Anadarko had to shut-in production at two of its operated facilities last week, following a fatal fire at the onshore Phillips 66 Partners Paradis Pipeline Station west of New Orleans, Louisiana. Image of Heidelberg…
French giant Total will launch 10 upstream projects in the next 18 months, as the company targets a US$3.5 billion costs savings for the year. Image of Total CEO Pouyanné, from Total. In 2017…
Saudi Aramco and Baker Hughes (BHI) have completed the first installation of the TransCoil rigless-deployed electrical submersible pumping (ESP) system, which is designed to help operators bring wells on production faster and lower the costs associated with installing and replacing ESPs…
Eni started production five months ahead of schedule at its East Hub Development Project, offshore Angola. Image of the Armada Olombendo, from Eni. The East Hub Development is in Block 15/06 of the Angolan deep offshore…
Operating in HPHT conditions have led to thicker, heavier subsea equipment that can hold up to extreme environments. Atul Ganpatye and Kenneth Bhalla, of Stress Engineering, discuss challenges associated with the design of this equipment…
Sand erosion can cost the industry tens of billions of dollars every year. NEL’s Marc Laing looks at what can be done to mitigate the issues. Changes to oil and gas production over past decades have brought about unprecedented challenges…
Scott Weeden drills down with NOV’s Hege Kverneland to find out why she is excited about using Big Data to predict component failures before they occur. Kverneland Just how exciting is Big Data…
Apache’s FNT development may appear a bit “vanilla” on the surface, but a fit-for purpose and fast-to-first-oil ethos under the Apache Projects Group Mission Command management system meant the difference between production and stranded reserves…
US giant ExxonMobil announced it will start five major offshore projects in 2017-2018, in addition to a Q4 2016 earnings of US$3.7 billion, which took a $2 billion impairment charge from its upstream sector. Image from Exxon…
Lloyd’s Register (LR), a provider of integrity, compliance and specialist risk consulting services, has begun its Subsea Inspection Services to support underwater inspections of subsea pipelines, assets and facilities to energy companies operating offshore…
NEL, the flow measurement research and development specialist, has been selected to lead the development of a new multiphase flow measurement standard for the oil and gas industry. Despite the growing use of multiphase meters to cope…
Chevron posted total earnings of US$415 million for Q4 2016, however, posted a loss for full-year 2016 that the US supermajor says were due to the low oil prices. Image from Chevron. Chevron’s Q4 2016 earnings reflected a gain…
Murphy Oil announced a partnership with supermajor Chevron in the Gulf of Mexico in Q4 2016, in addition to suffering from a net loss of US$64 million during the period, and an even bigger loss for the year. Image from Murphy…
GE Energy Connections has been chosen to supply its MV7Series 5 Level (MV7-5L) drive, which will sit topside on a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit for the Greater Enfield project. Located 60km off Exmouth in Western Australia…
Hess Corp. posted a US$4.9 billion net loss in Q4, as the company moves forward to focus on its developments offshore Thailand and in the Gulf of Mexico, which are expected to contribute significant production and cash flow. The…