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The demand for standardization

May 05, 2015

In the first installment of a two part series, Elaine Maslin takes a look at what all the clamor is about on standardization, what the industry is planning to do about it and what the results have been to date.  Image from Statoil…

OTC15: Technology guidance note launched

May 05, 2015

Lloyd’s Register Energy issued a new risk-based Technology Qualification Guidance Note to minimize risks and uncertainty of novel designs, concepts or applications not covered by existing rules, industry codes or best practice. Lloyd’s…

OTC15: Safety shouldn't be compromised

May 04, 2015

Challenges in offshore oil and gas exploration and technology advances must not be an excuse to cut costs on safety, Lloyd’s Register Energy is warning at this year’s Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston. Lloyd’s Register Energy…

OTC15: Tata unveils SAWL pipe milestone

May 04, 2015

Tata Steel says it has become the first company to manufacture a submerged arc welded longitudinal (SAWL) line pipe installed through reeling method in the North Sea. Manufactured at Tata Steel’s Hartlepool 42in. UOE mill, the pipe was…

James Fishers picks up SSS equipment

May 03, 2015

James Fisher Offshore, part of James Fisher and Sons, announces that it has reached an agreement with administrators KPMG to acquire a number of subsea assets free from encumbrances from Specialist Subsea Services. The investment compliments…

Apollo joins marginal field initiative

May 03, 2015

ABT Oil & Gas (ABTOG) has signed a Collaboration Agreement Aberdeen based engineering firm Apollo Offshore Engineering on its marginal field delivery consortium. Apollo will join the Marginal Field Delivery Consortium providing expertise…

Huisman names Meijer CEO

May 01, 2015

Netherlands-based, Huisman announced today that André Meijer is appointed as CEO effective 1 August 2015. This appointment follows the decision of Joop Roodenburg to step down as the company’s CEO this year and become the company's chief technology officer…

James Fisher to buy Specialist Subsea Services' assets

May 01, 2015

James Fisher Offshore, part of James Fisher and Sons, has reached an agreement with KPMG in Scotland to acquire a number of subsea assets free from encumbrances from Specialist Subsea Services. The assets include work-class ROVs, inspection class ROV and survey equipment…

Cape wins BP North Sea work

May 01, 2015

UK supermajor BP awarded Cape a US$153.5 million two-year contract to supply services on six North Sea assets and the Forties Pipeline Systems. According to Cape, the company will provide a range of core services, including access, insulation…

Oil & Gas UK gets new chief executive

May 01, 2015

Oil & Gas UK appointed Deirdre Michie as its new chief executive on 1 May 2015. Michie will replace Malcolm Webb who, following a brief handover period, formally retires on 31 May 2015.  Appointed by the board of Oil & Gas UK in February 2015…

Increasing the tension

May 01, 2015

Maritime Developments, based in Peterhead, Scotland, has released its first four-track, 75-tonne pipeline tensioner, not long after shipping out the third of a 50-tonne version of the unit, which took center stage at Subsea Expo in Aberdeen in February…

Making a ‘smart’ pipe

May 01, 2015

Researchers at Norway’s SINTEF together with a consortium of industrial partners have developed technologies to enable real-time condition monitoring reports from within pipelines to be transmitted to shore. SmartPipe launched in 2006…

Offshore heavy oil economics

May 01, 2015

Jeannie Stell looks at offshore heavy oil development economics with an eye on the current low-price environment. ExxonMobil expects its 52-well Hebron development project offshore Newfoundland to bring in first oil in 2017…

Danfoss driving subsea pumping technology

May 01, 2015

The subsea factory could be here sooner than many believe and Danish firm Danfoss is helping drive the innovation that will make it happen. Emma Gordon reports. Chemical inhibitor system. Photos from Danfoss…

Ready for prime time

May 01, 2015

Italy is sitting on sizeable untapped gas resources, yet it still imports a large proportion of its gas. Elaine Maslin reports from the Offshore Mediterranean Conference, Ravenna. Bruno Lescoeur…

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