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Oil and Gas risk management services with EKT Capital. We have partnered with leading experts who have decades of experience providing fractional CFO, CFO support, and risk management services to …
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Upstream vs Downstream The collapse of oil prices and subsequent layoffs in the Upstream oil and gas sector has led to an increase in people asking, 'What is the difference between Upstream and …
Oil 101 - What is Crude Oil? The first 10 episodes of the Oil 101 podcast have covered the 'Microbes to Markets' journey of getting hydrocarbons out of the ground, converting them to useful products, …
Last week we published the second batch of podcasts in our Oil 101 series. The first release covered the basics of Upstream, Midstream and Downstream. Then we drilled further into the Upstream …
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We at EKT Interactive are excited to reach an important milestone in the development of our oil and gas learning community. Last week we reached 1,000 members and the number is growing daily! As …
A recent WSJ article titled 'Cutting Staff Pay to Keep Workers' highlighted how some firms are doing anything they can to avoid layoffs, despite the dramatic decline in oil prices. This caught my eye …
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We're always excited and honored to be included in this great program hosted by the SPE Gulf Coast Section. There is a great team of presenters covering a wide range of topics. Hope to see you …
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After nine years, $7 billion, and enough environmental protesters to fill several very angry Alaskan towns, Royal Dutch Shell has announced they are leaving the Arctic. And many bloggers have been …
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In September, I spoke at The Financial Executives Networking Group (FENG) Houston Chapter meeting on ways various business functions can work together to speed and improve technology deployment in …
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In order to better understand current oil and gas industry trends it is beneficial to recognize the historical significance these natural resources have had. While the equipment, techniques, and uses …
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Last week, Shell Upstream Americas Director Marvin Odum announced that they had green-lighted a massive investment in Gulf of Mexico offshore drilling and deepwater production, specifically the …
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I’m pretty sure a $30 billion boom in any other industry would be front page news, yet I had to dig to page B6 of the WSJ to find this story (yes I still get the paper one). It is related to the boom …
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