Production Chicken
Letter from the Publisher It looks as though I’ve become addicted to trying to figure out how the United States can beat OPEC in their...
July-August 2015
Offshore History: Shell Oil Drilling Ship on Lake Barre Early 1950s
Offshore drilling actually began off the coast of California in 1896. Modest returns ended the enterprise by 1902. Advances in drilling technologies inevitably caught up...
Offshore History: Texaco Tanker at their Lake Barre Terminal early 1950s
Narrow channels that crisscrossed saltwater marshes were the roads traveled by tug boats, crew boats and barges transporting men and materials to the offshore drilling...
Offshore History: Early Offshore Pylon Rig on Lake Barre Early 1950s
Vast saltwater lakes and shallow water marshes were no obstacle when it came to drilling and producing oil. Drilling platforms constructed on timber pilings introduced...
The Gulf of Mexico Long-Play
Offshore oil and gas exploration and production in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico are standing up to the oil price downturn that has been influencing...
Five Years Post-BP Oil Spill
On April 13, almost five years since the April 20, 2010, BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement...
Q&A with Jason Spiess: Ronald W. Jibson
Jason Spiess: Looking back at 2014, with all the activity in the Bakken with their wet gas, the infrastructure in Louisiana and other shale plays,...
Fixed or Floating: What Is Your Exposure?
Fixed platforms, tension leg platforms, spar platforms, drill boats, jack-up rigs and countless other contrivances are used in oil exploration and production on the Gulf...
Electronic Tong Testing Stand Enables Off-Site Associate Training
Information and technology are key components of success in the oil and gas industries. Being able to assimilate and manage large amounts of data between...
BP is Answering the Challenge
The oil and gas industry has a storied history in the state of Louisiana. Over the last 100 years, the industry has provided hundreds of...
