VAALCO Energy appointed Cary Bounds as the new chief operating officer starting 6 July 2015. Houston resident, Bounds is a petroleum engineer and has almost 25 years of domestic and international asset management, business development…
Asset Guardian Solutions (AGSL) announced that it received a contract from McDermott Asia Pacific provide its Asset Guardian software management toolset to protect and manage the software installed on the process control systems that…
Penspen, a provider of engineering and management services to the energy industry, appointed Carl Mook as the new executive vice president (EVP) asset management and asset integrity and regional director of the Americas. In his new EVP role…
Facilities service provider Petrofac has been awarded a contract to support maintenance management system (MMS) implementation for Bumi Armada’s floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO), the Armada Kraken. The vessel, a converted Suezmax ice-class tanker…
UK-based compliance, integrity and risk consultancy firm Lloyd’s Register Energy is forming a strategic alliance with MaxGrip. The alliance, announced during this week's Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, will see the development…
Petrofac completed a project for Nexen Petroleum UK Golden Eagle Development Area, delivered through its Plant Asset Management consulting business that involved the development and implementation of a maintenance program for the Golden Eagle installation…
In 4Q 2014, Aberdeen-based Return To Scene, a subsidiary of SeaEnergy, completed project delivery of its first contract with Pemex. Capturing the Ku-S platform. Photo from Return2Scene. The…
INPEX awarded Petrofac an integrity and maintenance program development contract by for the Ichthys LNG Project, offshore Western Australia. The Ichthys field. From INPEX. The INPEX…
To meet the growing demands by operators for greater operational efficiency and public confidence in the integrity of offshore and onshore oil and gas structures, Lloyd’s Register Energy is increasing its structural engineering capabilities…
Aberdeen-based Nexen Petroleum awarded Asset Guardian Solutions Ltd. (AGSL) a contract to provide solutions software for the Golden Eagle project offshore the UK North Sea. AGSL will provide the software management tool, Asset Guardian…
Petrotechnics has completed the implementation of its Proscient software platform on two UK offshore assets operated by Nexen Petroleum UK, a wholly owned subsidiary of China National Offshore Oil Corp. The platform will play a key role…
Peter Beales discusses the dangers of neglecting software integrity What constitutes an “asset” in the oil and gas industry? The obvious spring to mind: vessels, pipelines, and generators, for example. Few of us, however, would immediately think of invisible assets…
Independent energy consultancy ADIL has been awarded a contract to deliver a new web-based system to Centrica Energy that will allow the operator to manage operational risk and improve transparency across its North Sea assets. The deal…
The American Petroleum Institute (API) published a new recommended practice for structural integrity management to emphasize the importance of understanding topside structural integrity in order to maintain the offshore structures used in oil and natural gas drilling and production operations…
Atkins has been awarded two contracts by Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO) for structural analysis services worth over US$3 million. The work will support ADMA-OPCO’s expansion program for its offshore production facilities…
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