Why Drill a New Well When You Can Reactivate an Inactive Well?
The production of hydrocarbons is the most essential part of the energy world since, from this, hydrocarbons are obtained and delivered for the different processes...
Oilman May-June 2020
Reserve-Based Lending: What Went Wrong?
Have the underlying metrics behind reserve reports proved to be overly optimistic for oil and gas companies seeking reserve-based lending (RBL)? Reserve-based lending (RBL)...
From Midstream to Pipedream? Why the Promise of AI Has Failed the Oil and Gas Industry
Perhaps the worst kept secret in oil and gas is that the “calendar-based maintenance” operating philosophy we inherited from our predecessors many decades ago is...
Why Unsecured Creditor Committees Matter
With the oil price dipping into negative numbers, there is a serious question about whether oil and gas companies can weather the storm of oversupply...
The Future of Oil and Gas is on the Blocks
With anything blockchain, there’s a hedging for adoption and the oil and gas industry is no different. Companies often skirt the first position and instead...
Young Professionals in the Oil and Gas Industry
Oilman is featuring and highlighting young professionals who are trailblazing their way through the ups and downs of the oil and gas industry, how they...
Sailing Into the Eye of the Perfect Oil Storm: COVID-19
Stories from members of the offshore oil and gas tribe as they work to keep the sails trimmed and the ship afloat during the turbulent...
The Great Offshore Oil and Gas Discovery in Guyana
ExxonMobil won the prize. The greatest offshore oil discovery in recent decades was secured by the world’s largest exploration and production company in May 2015....
ESG: When Divesting Fossil Fuels From Portfolios Causes More Harm Than Good
Why divesting fossil fuels in the name of climate change may in fact be short-sighted and harm the larger sustainable positive strides energy companies are...