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First cut is the deepest

Jan 01, 2016

OE reached out to analysts Wood Mackenzie and IHS Energy to find out the view on the next 12-18 months. And the outlook is not so great for exploration spend. Audrey Leon and Elaine Maslin report. Wood Mackenzie Image from iStock…

Up close and pore-scale personal

Jan 01, 2016

Voxels, submicrons and synchrotronic optics are coming to an oil and gas laboratory near you. Well, almost. Elaine Maslin reports on the University of Aberdeen’s new high-spec scanner. High…

Tackling the backlog

Jan 01, 2016

With many assets now more than 25 years old, asset integrity is a daily concern on the UK Continental Shelf. Is the industry keeping up? Elaine Maslin reports. Rope access is used to get to areas usually out of reach…

Asset integrity from the start

Jan 01, 2016

Greg Hale takes a look at how Shell integrated an asset integrity program into its new Prelude FLNG project with the intent of saving millions over the next 20-25 years. Integrating an asset integrity…

Wear and tear

Jan 01, 2016

Audrey Leon spoke with DNV GL’s Michiel van der Geest about its new joint industry project regarding wear acceptance criteria for jacking systems. Currently 13 companies have signed on to the project, which aims to provide criteria for better assessing self-elevating units…

Axxim: The Next Generation in Asset management Optimisation Software

Jan 01, 2016

Visit Lloyd's Register at: www.lr.org/axxim to schedule a free demo.

Digital gains Middle Eastern ground

Jan 01, 2016

As easy oil depletes all over the world, Middle Eastern producers are turning to digital oilfield technology to not only enhance recovery but make finds economical to produce. Heather Saucier investigates the region’s technological gains…

Bringing subsea projects “in the money”

Jan 01, 2016

Jon Fredrik Müller and Audun Martinsen, of Rystad Energy, take a look at rising costs and the downturn and share how these two will affect the subsea market going forward. An illustration of the Johan Sverdrup field center…

Pain in the Annulus

Jan 01, 2016

Well plugging and abandonment activity as part of offshore decommissioning is starting to ramp up – but could it be done better? Elaine Maslin reports. Interwell’s exothermic P&A solution.  Image from Interwell…

The Barrel: Down, but not out

Jan 01, 2016

From an oil industry perspective it's difficult to find anything positive to say about 2015 other than I'm glad it's come to an end. Colin Welsh. Image courtesy of Simmons & Co. I certainly didn't see $35 Brent crude coming…

African FPSOs

Jan 01, 2016

Nigeria is eying an opportunity to integrate floating production units on home turf, potentially even building them from scratch. Elaine Maslin found out more. ADOL from the air.  Photos…

FPSOs: On the horizon

Jan 01, 2016

While the oil price has sucked much wind out of the sails of the FPSO industry, work must go on.  And there are still quite a few projects lined up from 2016-2018. Infield Systems presents this list of conversion and newbuild construction projects…

Model engineering for asset integrity

Jan 01, 2016

Aging assets and life extension are consuming ever more engineering hours in the offshore oil and gas industry. How can engineering tools help? Meg Chesshyre looks for answers. Image from Petrofac…

Middle Eastern resilience

Jan 01, 2016

Both maintaining and launching new offshore production is high on the agenda in the Middle East, not least in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Iran. IHS’ Mirzi Moralde outlines current activity in the region. Total’s…

Offshore’s opportunity?

Jan 01, 2016

Innovate, collaborate, standardize; lead with lean.   One could argue that the future of the global offshore E&P business, particularly deepwater development, is ours to create. Confronted…

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