Vidar Fondevik’s career has spanned challenging the limits of diving to developing remote operated systems. He reflected on his career with Elaine Maslin. Vidar Fondevik, top left, receiving his SUT Fellowship…
Elaine Maslin reports on Saudi Aramco’s work to improve recovery through “smart” completions, thereby simultaneously reducing intervention. Dr Mohamed Nabil Noui-Mehidi speaking at the Society…
Jerry Lee takes a look at recent work conducted by the Colorado School of Mines and the University of Tulsa (Oklahoma) to mitigate gas hydrate formation. Hydrate formation, deposition, and detection…
Most of the news in the rig market is bad, but there are bright spots if you look hard enough. Audrey Leon sets out the details. Image from OE Staff. Not much has changed for…
BSEE has proposed a new well control rule that the agency says will make operating in the Gulf of Mexico safer. But, the industry disagrees, and now it has two studies to prove it. Audrey Leon sets out the detail. At…
Brazil and Mexico are not the only games in town in Latin America. The deepest water well ever drilled is lined up for offshore Uruguay and Exxon is set to test Liza offshore Guyana. Elaine Maslin reports. The newly minted Maersk Venturer drillship…
Not all projects for clients come to fruition, but the work done along the way can lead to greater things as Norway’s Inovatum Lifting is finding out. Elaine Maslin reports. Two 150-tonne INOshackles…
After making a splash on the market with its pinless, wetmate connector Maelstrom in 2013, Elaine Maslin examines how Bergen’s WiSub is upping the game. The Torden pinless wet mate connector. Small…
Dallas Parker, Gabriel Salinas and Diego Perez, of law firm Mayer Brown, assess the terms of Mexico’s phase four bid round to be held in 2016. The Mexican National Hydrocarbons Commission…
Norwegian universities have a great habit of directing their students towards research that quite often results in a new technology – and new businesses. Elaine Maslin reports on a new business bringing micro-electronic mechanical systems to the subsea business…
Subsea processing market projections have consistently overestimated the growth of the market – DNV GL looked into why. Elaine Maslin reports. For the last 15 years a number of market outlooks…
After completing the world’s first wet gas compressor offshore Norway, OneSubsea looks to continue pushing the technology to new limits. The multiphase compressor station during installation. Photos from OneSubsea…
OE’s Audrey Leon spoke with Cyril Petit, Serimax’s regional manager, Central and North America, about the opening of Mexico’s oil and gas industry and what effects it will have on the company and region at large. Serimax’s…
Henrique Paula, of ABS, explains how data analytics can be used to improve safety, environmental protection, operational efficiency, and profitability in emerging energy markets such as Mexico. One of the most promising and legitimate…
Oscar Roldan, head of the National Data Repository for Mexico’s National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH), discusses the development of Mexico’s data libraries. One of CNH’s data rooms. Images from CNH…
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