Sverdrup appraisal to probe depth, thicknessBredford DolphinLundin Petroleum AB announced that the wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS has commenced the drilling of appraisal well 16/3-5 in PL501 on the Johan Sverdrup discovery…
Shell drillship Kulluk ran aground off AlaskaKulluk aground (Photo: USCG)Calmer weather has allowed a recovery team to board Shell’s Arctic-class drillship, The Kulluk, which ran aground on 31 December 2012.During tow from Alaska to Seattle…
FMC buys 173-acre parcel of land in Houston Map of Generation Park in HoustonFMC Technologies, Inc. announced that it has purchased a 173-acre parcel of land in Houston, Texas. FMC Technologies has experienced significant growth over the…
Automating more of the oil & gas industry's processes will ultimately improve safety. So said several industry leaders during the recent Drilling & Completing Trouble Zones conference in Galveston, Texas. Jennifer Pallanich was there.Baker Hughes' Allen Sinor…
Multiphase flowmeters claimed a $240 million market in 2011 and are expected to achieve a compounded annual growth rate of 14.5%, which means reaching $472.2 million in 2016. According to Flow Research’s World Market for Multiphase Flowmeters study…
ITF, the global industry technology facilitator, was set up in 1999 and is today owned by 30 major operating and service companies from around the globe, Qatar Petroleum having become the latest recruit in July. Meg Chesshyre talked to chairman…
Aveva, one of the leading providers of engineering and design software for the plant and marine industries, marked its 45th anniversary with the launch of a groundbreaking new technology which the company claims will transform the nature of 3D engineering design…
'The most disappointing part of the empty energy pledges made by both candidates is that cutting oil imports does very little to address oil prices.'The US election is now over. However, from what the candidates said during the long campaign…
It's a case of two swansongs as editor-in-chief David Morgan, who heads for pastures new this month after 30 years with Offshore Engineer, talks to retiring IMCA chief executive Hugh Williams about the marine & offshore technical trade association's…
Andrew McBarnet finds an optimistic atmosphere at the recent SEG annual international meeting in Las Vegas.Judging from the mood of the crowd at last month’s SEG Annual International Meeting, the marine seismic business is in a good space…
Understanding the environmental conditions at a site are important to determine when offloading operations need to be suspended or when an offloading tanker needs to be disconnected. BMT Argoss naval architect Wojciech Misiag explains why optimising…
For years the oil & gas industry has faced a looming skills shortage: older, more experienced personnel are leaving the business while an influx of new blood with limited experience is coming onboard. Finding solutions for this skill shortage was on the minds of attendees at the Galveston forum…
Fugro Renewable Services has launched the Inclinocam, which the company bills as a real-time inclination monitoring service to support safe offshore pile installations. The announcement follows the delivery this year of two high performance…
Dana chooses Subsea 7 for Western Isles EPIC Dana Petroleum's Western Isles developmentSubsea 7 S.A. announced the award of a contract valued at approximately US$300 million from Dana Petroleum, for the provision of subsea EPIC services in support of their Western Isles development project…
Figure 1.Figure 2.Figure 3.Figure 4.Figure 5.The use of high resolution sonar in project planning for subsea applications is discussed in this article by Kongsberg Maritime subsea acoustics specialist Ian Florence and senior subsea engineer Craig Wallace…