This event aired on Thursday, April 10, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. CSTCLICK TO ACCESSIncreased demands for operational efficiency, reporting, and safety are driving the automation revolution in the exploration and production segment of today’s Oil & Gas industry…
A striking comment was made by the head of CNR International at a breakfast briefing in Aberdeen this week. James Edens, VP and Managing Director at CNR International (UK), said UK North Sea production in 2013 was 1.43MM boe/d—the lowest it had been since 1977…
Oil & Gas UK has underlined calls for a need to change how the UK North Sea oil and gas industry is managed by warning that exploration in the basin is facing its biggest challenge in 50 years and that capital spending is expected to halve by 2016-17…
Operator Statoil is to use Technip for intervention services on its Åsgard subsea compression project in the Norwegian Sea. The Åsgard field lies on the Halten Bank in the Norwegian Sea, about 200km off Norway. TheÅsgard subsea compression…
Fundy Tidal Inc.'s turbine project in the Bay of Fundy, off Nova Scotia. www.fundytidal.com
Vagit Alekperov, OAO LUKOIL President, and Emilio Lozoya, General Director of Mexico’s Pemex, signed a cooperation agreement today at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. The document was signed in the presence of Enrique Peña Nieto…
Schlumberger released the Vx Spectra surface multiphase flowmeter, which enables operators to obtain flow rate measurements in production testing and permanent monitoring. The Vx Spectra 19mm monitors low-rate producing wells down to 30 b/d…
EV launched its Optis HD Electric line camera, which provides vital diagnosis to the well intervention market. It has the capacity to stream color video at a maximum of 25 frames per second. The new camera features improve speeds and picture…
Emerson creates new reservoir modeling software Emerson Process Management released Roxar RMS 2013, the latest version of its reservoir modeling software. RMS 2013 includes model-driven interpretation capabilities and new solutions for seismic…
Statoil ASA and partners Eni Norge AS and Petoro AS made an oil and gas discovery in the Skavl prospect in PL532, close to Johan Castberg in the Barents Sea. Well 7220/7-2 S, drilled by the semisubmersible rig West Hercules, proved a 22m…
Aker Solutions developed the Casing Stabilizer Arm (CSA), which eliminates the need for a person to be elevated on a derrick for tubular makeup. The stabilizing mechanism is stowed approximately 33 ft. above the drilling floor and includes…
GAC EnvironHull has launched HullWiper, a new innovation offering diver- free, cost effective and eco-friendly underwater hull cleaning. The compact, remotely-operated vessel cleaning vehicle is capable of cleaning up to 2000sq m of hull per hour without damage…
N-Sea’s TUP Diving System® can be equipped with a hyperbaric lifeboat, offering a safer, more efficient solution to the market. The system consists of a 3-man diving bell, launch and recovery system, triple-lock decompression chamber, gas diver control…
The importance of safety in the offshore industry will be the subject of discussion at the next evening meeting and supper hosted by the Energy Institute in Aberdeen. Guest speaker Steve Bullock, senior vice president HSSEIA Offshore Projects and Operations at Petrofac…
The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) has launched a new bid round for exploration licenses in the Gulf of Suez. Fifteen blocks, five in the Gulf of Suez and 10 in the Western Desert sedimentary basins, will be available, with licenses to be agreedon a production sharing model…