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Marvin E. Odum earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from The University of Texas at Austin and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Houston. He began his Shell career as an engineer in 1982, and has since served in a number of management positions of increasing responsibility in both technical and commercial aspects of energy. Read more

So you've learnt out a little more about the pretenders to the throne, now is the time for you to have your say and let us know who YOU think will be the next CEO of the Royal Dutch Shell company and why you would pick them. Read more

In this feature we highlight, in no particular order, the 50 Best Oil and Gas Twitter feeds you need to follow. Get insight, facts, stats, news and analysis all in real time from the most interesting individuals and ground-breaking companies. Follow this list to get the whole picture! Read more

Recently developed oil and gas technology is enabling oil and gas companies the world over to successfully exploit shale gas and shale oil for the first time. In this resource centre you will find a host of articles and analyses on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) of shale oil and shale gas reserves and the revolution that is unfolding. Read more

Alcumus' next 2 day COSHH assessor training courses are taking place on 25-26 June in Manchester and 10-11 September in Aberdeen. Obtain detailed knowledge of COSHH and related issues in COSHH Awareness. Learn the basic steps to become a competent COSHH Assessor. earn about current government health initiatives inLcluding the COSHH 2005 requirements and The Securing Health Together targets. Learn how to apply your existing knowledge to health management in the workplace, to put health back into health & safety Read more

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An FPSO is a floating production storage and offloading vessel employed by oil and gas companies to both process and store hydrocarbons. Read more

The world relies on the Oil & Gas industry. According to the US Energy Information Association, America alone consumed a total of 6.87 billion barrels (18.83 million barrels per day) in 2011. This represents approximately 22% of total world petroleum consumption. But who are the key players in the oil and gas industry? In recent years the traditional super majors have seen stiff competition from the growing number of National Oil Companies – state owned entities that that are increasingly seizing sole rights to major oil reserves. In this list we count down the ten biggest oil and gas companies in the world ranked by the volume of oil and gas produced every day. Read more

Saudi Arabia’s national oil and gas company for is widely viewed as the most valuable company in the world with an estimated value of $10 trillion and generates over $1bn every day in revenues. Read more

Another national oil company (NOC), Russia’s Gazprom is the second largest oil and gas company by production volume. The company, whose name is a contraction of Gazovaya Promyshlennost meaning "gas industry", formed in 1989 when the Ministry of Gas was transformed into a corporation and later privatised in 1993. Read more

The third largest oil and gas company is the National Iranian Oil Co. The company that was to become BP, AICO (Anglo-Iranian Oil Company), initially owned rights to all Persian oil resources. However they were ousted when the Iranian oil industry was nationalised resulting in the formation of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) was formed in 1951. Read more