by robertbensh | Feb 10, 2020 | blog, Oil and gas, Robert Bensh
There are several kinds of coronavirus found around the world. Some are mild diseases that cause little concern. The coronavirus now ravaging regions of China is a new strain. Its unofficial name is the Wuhan coronavirus. Wuhan is the extensive urban region in China...
by robertbensh | Feb 3, 2020 | blog, Oil and gas, Robert Bensh
2019 was a banner year for oil and gas discoveries, which topped a four-year high. According to data released by Rystad Energy, oil and gas companies discovered nearly 12.2 billion barrels of new oil in 2019. The data showed companies found 1.8 billion barrels of new...
by robertbensh | Jan 12, 2020 | blog, Oil and gas, Robert Bensh
While the oil and gas industry is unique in many ways, any businesses can benefit from the same core features of AI. If it can be measured, it can be documented. If it can be documented, it can be added to a database. And, of course, if it can be added to a database,...
by robertbensh | Jan 7, 2020 | blog, Oil and gas, Robert Bensh
New international oil shipping regulations and rising demand for crude in Europe and the Mediterranean drove oil freight rates up to record levels in late 2019, according to Reuters. US Gulf Coast Aframax crude tankers, which are medium-sized delivery ships, have been...
by robertbensh | Jan 5, 2020 | blog, Oil and gas, Robert Bensh
Despite rapid growth of oil production in the United States the past decade, an unexpected rise in mergers and bankruptcies are in the energy sector’s forecast. New drillers that entered the hydraulic fracturing (aka fracking) market in the 2010s are now facing...
