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Electrical Integration – bringing process and power together

Sep 01, 2014

Managing the process and the power systems that serve it through a single integrated control system can cut costs while giving a much better overview of the total plant. Laya Sathyadevan explains. Managing…

Protecting assets through better data trending

Sep 01, 2014

Elaine Maslin examines how better data trending and a focus on key hubs could help improve ailing production efficiency rates and extend asset life on the UK Continental Shelf and beyond. NI CompactRIO…

Laggan-Tormore delayed

Aug 29, 2014

A partner on the Laggan-Tormore project, west of Shetland, in UK waters, has said first oil is likely to be delayed from the end of 2014 to 2015.  DONG Energy’s CEO Henrik Poulsen said Total, the operator of Laggan-Tormore, was reviewing…

No oil on Heimdalshø for Det norske

Aug 29, 2014

Det norske oljeselskap's wildcat exploration well 2/9-5S on the Heimdalshø prospect found no hydrocarbons. Det norske said the well, the first in production license (PL) 494, about 30 km east of the Norwegian North Sea Valhall field…

Luno II revised down

Aug 29, 2014

Lundin Petroleum's latest Luno II appraisal well found oil but with lower than expected reservoir properties, leading the firm to revise down its resource estimate for the field to between 27 and 71MMboe.  Lundin said the target of appraisal well 16/4- 8 S in the Luno II discovery…

ONS: Record visitor numbers at ONS 2014

Aug 28, 2014

This year's ONS, which ended Thursday 28 August, has seen record attendance numbers, at 91,682, without counting those visiting the event's festival in Stavanger harbour.   Organisers said 30,531 visitors attended the show, at Stavanger Forum…

ONS: Operating costs top challenge list

Aug 28, 2014

Operating costs have been listed as the critical “change issue” by the offshore industry, according to research at this week’s ONS 2014 in Stavanger.  A Lloyd’s Register Energy survey of exhibitors at ONS 2014 revealed more than 44% of…

ONS: "Don't sacrifice safety to reduce costs"

Aug 28, 2014

Norway's oil industry has been warned by Anne Myhrvold, director-general of the country's Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), against making cost cuts and savings at the expense of safety. “I’m convinced it’s possible to look after safety in a good way while also cutting costs…

Kongsberg wins Catcher contract

Aug 28, 2014

Kongsberg Maritime division Kongsberg Maritime Engineering (KME) has won a contract to deliver an integrated control and safety system for the new BW Offshore Catcher FPSO. The contract follows BW Offshore’s signing of a lease and operate…

ONS: Aker leads contract winning pack

Aug 27, 2014

Aker Solutions, with a total of 51 contracts, is leading the field on contracts won on the UK Continental Shelf (UKS) and Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) over the past four years, according to the latest report from the Energy Industry Council (EIC)…

Nordic Maritime wins Statoil North Sea contract

Aug 26, 2014

Statoil awarded Nordic Maritime a contract for its newest DP2 vessel, Mokul Nordic in the North Sea. The 30-day contract has an optional 15-day charter. Mokul Nordicis a DP2 VS470 MKIII subsea service vessel capable of ROV and inspection…

ONS: A pan-Europe regulatory regime?

Aug 26, 2014

A UK-based energy expert has called for the Norwegian and UK governments to agree a united regulatory regime to enable better standardization efforts around the North Sea. Philip Lambert, CEO at Lambert Energy (right), said there should be a pan-North Sea effort at standardization…

ONS: Cost cutting shouldn't hinder growth

Aug 26, 2014

Oil companies operating on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) were this morning warned that cost cutting should not lead to fewer projects and leaving behind economically viable fields, Norway’s Minister of Petroleum told ONS conference delegates in Stavanger this morning…

ONS: Aquaterra launches riser tool

Aug 26, 2014

UK-based engineering firm Aquaterra Energy has launched a Riser Monitoring System (RMS) it believes will revolutionize integrity management and bring improved reliability and accuracy of data acquisition to the offshore oil and gas industry…

ONS: Schlumberger launches Quanta Geo

Aug 25, 2014

Schlumberger today launched the Quanta Geo photorealistic reservoir geology service at the Offshore Northern Seas Annual Conference and Exhibition (ONS). The new service includes the industry’s first microresistivity imager that produces oriented…

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