The movie star is determined to provide better technology to clean up oil spills. Hollywood glamour lent a bit more color to this year's Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) when Dances with... more

With more and more focus on deepwater exploration, technologies designed to meet challenges and expectations during offshore installation are becoming more sophisticated and flexible. One contractor recently accomplished a world first... more

Iraq presents new business opportunities. However, potential conflicts may present numerous safety risks to both projects and employees. In post-war devastation such as Iraq's, the lure of profit can obscure... more

A new company says it can use pressure data to estimate reserves. Nobody who works in the oil and gas industry needs to be told that there's more data than ever... more

Jules Verne's intrepid adventurer would have been proud to learn of the work of a team of equally visionary pioneers. One of the most interesting papers (OTC 15328) given at... more

The race often goes, not to the fastest car, but to the one that makes the fewest pit stops. The race is on between those intent on minimizing the need for... more

Perhaps Geoffrey Streatfield, a British lawyer writing in The Observer in 1850, summed it up best when he said, "Facts speak louder than statistics." Or you might prefer Mark Twain's... more

Group computing has the potential to direct decisions from knowledgeable individuals to knowledgeable teams. Part II of a two-part series. What does group computing offer? Simply stated, it offers fast optimization... more

The oil industry is, has been, and will continue to be, characterized by its cyclical nature. For operators, this means ensuring that prospects meet more stringent, economic hurdles in order... more

Iraq has plenty of oil. The challenge is building an industry that will help grow a nation. Rebuilding Iraq's oil industry is more than just a tough job in a... more