The 3 Biggest Frustrations Most PMs Face
With today’s technological advances and globalization most PMs (Project Managers) manage multiple projects in an organization. In many cases the teams are cross-functional teams and working in different time zones.…
7 Ways to Guarantee Your Team Will Be Highly Engaged
According to researchers, the benefits are many and varied, including increased revenues and earnings, reduced costs, fewer sick days, and fewer defects. All of which have a tremendous impact on the…
Project sponsor
The project sponsor usually chairs the project steering committee and is the link between the organisation’s senior executive body and the project. In addition to being an experienced organisational executive,…
Project Risk Management Plan Template
General A project Risk Management Plan (RMP) describes how a project team will incorporate the risk management process into its Project Management Plan. Particular emphasis should be given to how…
5 Reasons to Baseline Your Plan
Have you ever started a project and then, when you completed it, realized that your journey to the end was nothing like what you expected? Many (probably all!) project managers…
ExxonMobil Testing the Next Step Total Drilling Automation on Land
International rig contractor Nabors Industries has drilled the first of three wells in the Permian Basin for ExxonMobil, testing what it said is the “world’s first fully automated land rig.”…
Understanding Naphtha and Ethane Cracking Processes
Ethylene – because its molecules have very distinctive and useful chemical properties – is manufactured in greater amounts than any other chemical. The majority of ethylene is produced using a…
Heavy weight drill pipe (HWDP)
Grant Prideco offers three types of heavy weight drill pipe: Standard, Tri-Spiral™, and Spiral-Wate™. Each of these heavy weight drill pipe designs is available in different material grades for standard…
Introduction to Petroleum Products and Test Methods
CRUDE OIL ANALYSIS Crude petroleum oil is a mixture of hydrocarbons. The hydrocarbon gases, methane, ethane, propane, and butane, are present in crude oil in its dissolved state. Methane has…
What is Directional Drilling?
Most wells drilled for water, oil, natural gas, information or other subsurface objectives are vertical wells - drilled straight down into the earth. However, drilling at an angle other than…
