Special reports

The company has reached an agreement with creditors that will equitise nearly all of its funded debt.

According to research published by DNV GL, two thirds (66%) of senior oil and gas professionals are confident of industry growth in 2020, down 10 percentage points from the 76% recorded in 2019 – the peak of a surge in confidence from a low of only 32% in 2017.

Alan Conboy, Scale Computing, reports on how the energy sector can streamline IT management with edge computing and HCI.

Oil and gas sector logistics expert urges industry’s businesses to keep eyes on Brexit ball despite government steers.

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.

Vicki Codd, NES Global Talent, examines what work life is like for female workers in the oil and gas industry.

Compared with recent years, both crude oil prices traded within relatively narrow price ranges throughout the year.

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.

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.

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.

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,.

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.

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.

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.

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.