In my Dec. 13, 2016 blog, Renewable Jet Fuel Tested on a Commercial Airline, I described research taking place at Washington State University involved in
My October 12, 2016 blog, California Leads the Way in Reducing Carbon Emissions, described California’s LCFS in requiring petroleum refiners and producers to reduce by 2020
Wikipedia defines “Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or venture by raising many small amounts of money from many people, typically via the
On July 5, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its proposed Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) for 2018 including biomass-based diesel for 2019. The following
Diesel Exhaust Fluid, DEF, is a mixture of urea at 32.5% and deionized water at 67.5%. It is used in vehicles with heavy duty diesel
While preparing a talk for the SPE Calgary Section on the Role of the Peer Reviewer looking at Unconventional Field Development Plans and Complex Well
According to the latest US Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report, electricity generation is the largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for 30 % of the
International Human Resources Development Corporation (IHRDC), a worldwide leader in oil and gas training and competency development, announced that the company has won a landmark
I particularly liked the latest SPE Distinguished Lecture by Reidar Bratvold, Professor of Petroleum Investment and Decision Analysis at the University of Stavanger in Norway,
What if it is true, that the current situation is the new norm? In what ways do we need to change how we evaluate, plan
IHRDC and Saudi Aramco Shell Refinery Company (SASREF) announced today the successful completion of a project to build a database of 261 customized SASREF job
Last October, the 197 signatories to the Montreal Protocol met in Kigali, Rwanda, and reached an agreement to limit the use of hydrofluorocarbons. HFCs were
IHRDC is pleased to announce it has received the 2016 Best In Class Interactive Media Awards™ in the Energy category. The Interactive Media Awards (IMA)
Presently there are only six full-scale Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) plants operating in the world and all of these are based on the process discovered
Dr. David Donohue, President of IHRDC in Boston, announced today that the IHRDC Board of Directors, during their December meeting, promoted Dr. Serdar Dogulu to
On November 14, Alaska Airlines used a 20% blend of cellulosic-based jet fuel on a flight from Seattle to Washington DC. Feedstock for the jet
I started writing this blog about a year ago under the working title “Big Data is Watching You – But why isn’t it working for
New Competency Management System Now Available to SEG’s Members WorldwideThe Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) is pleased to announce the launch of the new SEG