Jennifer Presley

Technology is a key enabler of the energy transition but a new approach to funding and “densifying” renewable energy is needed if global decarbonisation goals are to be met, participants in a recent International Energy Week Conference panel agreed.…

Ryan Sitton is a man who wears many hats — entrepreneur, engineer, politician and a self-proclaimed geek on a mission to deliver solutions to challenges by using data. He stays true to his analytical tendencies through his studies for a PhD in data…

Photo: BAKER HUGHES Baker Hughes vice president of energy transition says focus should be on outcomes, not fuel types An ability to imagine the larger global picture paired with a scientist’s natural curiosity have always propelled Allyson Anderson…

Australia’s Woodside Energy entered the new year on a high after closing out 2021 with final investment decisions for the Scarborough and Pluto Train 2 projects and the unveiling of a new strategy to invest billions in emerging energy markets by…

OPINION: An oft-heard lament is that the oil and gas industry has not done a good job of telling its story and thus finds itself perpetually fighting an uphill public-opinion battle. There is some truth to the charge that industry has let outsiders…

Exploration and production in the US Gulf of Mexico in 2022 is building on the momentum of an active 2021 — and with several projects expected to come online this year, an increase in deep-water drilling could be on the cards. The US Gulf’s low…

In a tumultuous year that saw court rulings, facility attacks, and the relocation of the company’s headquarters to a new country, Shell chief executive Ben van Beurden sees 2022 as the year for the company to “go faster, be bolder” in its…

Thierry Conti, senior vice president of subsea commercial and strategy for TechnipFMC, listened when opportunity knocked more than a decade ago, resulting in a wealth of experience he has since earned in different roles across the energy sector.…

The energy transition has become a permanent topic in every energy-related event, but it is only one part of the conversation, according to Sonangol Chief Executive Sebastiao Gaspar Martins. “We share the same concerns of climate change and the need…

Colette Hirstius brings a geologist’s eye and business acumen to her new role as Shell's senior vice president for the Gulf of Mexico, after honing her skills over several years with the Anglo-Dutch supermajor’s global operations. Her journey into…

Cemvita Factory is putting microbes to work in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and producing bio-polymers used in the manufacturing of plastics. The Houston-based industrial biotechnology start-up, funded by an Occidental subsidiary and others,…

Anglo-Dutch supermajor Shell kicked off one of the world's top oil and gas conferences Monday by shedding light on the company's strategy to evolve as it moves forward in the energy transition. Bill Langin, Shell's senior vice president of deep-water…

Your browser does not support the audio element. [Editor’s note: This story appears in the June 2020 edition of E&P. Subscribe to the magazine here. It was originally published May 27, 2020.] A perfect storm of too low oil prices, too low demand and…

Chaos is an apt descriptor for 2020, especially for the last three months. In March, daily necessities like hand sanitizer became as precious as gold. For a few days in April, a bottle of beer cost more in a West Texas bar than a barrel of oil. May…

[Editor’s note: This story appears in the May 2020 edition of E&P. Subscribe to the magazine here.] The cyclical nature of oil pricing is not a new nemesis for the petroleum industry. With every bust, there are promises to manage the next boom…

[Editor's note: This story originally appeared in the April 2020 edition of E&P. Subscribe to the magazine here.] American kids learn early that to accomplish something really important—like hitting a homerun in a baseball game—they need to “keep…

[Editor's note: This story originally appeared in the April 2020 edition of E&P. Subscribe to the magazine here. This story was developed and went to press as the COVID-19 crisis grew exponentially in the U.S. and globally. Taken together with a…

[Editor's note: This story originally appeared in the February 2020 edition of E&P. Subscribe to the magazine here.] Right around the time that fracking cracked open the public’s awareness in 2011, I found myself working for a couple of months in…

A West Texas summer is brutal in its beauty. The dry heat cracks skin, turns sweaty brows into salt flats, and breathing is akin to swallowing fire. For thousands of years, all beings great and small searching for a little spot of cool in an ocean of…

The rapid pace of technology development in the oil and gas industry ensures that all players in it are in constant pursuit of the next innovation that will deliver the next barrel and the next dollar safely and efficiently. For land drilling…