Global Maritime Consultancy & Engineering, a provider of marine warranty, dynamic positioning and engineering services to the offshore sector, is to provide mooring and risk management support to the European Union’s OPERA (Open Sea Operating Experience to Reduce Wave Energy) project…
With big data also comes big risks to security. DNV GL’s Nada Ahmed discusses how security standards can be raised within the oil and gas industry. New IT infrastructures and technologies…
Well management and performance improvement firm Exceed has bolstered its decommissioning credentials through a strategic alliance with Weatherford. The collaboration will offer an end-to-end solution for well decommissioning, using an…
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have announced a five-year agreement allowing BSEE to capitalize on the best risk management approaches from the aeronautics…
Efficiency gains could be made through better use of digital technologies, but the industry is still shy on the uptake. Nada Ahmed, senior consultant, DNV GL - Oil & Gas, looks at the opportunities and risks. Images from DNV GL…
DNV GL’s Santhosh Mony, Eckhard Hinrichsen, and Pedram Fanailoo offer the regulatory perspective on offshore risk management. Photo from DNV GL. Mexico is recognized as one of the top 10 oil producers of the world…
The Construction Industry Research and Information Association (CIRIA) has published essential guidelines for the management of unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the marine environment. CIRIA’s report, entitled Assessment and management of…
A series of talks aimed at young oil and gas industry professionals in Aberdeen launches with a look at risk management and collaboration early next month. The SPE Aberdeen Simplified Series is run by the Society of Petroleum Engineer's Young Progessionals section in Aberdeen…
Lloyd’s Register and Aker Solutions have agreed to collaborate under a new global framework agreement to drive efficiency in engineering and subsea oil and gas developments. The contract gives Aker Solutions access to all relevant services from the Lloyd’s Register Group…
Norway-based eDrilling launched a simulator for drilling and well engineering and training of all engineering disciplines, to help the industry with efficient and safe well delivery. WellSim Interact represents the ultimate training/engineering…
Norwegian certification and classification body DNV GL has produced a 'top 10' cyber security vulnerabilities for oil and gas firms operating offshore Norway. The list, produced as the organization delivered a study on cyber security to the Lysne Commmittee…
From 2-4 September 2015, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Statoil Petroleum's maintenance management at Gullfaks A (GFA). The audit is part of the processing of the application for consent for an operating life extension for GFA…
Oceaneering International appointed Clyde Hewlett the company's new chief operating officer. In this capacity he will have expanded responsibility for managing all of Oceaneering’s oilfield business…
Today’s low oil prices and looming debt loads are not the only challenges to upstream offshore oil and gas companies and their vendors. But as if those weren’t enough, owners and operators must also be focused on the insidious threat of cyber attacks…
Lloyd’s Register Consulting secured a framework agreement in risk assessment and safety studies for Statoil's Johan Sverdrup project on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Under the agreement, Lloyds Register Consulting will provide risk…
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