Hydrogen News

The Subsea Transformation is Happening

Jun 13, 2019

The light has been shone on the potential for the subsea oil and gas industry to not only play a role in but lead energy transition initiatives and new ocean industries in Norway and overseas during the Underwater Technology Conference (UTC) Bergen today…

A Dutch decommissioning opportunity - seeking renewables and CCS alternatives

Dec 27, 2017

While decommissioning is often seen as a challenge, to the Dutch it is also an opportunity. Elaine Maslin reports (First published in the December 2017 OE, access the full issue here). The Dutch don’t have the largest patch of the North Sea by a long shot…

Connecting the dots

Dec 01, 2017

While decommissioning is often seen as a challenge, to the Dutch it is also an opportunity. Elaine Maslin reports. The North Sea Wind Power Hub concept. Images from TenneT.    The Dutch don’t…

Ultra Deep signs LOI for well intervention vessel

Dec 19, 2017

Singapore-based Ultra Deep Solutions has signed a letter of intent to build a SALT 310 well intervention vessel at China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) yard in Shenzhen.  Ultra Deep Solutions says the vessel will be capable of well intervention…

E&P goes green

May 01, 2017

Elaine Maslin looks at efforts to breathe new life into old oil and gas platforms, such as refitting for renewable energy, while also cutting CO2 emissions and cost. An illustration of the Win Win (wind-powered water injection) project…

Brittle issues

Oct 01, 2016

Balancing cost reduction with correct materials selection is key when it comes to problems such as hydrogen embrittlement, says William Hackett’s Tim Burgess. Welded chain sling link cracked. Images from William Hackett…

Outsmarting corrosion

Mar 10, 2016

Detecting corrosion is a huge headache for the offshore industry. CMR is developing a tool to spot it before it takes hold. Thomas Peter Christian Michelsen Research (CMR) in…

Fit for HPHT

Jun 01, 2015

Exova Group’s Stuart Bond shows how the company is working to develop testing technologies to ensure SURF components are fit for HPHT and H2S service. Exova’s Dudley, UK, autoclave facility. Images…

VAALCO continues at Etame

Feb 11, 2015

VAALCO Energy began first production from the Etame 10-H well, part of its six-well development drilling campaign on the Etame Marin block, offshore Gabon.  SEENT platform installation. From VAALCO.   Etame…

Hydrogen/CO2 FPSO design revealed

Nov 14, 2014

Classification society ClassNK has given approval in principle to a new H2/CO2 floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) to a new design developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Chiyoda Corporation. FPSOs are used by…

Hydrogen generator goes nano

Oct 10, 2014

A small scale “hydrogen generator” uses light and a two-dimensional graphene platform to boost production of the hard-to-make element. The research also unveiled a previously unknown property of graphene where the two-dimensional chain of carbon atoms not only gives and receives electrons…

Sensory perception

Jun 20, 2014

In offshore application, the workers’ lives and the asset’s integrity can all come down to the tiny sensors within a gas detector. City Technology’s John Warburton discusses why gas sensors are…

Express Energy launches free H2S safety film

Aug 21, 2013

Express Energy Services has created a short film, Left Undone, as part of its contribution to safety in the energy industry. The movie aims to educate and inform oilfield workers on the hazards and safety procedures in the event of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) exposure while working on a well site…

Clariant opens R&D lab in Brazil

Jul 17, 2013

Clariant opened a new R&D Laboratory for Catalysts for Chemicals and Oil & Gas industries. Located in the company’s largest manufacturing plant of Latin America, in Suzano (Brazil), the laboratory begins operations with a complete infrastructure…

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