Distributed energy assets create a distinct security challenge because solar farms, substations, battery storage facilities and control buildings may operate miles apart with limited on-site staffing.…
Energy infrastructure is a high-value target for cybercriminals. Attacks on critical national infrastructure (CNI) can have an outsized impact, disrupting essential services, causing nationwide instability, and…
Energies Media: What inspired you to pursue a career in renewable energy? Kellie Macpherson: I was drawn to renewables because of my background in NERC compliance…
The offshore oil and gas industry plays a crucial role in meeting the increasing global energy demand. However, it involves risks, such as its dependence on…
The transition to a green economy based on sustainable power is steadily reducing society’s dependence on fossil fuels, but it is also ratcheting up cybersecurity risks…
Ransomware attacks on oil and gas companies and utilities are increasing in frequency and severity, with longer recovery times and more companies paying ransoms.
The U.S. could hasten the rate of replenishing the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as maintenance on the stockpile is completed by the end of the year, Energy…
Energy infrastructure plays a critical role in both local and global stability, putting the oil and gas industry under considerable pressure to ensure everything runs smoothly.…
The oil and gas sector, especially the pipeline industry, plays a pivotal role in the global economy. However, this critical sector faces an escalating cybersecurity challenge.…
For many years, midstream operators have been conducting cyber vulnerability assessments to identify risks in the digital field architecture. Likewise, these same operators are required to…
Oil and gas companies, much like many other businesses in the energy and utilities sector, face ongoing challenges, including pressure to meet new sustainability goals, transition…
As much of the world focuses on the energy transition and lessening its dependence on fossil fuels, while increasing the use of renewable forms of energy,…
As oil and gas demand surges, idle drilling rigs are increasingly being brought back into service. There is no doubt that this has been influenced by…
The Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investment community is divesting in crude oil that provides products and fuels for consumers that did not exist in the…
The energy sector is experiencing a massive digital transformation. This process is revolutionizing energy production, transmission, storage and consumption. Energy infrastructures are complex systems and, according…
Cybersecurity has become one of the most crucial concerns of the 21st century. The world is starting to take it more seriously now more than ever,…
There are two sides to everything; there is the positive side and also the negative side. Digitalization has clearly advanced industries and organizations like never before,…
Cyberattacks against companies in every industry are growing more frequent and costly. The oil industry is no exception to that rule. In a recent example, oil-drilling…
OILMAN Magazine recently interviewed Michael Ferrante, W Energy Software’s VP of Transportation, to learn how the Tulsa-based software developer is helping energy companies move oil, gas…
In the aftermath of a cyberattack that shut down America’s largest oil pipeline, we’re seeing gas prices skyrocket. The effects of this terrible ransomware attack have…
Find out why the cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline will have broad implications on how the energy industry defends and responds to future incidents. As our world…
On Friday, Colonial Pipeline, which transports refined petroleum products (gasoline, jet fuel, etc.) from Texas to New Jersey, halted operations because of a cyberattack on its…
The recent cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline underscores just how vulnerable critical U.S. infrastructure is to cybercriminals. On May 7, 2021, Colonial Pipeline, a major U.S. fuel…
The famous London-based Ernst & Young (EY) audit and consulting company estimates that around $133 billion worth of crude oil and refined products are stolen or…
Already plagued by political agendas, market uncertainty and global struggles, the oil and gas industry’s downstream sector find itself in peril. With technical and digital dominance…
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is working with government and industry partners to identify cybersecurity risks and develop strategies…
The recent events in Iraq – the attacks on the U.S. embassy, the death of an Iranian general by U.S., and Iran’s missile attack on an…
While the oil and gas industry is seen exploiting digital technologies and cost-effective concepts of operations, they are also inviting security problems. The industry’s increasing dependence…
We are currently in the middle of a technological revolution, and the signs are all around us. Go ahead and name any tech buzz words such…
