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Production optimization trends

Dec 01, 2014

We asked production optimization specialists their views on the latest trends in the area. Skills comes high up the list. Elaine Maslin sets out the results of our survey. Topside activities are currently the biggest challenge to production optimization in the North Sea…

Megaprojects: Mega headaches

Dec 01, 2014

A megaproject is one that costs more than US$5 billion to develop. They stretch a company’s capabilities to their limits, especially in the harsh climates like the Arctic or in ultra-deep water. In 2000, oil companies took on seven megaprojects…

Addressing the changing needs of the offshore industry

Dec 01, 2014

Bourbon’s Rodolphe Bouchet explains how the company’s new Explorer 500 series shows its commitment to standardization, which offers time and cost savings. The PSV Bourbon Explorer 504 at sea. Photos from Bourbon…

Repsol HEADS for safety

Dec 01, 2014

As demand for oil and gas increases and shallow plays mature, operators are having to look deeper and further offshore. Drilling in more capricious environments has highlighted the importance of safety measures that can quickly and accurately identify problems remotely using automated technology…

Magnomatics, Zilift enter partnership

Nov 24, 2014

Magnomatics, the magnetic transmissions and ultra-compact motor company, signed an exclusive licensing deal with Zilift, a leading developer of permanent magnet technologies for innovative artificial lift applications in the oil and gas industry…

Emerson releases remote terminal unit

Nov 19, 2014

Emerson Process Management has introduced OpenEnterprise Field Tools. The remote terminal unit (RTU) and Highway Addressable Remote Transducer (HART) configuration suite enables local and remote configuration and real-time HART device monitoring in remote oil and gas applications…

Wison picks AVEVA software for FSRU projects

Nov 18, 2014

EPC firm Wison Offshore & Marine selected AVEVA Marine software for the engineering, design and construction of its offshore Floating Storage Regasification Unit (FSRU) projects.  An Wenxin, Senior Vice President of Wison Offshore & Marine…

Oil industry needs new technology to meet long-term demand

Nov 18, 2014

The industry is going to face more challenges than ever over the next 30 years as it strives to meet global oil and gas demand from ever harder to reach and extract resources, industry bosses say. Amin Nasser…

Execs warn against oil price knee-jerk

Nov 17, 2014

Leading industry executives including BP CEO Bob Dudley cautioned against “over-reacting” to current low oil prices at global industry forum. 'While there has been some speculation that the high cost of unconventional oil production might…

Eco Atlantic completes 3D seismic off Namibia

Nov 14, 2014

Eco Atlantic Oil & Gas Ltd. completed the 3D seismic survey on the Cooper block located in the Walvis Basin, offshore Namibia. The PGS vessel Ramform Vanguard, offshore Namibia. From Eco Atlantic. PGS Geophysical Ltd…

GE opens Brazilian subsea research center

Nov 13, 2014

GE opened its US$500 million Brazil Technology Center in Rio de Janeiro. The research hub will focus on developing advanced technologies for offshore oil and gas exploration and production. The center, GE’s first in Latin America…

GE wins Petronas FLNG 2 contract

Nov 12, 2014

Malaysia’s national oil and gas company Petronas awarded GE Oil & Gas a contract to supply gas turbine-driven compressor train and mechanical drive technology for the second floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility off the coast of East Malaysia…

Harvey Gulf deploys Advanced Logistics software

Nov 12, 2014

Harvey Gulf International Marine is using Advanced Logistics’ marine management system, SAMM, and preventative maintenance module, Preventer,on its fleet of marine transportation vessels. Advanced Logistics’s software allows a vessel…

O3b launches offshore comms service in GOM

Nov 12, 2014

O3b Networks launched the O3bEnergy 20 service for offshore communications in the Gulf of Mexico. O3bEnergy 20 provides energy clients with an aggregate of 20Mbps throughput to a single site at less than 150 msec roundtrip latency delivered over the O3bEnergy 1…

Emerson acquires Paine Electronics business

Nov 12, 2014

Emerson has acquired the Paine Electronics business from Paine Electronics, LLC, which will become part of Emerson Process Management. Paine Electronics, a leading manufacturer of pressure transducers, is recognized worldwide for its pressure…

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