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Integrated Gas Compression: A Natural Fit for North America

Oct 17, 2018

Natural gas abounds in North America. At the end of 2016, Canada and the U.S. shared 414 trillion cubic feet of proved reserves, with the U.S. the world’s largest producer and Canada the fourth largest. Unsurprisingly, there’s a keen appetite for developing LNG facilities across the continent…

Navigate Response Launched Unlimited Hours Contracts

Oct 17, 2018

Navigate Response, the global crisis communications network for the maritime sector, is introducing unlimited response hours contracts to help its shipping company clients manage the potentially open-ended costs of media management work during a crisis…

Partners Lead New Swarm Technology Research

Oct 16, 2018

U.K. based marine technology company Autonomous Robotics Ltd (ARL) will collaborated with Aberdeen’s Robert Gordon University (RGU) to research simultaneous, distributed and scalable localization system for a swarm of autonomous underwater sensor flying nodes…

Nexans Wins Cable Contract for Northwester 2 Wind Farm

Oct 16, 2018

Nexans said it will supply a subsea power cable and associated accessories for the 219 MW Northwester 2 wind farm 46 km offshore from Zeebrugge, Belgium.The French based company has been awarded a contract from Northwester 2 developer Parkwind to design…

Modern Facies Analysis Brings Greater Accuracy to Reservoir Models

Oct 16, 2018

New facies-first technique provides greater geo-model accuracy to optimize reservoir appraisal and assessment.Deriving facies models from the outcomes of seismic inversions, and their derivatives, has become standard practice in reservoir characterization workflows…

Stena Drillship Set for High-tech Upgrade

Oct 16, 2018

Stena Drilling has contracted Kongsberg Maritime to deliver a complete upgrade of its systems aboard the Stena Carron, a harsh environment dynamically positioned DP Class 3 drillship capable of drilling in water depths up to 10,000ft. Stena…

DNV GL to Update Carbon Trust Offshore Wind Accelerator Roadmap

Oct 16, 2018

DNV GL, the resource of independent energy experts and certification body, leads a consortium to update the Carbon Trust Offshore Wind Accelerator Roadmap for the commercial acceptance of floating LiDAR technology.The other members of the consortium are Frazer Nash Consultancy…

Coretrax Helps Slash Well Abandonment Costs

Oct 15, 2018

A North Sea operator saved more than £500,000 during a well abandonment campaign in the U.K. Continental Shelf with the help of independent wellbore clean-up and abandonment specialist Coretrax.Coretrax was selected to support the decommissioning…

QP to Take Over Idd El Shargi North Dome Field

Oct 14, 2018

Qatar Petroleum announced that it will manage and operate the Idd El-Shargi North Dome (ISND) field following the expiry of the Development & Production Sharing Agreement (DPSA) with Occidental Petroleum of Qatar on October 6, 2019.Qatar Petroleum…

C-Kore Systems Rolls-out New In-line Testing Tools

Oct 14, 2018

U.K. based subsea testing company C-Kore Systems announced a new ‘in-line’ version of their C-Kore subsea testing tools.The streamlined design makes it possible to connect into hard-to access equipment, such as cylindrical UTAs or high-density connector layouts…

SeaBird, MCG Get More Work

Oct 14, 2018

Seismic players SeaBird Exploration and its partner Norway's MultiClient Geophysical (MCG) announce that significant additional pre funding commitment from an oil major has been secured relating to the ongoing MC2D project in North West Europe…

LNG Report: Floating Liquefaction & Regasification

Oct 11, 2018

International Maritime Associates has completed a 12-month study of the global market for floating gas liquefaction plants and floating LNG regasification terminals.   The 150+ page study, published by World Energy Reports, is the most detailed analysis yet made of this growing business sector…

Oil And Gas CEO: New Tech Creates Opportunity

Oct 10, 2018

Data from KPMG’s 2018 Oil and Gas CEO Outlook, released Oct. 10, reveals that globally, almost all oil and gas CEOs believe new technology creates opportunities. Eighty-five percent are piloting or have already implemented Artificial Intelligence (AI)…

Baker Hughes is Exploring Advanced Manufacturing with AFRC

Oct 10, 2018

The University of Strathclyde’s Advanced Forming Research Center (AFRC) and Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE), have joined forces to explore how some of the latest advanced manufacturing tools and processes can drive more efficient, smarter…

New GPS Interference Mitigation Solution

Oct 09, 2018

A new anti-jamming antenna is designed to mitigate intentional and unintentional interference and jamming in challenging offshore environments.The VERIPOS GAJT-710-MS helps combat the growing threats of interference and jamming in the offshore…

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