The first major storm of the 2017 season has been sighted and it is inbound on the Gulf Coast and parts of the southern United States. This seemingly inevitable storm may have a notable impact on oil and gas operations in several states when it makes landfall later in the week.
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Drones: Swooping Soon Over an Oil and Gas Project Near You
It seems like drones are appearing more and more in our day-to-day lives. The United States government uses them in combat. Amazon is ironing out the wrinkles of a drone delivery system for its vast array of products. And now, the oil and gas industry is employing these flying sentinels to keep an eye on pipelines and projects across the world.
Get ready to meet the newest tool in the ongoing struggle to make oil and gas extraction safer, cheaper, and more efficient.
Maryland’s Oil Ban Is Looking More and More Certain, But Is That Such a Bad Thing for the Industry?
On Friday, Maryland’s Republican Governor, Larry Hogan, announced that he fully supports a controversial bill that would ban fracking throughout the entire state. Considering the high profile legislation that’s been making the rounds in Maryland’s Democratically-controlled state Congress, the announcement isn’t at all surprising.
Hogan’s support makes the Maryland fracking ban all but a certainty, meaning that Maryland’s oil reserves won’t be contributed to the nationwide stockpile. But, is that really such a bad thing?
Alaska Remains a Fertile Destination for Oil and Gas Companies
Though most of the attention being paid to Alaska’s oil and gas landscape is focused on the controversial debate over whether to drill in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge, the state itself continues to yield impressive deposits of oil and gas outside that small stretch of land.
Assaults on Cybersecurity Are Increasingly Common in the Oil and Gas Industry
More and more, the world’s business is being done online. Even oil and gas companies that don’t rely on the internet for their overall well being have begun to maintain at least a small presence on the world wide web. Of course, this innovation is a double-edged sword, especially in oil and gas. Your company needs to be online to survive, but if you’re in the energy industry your company might be a more tempting target than you realize.
Whether digital “hacktivists” are targeting your company to further their agenda, common criminals are hoping to take advantage of your company’s largess, or a competitor hoping to snoop out an advantage by rummaging through your files, oil and gas companies are at big time risk of cyber assault. Here’s what you need to know.