API endorses US-China 'phase one' trade deal
API President and CEO Mike Sommers said that the deal was "welcome news" but urged the lifting of all remaining tariffs between the two nations.
Special reports
Keeping eyes on the Brexit ball
Oil and gas sector logistics expert urges industry’s businesses to keep eyes on Brexit ball despite government steers.
Being female in a male dominated industry
Vicki Codd, NES Global Talent, examines what work life is like for female workers in the oil and gas industry.
US EIA: Crude oil prices were generally lower in 2019 than in 2018
Compared with recent years, both crude oil prices traded within relatively narrow price ranges throughout the year.
Asia Pacific upstream - 5 themes to watch in 2020
Wood Mackenzie has identified five themes related to project sanctions, exploration, M&A, energy transition and IMO 2020 that will impact Asia Pacific’s upstream industry in 2020.
Asia and the golden age of gas
From Malaysia and Singapore to new frontiers like Myanmar, firms are looking for ways to reach first gas efficiently and cost-effectively in the face of significant challenges. Stewart Maxwell, Aquaterra Energy, looks at the fundamental issues facing these potential operators, and asks whether new ways of thinking about offshore platform design can increase the number of viable projects in the region.
First round of plenary speakers announced for 23rd World Petroleum Congress
The packed programme of the Congress will feature eight high-level plenary sessions across five days, with global leaders from the oil and gas sector now confirmed to speak.
GlobalData: Shorter-cycle investments, shift to natural gas and adoption of new technologies to characterise oil and gas industry in 2020
As 2019 draws to a close, Anna Belova, Senior Oil and Gas Analyst at leading data and analytics company GlobalData, looks at the key trends that will shape the industry in 2020,.
Opinion Piece: Embracing a new decade of stability and sustainability
Brad Baker, CEO of Tendeka, reflects on the previous year and outlines what 2020 might have in store for the upstream oil and gas industry.
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Angela Cring steps down as Executive Director of LAGCOE
Corinne Sprague, who has served as LAGCOE’s Event and Volunteer Services Coordinator since 2018, will take on the role of Interim Executive Director after Cring’s departure in January of 2020.
The state of process safety and operational risk management: transforming the status quo
Mike Zamis, Simon Jones and Scott Lehmann, Sphera, discuss a report examining the attitudes of oil industry professionals on digitalisation and safety management, which reveals that there is a gap between the intent and ability to implement best practice.
How women can help fill the oil and gas industry’s talent gap - part two
In the second part of this two-part article, Kassia Yanosek, Sana Ahmad and Dionne Abramson, McKinsey, offer their thoughts on what both individual companies and the industry as a whole can do to increase female participation.
How women can help fill the oil and gas industry’s talent gap - part one
Kassia Yanosek, Sana Ahmad and Dionne Abramson, McKinsey, discuss new research that identifies why women fail to advance – and suggests what the industry can do about it.
Transfer of Wisting operatorship to Equinor
Equinor and OMV have agreed on transferring the operatorship for the Wisting license and development phase in the Barents Sea.
Tudor International Freight warns that post-Brexit trade debate has failed to highlight implications for businesses
A leading oil and gas sector logistics expert has said the current debate about a post-Brexit trade deal between the UK and US has failed to highlight the key implications for businesses.