Norway has an ambitious plan to take carbon capture and storage offshore to a level which could potentially see the country becoming a store for other’s emissions. Elaine Maslin reports. Technology Centre Mongstad…
Deepwater Gulf of Mexico focused LLOG Exploration has set out plans for developing six projects, following successful exploration work in 2016-17, with nine deepwater wells due to be brought online by the end of 2018. One well is already producing…
Chevron’s Erskine field is back up and running offshore the UK, following maintenance work at Shell’s Lomond, according to partner Serica Energy. Erskine field restarted at the end of last week and the field has produced continuously over the weekend…
Production at Noble Energy’s Tamar platform offshore Israel has come to a stop after a crack was found in an emission pipe used to release natural gas and pressure, according to partner Delek Drilling. The Tamar platform…
Shell, operator of the Lomond platform, advised a delay to the restart of Chevron’s Erskine production pending completion of repairs, according to Erskine partner Serica Energy. Erskine. Image from Chevron…
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions used SPE Offshore Europe Conference & Exhibition in Aberdeen as a platform to launch its latest Isolastperfluoroelastomer (FFKM) material development. Specifically engineered for the offshore industry, Isolast J9554…
Schlumberger unveiled the new DELFI cognitive E&P environment at the SIS Global Forum today (13 September), which enables collaboration across exploration and production (E&P) teams and leverages the full potential of all available data and science to optimize E&P assets…
Production is increasing in the UK North Sea as investments made up to 2014 come onstream. But what’s next? Elaine Maslin takes a look. The Culzean development jacket was installed in July…
The Snøhvit gas field produces back to the Hammerfest LNG plant at Melkøya. Photo from Statoil/ Harald Pettersen. With a new phase in Barents Sea developments on the way, plus strong drilling activity…
There is plenty of heavy oil to get out of the ground in Mexico, Brazil and Indonesia. Karen Boman surveys the work underway. The Peregrino FPSO at the Peregrino Field offshore Brazil. Photo from Statoil…
Halliburton is entering into a strategic alliance with Microsoft to drive digital transformation across the oil and gas industry. The relationship will combine the expertise of a global leader in cloud and digital transformation with a global leader in exploration and production (E&P) science…
While UK North Sea production efficiency has made improvements since diving to a dire 60% in 2012, more can still be done, says Gordon Lawrence from Asset Performance Networks. Image from iStock…
Petrobras’ insatiable deepwater production plays a significant role when it comes to driving global subsea systems demand. Elaine Maslin speaks with the firm’s subsea systems executive manager Cristina Pinho. Cristina Pinho…
Offshore structures for multiple uses were investigated by Mirco Busetto, head of basic design Offshore Business Unit, Fincantieri, at this year’s Offshore Mediterranean Conference (OMC) in Ravenna, Italy. Elaine Maslin reports. A…
With its remote and harsh operations, mining has similar characteristics to oil and gas exploration. Could the industry learn from mining’s efficiencies? Innes Auchterlonie and Andrew Woodward explain. Image from iStock…
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