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APPEA: Industry focus needed on costs, competiveness

May 20, 2015

The oil and gas industry needs to focus on cost and competitiveness to thrive in the current low-oil-price environment, says Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Chairman Martin Ferguson. His comments were echoed by Roy Krzywosinski…

Ice spurs innovation

May 19, 2015

Viking Life-Saving Equipment is taking PPE to the limit. Meg Chesshyre explains. Viking’s polar liferaft is ready for use—even at -58°F.  Photos from Viking Life-Saving Equipment Arctic…

A tight grip on pipehandling

May 19, 2015

Pipehandling can be costly if it goes wrong. e-l-m Kragelund is ready to take its pipehandling solution to the global market place. e-l-m Kragelund’s 2LS system. Image from e-l-m Kragelund. An…

Security seeks parallel existence with safety

May 19, 2015

Gregory Hale highlights the importance of both safety and following proper security protocols. The April Pemex blast on a dehydration and pumping platform in the Gulf of Mexico showed that incidents will happen in a dangerous environment…

BP appoints former MI6 chief to board

May 14, 2015

BP has appointed a former MI6 chief to its board of directors, the firm announced this morning.  Former Chief of UK Secrete Intelligence Service MI6, Macro Advisory Partners chairman Sir John Sawers (pictured left) has been appointed a non-executive director of the oil major…

OTC15: Lloyd’s closes OTC with collaboration statement

May 07, 2015

During market downturns, collaboration across industry is critical in order to share best practice Lloyd’s Register Energy has spent this week at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) 2015 in Texas challenging oil and gas companies to re-think their approach to safety…

OTC15: DNV GL recommendations reduce risk of major accidents

May 07, 2015

At this week’s Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, DNV GL revealed a study that analyzes current regulatory regimes, outlining possible future developments and DNV GL’s recommendations to reduce the risk of major accidents. Safety model…

OTC15: Preventing cyber attacks

May 06, 2015

An initiative to help protect the American oil and gas industry from cyber attacks has been launched by Lloyds Register Energy at this year’s Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston.  Lloyds Register Energy says control systems…

OTC15: Latest collision guidance notes

May 06, 2015

Lloyd’s Register has issued its latest Guidance Notes at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston. The Guidance Notes for Collision Analysis assist owners, operators, and designers of offshore units in America and Canada with identifying potential collision scenarios…

OTC15: DNV GL launches wellhead fatigue analysis RP

May 05, 2015

Addressing wellhead fatigue issues and proving sufficient margin for drilling operations has been a growing challenge for the oil and gas industry over the last decade. Wellhead fatigue can have significant technical, financial and safety implications for the system…

OTC15: Safety shouldn't be compromised

May 04, 2015

Challenges in offshore oil and gas exploration and technology advances must not be an excuse to cut costs on safety, Lloyd’s Register Energy is warning at this year’s Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston. Lloyd’s Register Energy…

Safety from a design consideration

May 01, 2015

Preventing corrosion is necessary to avoiding production failures. Leokadia Rucinski and Genesis’ Binder Singh provide details. Fig. 1: A collage of somewhat unusual corrosion phenomena, many of…

Improved chelant stimulation treatments deliver sustained production gains

May 01, 2015

Halliburton Energy Services’ Harvey J. Fitzpatrick, Jr. shows how wellbore stimulation fluids can increase production. Fig. 1—Example of acid-etching properties of SandStim service. The service…

Securing intelligent systems offshore

May 01, 2015

Often I am asked – what is classification? We get this question a good bit in the offshore industry where the role of class might not be as pronounced as it is in the marine industry. Watson. From ABS…

DNV GL issues closed-bus DP guideline

Apr 29, 2015

Advanced dynamic positioning (DP) vessels can now meet critical safety regulations while gaining operational flexibility, efficiency and cost savings through new design and monitoring methods. More operators are asking their drilling…

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