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Global Briefs: September 2013

Sep 01, 2013

Alaska states Arctic needs Alaska’s Lt. Governor Mead Treadwell stated the case for the state’s needs at the Ice-Diminished Arctic Conference in Washington, D.C. He emphasized the need for safety, security, and economic development in the region…

Enhanced control for improved safety offshore

Sep 01, 2013

A new offshore safety directive, issued by the European Union, has been adopted across the continent. Remi Eriksen, CEO DNV Maritime Oil & Gas, and Graham Bennett, VP DNV, business development director, division Europe and North Africa, take a look at the consequences…

STM Group will expand its Brazil operations

Sep 01, 2013

STM Group Inc (STM), a global satellite communications and engineering company, will expand its Brazil operations by adding a third teleport in Hortolandia, complementing its existing teleports in Sao Paulo and Belo Horizonte. The satellite…

LED lighting

Sep 01, 2013

The HAL-PRM-150W-LED-100 surface mount hazardous area light by Larson Electronics features a powerful LED assembly fitted with 30 CREE XLamp XPG® LED emitters. The LED assembly is housed within a cast aluminum fixture with high-strength gasket…

Scandinavia: investing to grow

Sep 01, 2013

Scandinavia’s oil and gas industry, focused on Norway and Denmark, is expecting a resurgence. Espen Erlingsen looks at trends in the sector. The North Sea is characterized by large, producing platforms with declining production. To stop the falling production in the North Sea…

The Gryphon Alpha rises

Sep 01, 2013

Twenty years after it came online, the UK’s longest serving permanently-moored FPSO has been given a new lease on life. Elaine Maslin reports on the extent the UK’s largest offshore project in 2012. When production from the central North Sea Gryphon field came online in October 1993…

Publisher’s Column: Self- less

Sep 01, 2013

The oil & gas industry is about people. Every human being on the planet has benefited from the work this industry does. People also represent one of the industry’s biggest challenges. There is a global shortage of staff. There are not enough qualified people to fill the many open positions…

Voices: “How can the industry help foster an interest in engineering among children?”

Sep 01, 2013

Next Generation. Faced with global staffing shortages, OE asked: “How can the industry help foster an interest in engineering among children?” Math and science are a requirement for filling the pipeline of future engineers…

Subsea UK calls for national program

Sep 01, 2013

Subsea UK is calling on the UK government to back plans for a national program that will support and fund subsea research, and a UK-wide skills program that will help the sector find the 10,000 people it needs to capitalize on current and future demand…

Nexans updates its Halden cable facility

Sep 01, 2013

Nexans has fine tuned its specialized facility at Halden in Norway, after a cable failed to meet the final acceptance test a couple of years ago and had to be remade. Meg Chesshyre visited the plant, which has a full order book and a more than two-year backlog…

Air gap restoration: a platform-based solution

Sep 01, 2013

Reservoir compaction and seafloor subsidence continue to be a significant concern for the oil and gas industry. Subsidence near oil and gas reservoirs is usually caused by a high production rates from multiple wells over many years. Production…

Vallourec will launch a new research center in Rio de Janeiro

Sep 01, 2013

Vallourec will launch a new research center in Rio de Janeiro, expected to be operational next month. The Rio center will focus on all pre-salt activities. Located next to Petrobras’ CENPES research center in the Technological Park of Rio de Janeiro…

ION Geophysical establishes seismic data processing center in Perth

Sep 01, 2013

ION Geophysical established a GX Technology (GXT) seismic data processing center in Perth, to serve the needs of oil & gas companies in Australia and throughout the Asia- Pacific region. The new center is staffed with geoscience professionals…

Eye protection

Sep 01, 2013

3M has launched SecureFit Protective Eyewear, the first range of eyewear to feature pressure diffusion temple technology, providing personal comfort and security of fit. SecureFit self adjusts to the size and shape of the wearer’s head, reducing slippage and movement while in use…

EnerMech acquires Vicon Services

Sep 01, 2013

Aberdeen-based EnerMech acquired Australian industrial sector firm Vicon Services, and UK-based pump equipment specialist Total Reclaim Systems Ltd, for a combined US$15.34 million. EnerMech will introduce new business lines and significantly…

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