A Day in the Life: The Reservoir Engineer
"Petroleum engineer" is one job title covering sub-disciplines that share a hallway and almost nothing else about their day. This is the one
Security Saturday: June 13, 2026
Security Saturday — the vulnerabilities, advisories, and incidents from the past week worth knowing about. Security * U.S. Orders Anthropic to Suspend Fable 5 and Mythos 5 Access for Foreign Nationals
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A Day in the Life: The Drilling Engineer
Of all the petroleum sub-disciplines, drilling is the one whose mistakes call you at 2 a.m. The drilling engineer argues with a rock that&
A Day in the Life: The Production & Operations Engineer
Drilling delivers one well at a time. The production engineer inherits all of them at once — and has to keep a few hundred of them
A Day in the Life: The Completions Engineer
Drilling makes the hole. Reservoir engineering says what's worth producing. The completions engineer stands in between and answers the question that makes or
A Day in the Life: The Reservoir Simulation Engineer
Reservoir engineering forecasts the asset. Reservoir simulation builds the physics model the forecast is argued against. They sound like the same job — outsiders, and plenty
Open source tools worth checking: June 12, 2026
A short open source tools roundup for Workollab readers. These are the tools worth testing, borrowing from, or keeping on your radar. Open Source Tools
The Missing Middle: What's Left in Oil & Gas When Private Equity Walks Away
There used to be a middle in American oil and gas. A working operator could raise twenty or fifty million dollars, lease up a few
Self-hosted tools worth running: June 11, 2026
A short self-hosted tools roundup for Workollab readers. These are the releases, posts, and projects worth knowing about this week. Self-Hosted * I Tried This Storage
Trending on GitHub worth checking: June 10, 2026
A short GitHub roundup for Workollab readers. These repositories picked up real momentum and are worth a closer look. Trending on GitHub * mvanhorn/last30days-skill (GitHub
AI dev tools worth knowing: June 9, 2026
A short AI dev tools roundup for Workollab readers. New frameworks, agent infrastructure, model releases, and practitioner commentary worth your time this week. AI Dev
AI news worth reading: June 8, 2026
A short AI news roundup for Workollab readers. These are the updates worth tracking this week. News * WWDC 2026: How to watch and what to
Security Saturday: June 6, 2026
Security Saturday — the vulnerabilities, advisories, and incidents from the past week worth knowing about. Security * New ChatGPT Lockdown Mode Limits Tools That Could Enable Data
Why Oil & Gas Operators Build Their Own Databricks
Upstream operators and energy investors run seismic, production, and sensor data on Databricks-shaped platforms billed by the second. A self-hosted open-source lakehouse is a real money and sovereignty decision for oil & gas — here's the honest version, with no invented savings numbers.
Open source tools worth checking: June 5, 2026
A short open source tools roundup for Workollab readers. These are the tools worth testing, borrowing from, or keeping on your radar. Open Source Tools