search for Answers to Global Production Questions
Crude oil traders were in a perplexing situation this week. Some expected crude oil prices to rise following the failure of OPEC+ to reach a new…
July 8, 2021 · By Alex Mills
Exploration & Production
Geeta Thakorlal, President, Digital and Energy Transition, Worley
There are many facets that go into making the oil and gas industry thrive. Engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firms are vital as they essentially put…
May 5, 2021 · By Sarah Skinner
Day in the Life
Living the Crude Life
The Crude Life engages with industry experts and energy enthusiasts every day with interviews, radio programs, social media posts, print features, video content and podcasts. These…
May 5, 2021 · By Genneca Houser and Rebecca Ponton
Exploration & Production
Brazil Oil Production Increases
Despite a raging coronavirus pandemic, Brazil managed to produce an average of 2.94 million barrels of oil per day (Mb/d) in 2020. This was 5.5 percent…
April 1, 2021 · By Suzanne Driscoll
Exploration & Production
The Outlook in Key Production States
Since its discovery, oil and gas has been a major force in our world. We rely on oil to fuel our vehicles, heat buildings, produce electricity…
March 7, 2021 · By Tonae’ Hamilton