Weekend Watch: The maddening reality of oilfield units

This Brit apparently used to work in the oilpatch until it drove him nuts. The tipping point? The maddening diversity of units of measure. It’s an entertaining watch, the deeper you get into it. I found out, for instance, why barrels are abbreviated...

Weekend Watch: The Age of Depopulation With Nicholas Eberstadt

What will the energy industry and landscape look like in a world where population decline is almost universal? Think about that as you watch this fascinating discussion about the reality no one is talking about – population decline. Yet falling demographics is...

Weekend Watch: Shell’s video on LNG Canada

Shell is one of the joint venture partners in the LNG Canada project. On July 4, they published this video about the project on YouTube. Note the mention of the 15 year journey to get to the finish line. 0103 OSY 2025 hockey draft0103 OSY 2025 hockey draft0102 Lori...

Weekend Watch: How Brazil Learned to Drill its Deepwater Oil

One of the most significant new players in the global oil industry is Brazil, whose “subsalt” offshore oil production is starting to have a major impact. But it has been a very long and difficult road to get there, as this video shows. 0103 OSY 2025 hockey...