Oil and Gas Measurement Automation is Key in Optimizing Production
With commodity prices in flux, the industry seeks to adopt new strategies to increase efficiency and optimize existing assets. Producers are looking for new technologies...
May-June 2019
Letter from the Publisher (May-June 2019)
Not many of us would have guessed the deal of the quarter that blasted the energy headlines last month. Chevron announced that it was acquiring...
Virtual Reality as a Workforce Training Solution
Virtual Reality (VR) has been the most anticipated upcoming technology for the past three years. However, in these past three years it has been slow...
IoT in The Oil and Gas Industry
The oil and gas industry faces technical challenges unique to its business, with hundreds of thousands of onshore and offshore wells distributed over wide geographic...
Continuous “Hands Off” Insulation Resistance Testing of Critical Motors
For decades, offshore oil and gas personnel have performed insulation resistance tests with handheld megohmmeters to prevent motor and generator failures that lead to costly...
In Mineral Buying Innovation Wins
Mineral buyers want to be special. Unfortunately, most know that aside from the strength of their network there isn’t a lot to differentiate one group...
Implementing Artificial Gas Lift Earlier Can Improve Declining Wells
How an innovative approach regarding the optimum time to implement artificial gas lift has significantly improved production as wells decline – beginning on day one...
Digital Twin Technology Adds a New Dimension to Offshore Projects
Offshore makes a comeback. Bloomberg reports that investors expect offshore investment in 2019 to increase for the first time in five years. The greater offshore...
Technological Advances Cushion Oil Crisis
Marked by intensified volatility due to continuous sharp oil price fluctuations, the oil market experienced its longest and deepest slump in 2014-2016. However, following the...
Follow The Leader: Examining How Industry Giants Reduced Operational Costs By Going Digital
Last year’s tumultuous oil prices saw WTI and Brent both start the year at over $60 for the first time since 2014, the benchmark year...
