With hurricane season upon us, it’s essential to prepare by stocking up on supplies, determining potential risks, checking insurance, and developing an evacuation plan.
Being prepared also applies to the workplace, as employers are responsible for providing an evacuation plan that ensures workers can get to safety if a hurricane...
Our Nation Needs Women in Energy
The long-term outlook for women in energy industry is strong. With the support of positive government action , such as expanding access to resources, allowing infrastructure projects to move forward, and approving export applications , we could even see accelerated growth in the years...
The Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system implies a supremely customizable and configurable set of commercial and industrial software applications. The system can be used to support the management of any process chain in the midstream and downstream oil and gas sectors.
The midstream oil and gas sector requires...
According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, the number of jobs in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) industries, including oil and natural gas, is expected to grow 50 percent faster over the next decade than in non-STEM industries according to the U.S. Department of Commerce. Moreover, the Independent...
In November 2017, the Women’s Energy Network (WEN) opened its membership to men. WEN determined that allowing men to join the organization would not conflict with its mission of promoting, supporting and advocating for women in the energy industry. In fact, WEN hopes to encourage men who believe in...
International Energy Week (IEW) is officially upon us. The highly anticipated annual event brings together global leaders, policymakers, experts, and stakeholders across the energy industry to discuss the most pressing global energy supply issues.
The lofty event is held in London, UK, and provides a platform to garner international collaboration,...
The Texas Alliance of Energy Producers has long been the owner and purveyor of the Texas Petro Index (TPI), an upstream (exploration and production) activity index that tracks growth rates and business cycles in the statewide Texas oil and gas exploration and production economy. The TPI, introduced by the...
The COP26 global climate summit earlier this month in Glasgow, Scotland, put the spotlight on the urgency to act on climate change. President Joe Biden promised his administration would heavily regulate methane, and for the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency is poised to limit the methane coming from...
The oil and gas industry occupies an awkward position in the modern societal and cultural hierarchy. So much of everything on which our domestic and international economies depend and operate is fueled by and made from oil and natural gas, and yet the industry is simultaneously ignored at best...
Hurricane Harvey blew into Texas as a Category 4 storm in late August, and then lingered like no previous storm had ever done before. By the time the beast finally moved on up the coast into Louisiana, it had dumped more than 50 inches of rain on parts of...
