James Fisher Group has acquired Lexmar Sat Systems for up to US$20 million. Founded in Singapore in 1996, Lexmar is a specialist provider of service and support of diving equipment and saturated diving systems. James Fisher will pay US$13…
Elaine Maslin examines new UK government funded seismic shoots and data reprocessing, all free to the industry, which are among initiatives aimed at boosting UK Continental Shelf exploration. Seismic…
Assessing the condition of pipelines, especially as they get older, is an increasing task. John Sheehan surveys potential solutions. Tracerco’s Discovery tool. Image from Tracerco. The…
Endeavor Management’s Keith Caulfield and Mike Cowan examine the results of a recent JIP that showed resin may be a potential alternative to cement in P&A operations. Endeavor Management…
Meg Chesshyre speaks with Heerema Fabrication Group’s CEO Koos-Jan van Brouwershaven about the firm’s activity in both the oil and gas and renewable markets. The Culzean wellhead jacket, under construction…
Infographic from McKinsey Solutions. These projections are taken from Energy Insights’ Global Gas Outlook to 2030. For your free Executive Summary of the findings included in the report visit www…
Malaysia’s MISC has built a minimal facilities FPSO for use on marginal fields. John Sheehan takes a look. Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering handle the conversion (fabrication, installation and integration) of the FSO MaMPU 1…
Wired drill pipe has been a long time coming. As operators look at cost savings across the full life cycle, the benefits are now being recognized, says NOV’s Leon Hennessy. Drill floor operations…
Quest Offshore provides a look at subsea processing systems by type. Subsea Processing Project List (Onstream 2010+) Subsea Processing Application Region Operator Project Boosting Africa/Mediterranean…
The industry will emerge from its current crisis, but the next chapter in the oil and gas industry may look very different. Hannon Westwood’s Andrew Vinall gives his view. Northwest Europe 2016 exploration…
The spotlight now shines on how to better integrate multiple complex software systems during drilling rig construction with beneficial results. Songa Endurance. Photos from Songa Offshore. Software…
Considerations for pipe-in-pipe designs for high-pressure, high-temperature fields were set out by Subsea 7 engineers at this year’s OTC. Jerry Lee takes a look. Subsea 7’s flowline solutions (from left: bundle…
Jerry Lee takes a look at Weatherford’s new subsea wellhead connector, which allows operators to use vessels of opportunity for P&A work, reducing the cost of decommissioning operations. Clients…
Oceaneering’s Justin Pizzitola discusses the use of an open water dual coiled riser based system for rigless stimulation. Back deck of an Oceaneering vessel. Images from Oceaneering International…
Unmanned facilities are being given serious consideration offshore Norway. Elaine Maslin reports. Percentage of unmanned platforms per North Sea sector. Unmanned distribution. Image from Ramboll…
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