Asset planning that considers 4-D monitoring from the very beginning pays dividends for one company’s deepwater fields.

Seismic-while-drilling has finally come of age.

Many of today’s drilling prospects are challenging, expensive, and in some cases undrillable. Managed-pressure drilling techniques are increasingly being applied as a solution to overcome barriers and increase drilling performance.

Determining the complexity of a managed-pressure drilling project can identify which tools to use to get it right the first time.

With an increasing percentage of future subsea production expected to occur in ultra-deep water, suppliers to the world’s oil and gas operators continue to push development of technology to make ultra-deepwater production more economic with less risk.

Developing offshore reserves presents many challenges and risks that must be managed during the design and operational phases. Risers are a particular focus due to their complex structural response and are one element of equally critical integrated subsea architecture.

Although E&P of petroleum resources is far from child’s play, a new business application of gaming technology can reduce the costs, delays, and risks associated with finding hydrocarbons and bringing them into commercial development.

The US economy is in shambles. Recent government bail-outs of shaky investment banking, brokerage, and insurance companies, most with dramatic exposure to huge volumes of bad mortgage debt, have raised the national debt exponentially, to a bit more than $10 trillion.

Ensuring that employees are working as efficiently and effectively as possible on the right things is a need in every industry. The need is most acute, however, in the energy industry, where there is a shortage of skilled and trained professionals.

Shipyards are busier than ever, and record order books list deliveries to 2012 and beyond. With yards at capacity, the time is ripe for new ideas and innovative approaches to construction.