Well testing provides answers that are not available any other way, supporting critical decisions that can affect reservoirs for their active life. Getting test data more swiftly allows operators to make faster production decisions.

A uniquely engineered vessel deployment system has completed what may be the world’s deepest rigless subsea production well abandonment.

Application-specific roller cone bits equipped to withstand higher energy inputs can deliver better performance in critical applications.

Reservoir characterization projects should be undertaken with the end result in mind.

Newfoundland and Labrador has had its ups and downs with offshore exploration, but the approval of the Hebron development, combined with forward-looking plans initiated by the provincial government, has changed the local mood from cautiously optimistic to buoyant.

Recent exploration in Port au Port Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador has established the presence of a rich source rock/unconventional reservoir unit within the Cambro-Ordovician Green Point formation of the Humber Arm Allochthon. Could it be the next big North American shale play?

Until recently electromagnetic surveys have been the purview of a select few. One company plans to change that.

The best way to survive industry downturns is to find new avenues for providing value through alternate services.

The world financial crisis has impacted the budgets of operating companies, but deep water, which is developing into a long-term growth sector, will not be one of the line items that comes under scrutiny.

For industry professionals who undoubtedly spend the lion’s share of their time ‘communicating,’ it may not seem very helpful simply to say, ‘You need to do it better.’ The problem is that the best effort accounts for little when supporting infrastructure is unequal to the task.

In a move to sharpen the country’s competitive edge, regulators in the UK are lowering taxes to attract a greater share of E&P investment.

Nanoparticle-treated fracture proppant attracts and fixates formation fines with remarkable efficiency.

A look at February tech trends.

The concept of continuity is especially appropriate on this day, for it is the 20th of January, the day we inaugurate a new president.

In 2009, 40 years after NASA landed on the moon and in a world so technology-driven that seemingly only isolated tribes do not e-mail daily, one question that regularly pops up is, “What is the status of project management in the oil industry?”

Oilpatch lore says “yellow dog” lanterns were so named because their two burning wicks resembled a dog’s glowing eyes at night. Others say the lamps cast a dog’s head shadow on the derrick floor.

Sometimes, a company that looks “down and out” really just needs a makeover.

Increased interest in Atlantic Canada is pushing exploration into deeper water.

Who's going where in the upstream sector.

Climate change, security of supply, and oil prices consistently well in excess of $100 a barrel in the first half of 2008 have pushed the issue of power generation to the top of the social, economic, and political agendas in many countries.