Energy
Chris Faulkner, CEO, Breitling Oil & Gas
Hydraulic fracturing is the new bugbear of environmental campaigners – but the oil and gas industry has actually been using the technique for more than 60 years. Chris Faulkner discusses its importance around the world and how once unproduceable plays in the US are being tapped with a combination of horizontal drilling and fracking.
November 14, 2011Related by the tag Oil & Gas
Energy
José Francisco Arata, President, Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp
Pacific Rubiales is working on two big technological innovations. STAR – Synchronised Thermal Additional Recovery – could increase the recovery factor in heavy oil reservoirs from 15 to 45 percent. Llanomulsion could significantly reduce the costs of pipeline transportation. José Arata discusses the company’s progress and the positive implications for its bottom line.
March 5, 2012
Energy
Surong Bulakul, CEO, Thai Oil Public Company
Thaioil operates Thailand’s most productive refinery, but has been diversifying over recent years into a broader energy converting company. Surong Bulakul discusses how the company’s flexibility, efficiency and reliability have helped it refocus on new markets and higher value products; and integrating CSR activity into everyday operations.
March 2, 2012
Energy
Tony Hayward, CEO, Genel Energy International
Kurdistan is the “last easy oil province,” says ex-BP boss Tony Hayward. The country was embroiled in conflict for decades when the rest of the Middle East was being explored for oil, but today it has emerged as one of the world’s last on-shore prospects. The new CEO of Genel Energy discusses the company’s assets in the region, its $2bn balance sheet, and its plans to diversify.
February 27, 2012