Most wells are being drilled based on subsurface seismic information. Subsurface models based on seismic data are relatively accurate in terms of two-way acoustic travel time;...
Baker Hughes has recently expanded its family of AutoTrak Rotary Steerable Systems by adding the new AutoTrak V automated vertical drilling system. According to Baker Hughes, ...
Seismic while drilling (SWD) is a technology currently in development that shows promise in helping prevent loss of well control while drilling in deepwater. Once such systems...
The oil and gas sector has a legacy of only employing those who are at the top of their game. Only by doing this are E&P companies able to continually push the limits of what ...
The tieback of new fields to existing facilities can be used to develop marginal offshore fields, which are often too small to be developed economically on their own. The use ...
The rapid pace of development of drillship design now allows drilling in water depths beyond the traditional 10,000 ft/3,000 msw (meters of sea water) barrier. The certainty of...
Shallow-water autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are a valuable tool for asset inspection, providing benefits for customers, operators, and contractors alike. However, the ...
Subsea gas compression is an emerging technology that could facilitate longer step-out developments. It would allow operators to extend the limits set by reservoir pressure on...
Last year was tough on the offshore oil and gas industry. The BP Macondo oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico stemmed from a blowout on April 20, 2010, that resulted in the explosion...
INTECSEA has completed owner’s engineer services for the subsea system of the Jubilee deepwater development offshore the Republic of Ghana. The Jubilee project achieved first ...
An Anadarko Petroleum operated consortia has proven a prolific new hydrocarbon fairway off Mozambique that could extend all the way north to offshore Kenya. Within the space of...
There may be important gaps in the way we run our businesses today. We all do some form of planning for risk, and we all make safety a priority – but sometimes, even this isn’...
BGP is conducting a very complex 2D TZ seismic survey in the Red Sea. The complicated terrains include city limits, muddy beach, shallow water island, coral reef, offshore ports...
The effects of the new Safety and Environmental Management System (SEMS) requirements for oil and gas companies operating in the OCS are just beginning to be felt. To get an inside...
Historically, new technology has been the life blood of the oil and gas industry, the ingredient that leads to lower costs, greater productivity, and new reserves. That is the...
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOEMRE) has called for nominations regarding a proposed oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico Western...
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has initiated two programs concerning future disposal of concrete production facilities offshore Norway. Only two structures in this ...
Eni has delivered first oil from its Nikaitchuq oil development offshore Alaska’s North Slope. The field, in 3 m (10 ft) water depth, ultimately will produce 28,000 b/d via 52...
Robert G. Burke passed away last month at age 82. He was the first editor of Offshore magazine for PennWell, and for 20 years he, more than any other person, provided the vision...
The turret concept to free weathervane moor vessel-based floating production and storage systems (FPSOs/FSOs) was pioneered in the early 1980s by SBM Offshore. Since then, that...
