Offshore Energy Center named OTC dinner beneficiary
What started as the conversion of an abandoned drilling rig into an energy museum has evolved into the centerpiece of an organization that touches not only the offshore industry but the community as well. More »
Networking tip: How to meet and greet
The key to confidently meeting and greeting people you don’t know? Practice. More »
Networking tip: Getting ready for OTC
If you’re heading to OTC, now is the time to make sure your online presence is in good shape. More »
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OTC Guide to Houston’s restaurants and entertainment
Looking for ways to spend your free time during the OTC? Here are guides to some of Houston’s best restaurants, bars, clubs and sites, plus trails for running, which you’ll need to do to work off all those margaritas. Food, Drinks & Entertainment Best spots for barbecue Houston’s most memorable barbecue [...] More »
Bytes and bits: New computers boost efficiency, safety of offshore drilling
Better computers, sensors and automation tools are allowing the search for oil to go deeper, farther and faster with fewer workers in harm’s way. More »
OTC 2013 preps for a bigger, more diverse audience
This week’s Offshore Technology Conference will have a more consciously diverse focus than ever before, with a program full of speakers from around the world. More »
OTC will embrace broad perspective on innovation, chairman says
Gamal Hassan, chairman of the 2013 Offshore Technology Conference, says the mega-event will turn more attention to national oil companies than in previous years, with a broad focus on geography and technology. More »
OTC: A look back through photos
The annual Offshore Technology Conference was born in 1969. In this collection of historic photos, take a look at how the technology has evolved over the conference’s 44 years. More »
Outlook grim in Venezuela’s essential oil industry
PDVSA, which accounts for 96 percent of the country’s export earnings, no longer “generates enough income to cover all its costs and finance its commitments,” said Pedro Luis Rodriguez Sosa, an energy expert at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Administration in Caracas. More »
New Interior secretary makes first offshore rig visit
U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell visited Ensco’s semi-submersible drilling rig and Chevron’s Blind Faith production platform in the Gulf of Mexico Friday — the kind of facilities that were off limits to women when Jewell worked for Mobil Oil three decades ago. More »
Exxon Mobil makes deal to avert refinery strike
Exxon Mobil Corp. appears to have averted a strike at one of the nation’s largest sources of gasoline and other petroleum products after reaching a tentative agreement with a union there. More »
Occidental’s Irani out as investors end 3-decade rule
The vote against Ray Irani forces him to resign his board seat. More »
April 26, 2013
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