As the regulatory requirements for storm water management continue to put financial pressure on municipal governments, more and more communities are either required to implement a storm water program or improve their existing program to meet NPDES MS4 storm water permit requirements and capital needs for asset renewal and upgrades. In particular, implementation of a storm water utility and establishing a sustainable approach for funding the s...

Titans Breakfast Series Event featuring Linda Hudson Join NVTC on Thursday, January 30, for a Titans breakfast featuring Linda Hudson, President & CEO of BAE Systems Inc. BAE Systems is a global provider of defense, aerospace and security products and is one of the world's largest defense contractors. Hudson, the "the first lady of defense" (as named by the London Sunday Times), leads BAE's 40,000 employees in 5 different countries. She ha...

F5 Security TechTalkMitigating DDoS Attacks in Government, Healthcare, and EducationAs the magnitude of the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) threat spectrum continues to evolve, government, healthcare, and higher education IT departments continue to search for the best way to protect applications and data from increasingly sophisticated, well-coordinated attacks. The solution is a strategy that focuses on blocking such attacks, while also...

Join ThunderCat and partners, Riverbed and Pershing Technologies on Thursday, January 30th for a complimentary breakfast seminar at Charlie Palmer Steakhouse in Washington, DC. During this seminar you will learn how Riverbed and Pershing Technologies can help provide your agency the necessary resources to meet the dynamic demand for video services. Riverbed is focused on application performance from the server to the desktop with a wide-range...

Building on the success of the previous C-level Vessel Efficiency & Fuel Management Summits in Europe and the Middle East, where the most recent London Summit boasted a 65% of shipowners and shipmanagers as percentage of the conference attendees, we are committed to turning it into a must attend event for key players involved in this ever expanding market. The summit will examine performance enhancing options available to ship owners and s...

Marine West Marine West, founded in 1992, is co-sponsored by and held at Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, Camp Del Mar Beach Resort. Marine commands throughout Southern California send delegations to visit this annual exposition. Marine West showcases the latest technology and prototypes aimed at preparing today's Marines for the opportunities and challenges of the 21st century

Latest reports show that the Eagle Ford is currently producing 1.09 million barrels of oil per day - a staggering number that is even outperforming the Bakken. However, the biggest points of contention surrounding Eagle Ford wells are not how to get them producing large volumes of oil but more critically, how to keep them producing. A recent Wood Mckenzie study shows that most Eagle Ford wells typically drop off between 70 - 80 % in the first...

Just a year ago, it was practically a no brainer to rail Bakken crude to the higher paying Gulf Coast markets, but the recent collapse of the WTI and Brent price differentials has left the industry questioning the long term sustainability of rail. To gain clarity on the future viability of rail, existing and new rail and pipeline markets need to be examined side by side, in light of accessibility and transportation costs, to enable E&P ope...

Increasing environmental consciousness and subsequent stringent regulations are driving the implementation of intelligent water strategies. Innovative water re-use technologies, low-impact disposal methods, streamlined regulatory compliance, supplying alternative industries with recycled water and public education around hydraulic fracturing and water consumption are becoming key issues that light, heavy and conventional operators need to tack...

The Woodford Shale, covering virtually the entire state of Oklahoma, is far more complex then other shales found in North America. Yet it is still rapidly emerging as a major unconventional energy resource due to the recent oil discoveries that could transform the economics of the play. The formation is estimated to contain large residual concentrations of hydrocarbons with data from various studies confirming 400 million barrels of recoverabl...