Special reports

Douglas-Westwood look ahead and examine the likely state of the oil price next year.

Asgeir Drøivoldsmo, Programme Committee Chair for SPE Intelligent Energy 2016 introduces core concerns surrounding the digital oilfield that will be addressed at SPE, taking place in Aberdeen from the 6 - 8 September.

Positive predictions from Stratas Advisors’ Short Term Price Outlook offer hope during a period of turmoil for the oil and gas industry.

Achilles: In the current economic environment facing the industry, the risk that suppliers and contractors take short cuts in terms of compliance inevitably increases.

According to Douglas-Westwood, Russian onshore drilling bucked global activity trends and reached record highs in 2015.

Natural gas production reached a record high level of 79 billion ft3/d, an increase of 5% from 2014.

ADIPEC 2016 continues to attract senior representation from the world's industry giants.

A civil anitrust lawsuit, issued by the US Department of Justice proposes to halt the merger between two of the world’s largest oilfield-services companies.

Iain Hutchison of Merlin ERD, has urged the UK government to encourage oil companies to look “outside the box” and apply innovative solutions.

Douglas-Westwood analyse the UK government’s decision to abolish the Petroleum Revenue Tax.

Andrew Speers, CEO of Petroplan, discusses the opportunities for western investment in Iran, following the lifting of sanctions.

The changes announced by the UK Chancellor George to the North Sea tax regime are unlikely to have a significant impact on investment in the near term.

Recent tax cuts were biased towards older, existing assets.

Dan Purkis of Well-SENSE Technology collected the prestigious Significant Contribution accolade.

Chuck Moseley, Director, Internet of Everywhere, Inmarsat, asks whether IoT/M2M solutions can help the O&G industry overcome key challenges?