Volume 73, Issue 5

For fast, reliable BOP, hose, manifold valve system, and riser line hydrostatic testing, Clover Tool offers a variety of BOP hydrostatic test unit models.

How can a subsea system operate in an unknown location, with indefinite duration of deployment during a severe weather event?

CoilScan from Schlumberger is a newly released system the company says aims to identify pipe defects before running coiled tubing (CT) downhole and thereby reduce non-productive...

As the oil and gas industry looks to increase production from old fields and deepwater reservoirs, the vision of the digital oilfield is highlighted as a potential solution to...

Total and partners Chevron and SNPC have committed to the complex Moho Nord development offshore Republic of Congo.

Closed-loop circulating systems are proving to be the watershed technology for a new and quickly expanding set of deepwater wellbore construction capabilities.

Progress in drill bit design is being made on all fronts. Improvements range from major design changes to better manufacturing techniques.

It has been nearly 100 years since the reflection seismic method was first used to image the subsurface, and since then it has evolved to deliver increasingly accurate 3D geological...

The past 10 years have seen the development of the marine controlled source electromagnetic (CSEM) method for hydrocarbon exploration.

One of the fastest-growing contractors in the offshore services sector is Dolphin Geophysical.

Nigeria's most "home-made" living quarters platform to date should sail out later this year to Total's Ofon field.

Statoil is due to install the world's first subsea gas compression station in 2015 on the Åsgard field in the Norwegian Sea.

Total's Ofon Phase 2 project offshore Nigeria calls for construction of four new platforms for the shallow water Ofon field.

Extended drilling operations in harsh or remote offshore regions are placing increasing demands on drill crews.

France's leading oil and gas contractors and suppliers are present in most of the world's offshore arenas.

As the offshore oil and gas market continues to heat up due to global demand and high prices, so does the competition for talent.

Despite the challenges that the Arctic and sub-arctic regions present – ice, low temperatures, darkness and remoteness – the substantial amount of oil and gas reserves are propelling...

From huge gas discoveries off its undeveloped eastern coast to presalt exploration in the west's mature markets, Africa is the focus of intense activity among major operators ...

With growing energy demands in China and India, and huge LNG export projects under way off Australia, the Asia/Pacific region is a tale of two complementary ends of oil and gas...

Brazil's National Petroleum Agency has finally outlined the process for the 11th round of bidding for 166 of the country's offshore oil blocks to be held in May 2013, five years...

Britain's dwindling reserves of offshore gas have been further drained by an unusually prolonged winter.

Oil and gas development in the Gulf of Mexico continues to rebound after the nadir of 2010, and activities are ramping up in all phases – leasing, exploration, drilling, field...

Oil and gas producers frequently ask "where do we go next to find new hydrocarbon reserves?"

Last month in Washington DC, I happily accepted the chairmanship of the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA), of which I have been a proud member for many years.

As the industry gears up for its biggest event of the year, operators, contractors, and vendors are looking forward to the growing development opportunities in the offshore market...

Using its StagSeis survey configuration, CGG claims the record for deploying the longest offsets in the industry for a full-azimuth multi-vessel survey.

As the search for energy moves further offshore, the demands placed on pipelines and flow assurance systems increase.

Back in the day, the ultimate over-simplification of the force motivating oil producers was the phrase, "Drilling for Dollars."

As submarine gas pipelines get longer and more remote, the challenge of pre-commissioning becomes greater.

ExxonMobil and BHP Billiton are considering what would be the world's largest-capacity floating LNG facility for the Scarborough field in Australia's Carnarvon basin.

FMC Technologies Inc. will supply Statoil with $96 million in subsea equipment for the Smørbukk South Extension Project.

New rules and standards were issued for the US offshore oil and gas industry in early March, as the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) released the Safety and...

Statoil has brought onstream three of its conveyor belt of fasttrack subsea tiebacks.

ExxonMobil has authorized Kiewit-Kvaerner Contractors to start engineering, procurement, and construction of a gravity-based structure for the new Hebron platform offshore eastern...

Infield Systems expects 1,546 new fields to enter production worldwide in the next five years.

Offshore operators are increasingly seeking new sources of sustainable production from deepwater areas.

All frontiers invariably inspire expeditions. This has been true for the exploration and development of hydrocarbon as it was for the discovery and exploration of Mt. Everest....

Oil and gas platforms regularly use stainless steel tubing in process instrumentation and sensing, as well as in chemical inhibition, hydraulic lines, impulse lines, and utility...

Statoil learned valuable lessons during the planning and execution of a high-pressure/high-temperature (HP/HT) coiled tubing milling job on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS...

Stable foaming tendency is often found in oil and gas treatment due to the presence of several substances or dispersing agents, and turbulence from the wellbore to the separation...

The value of asset integrity management systems (AIMS) is reaching into more corners of offshore oil and gas exploration and development.

In 2009, Australia's Woodside Energy awarded SBM Offshore an engineering, procurement, and construction contract to deliver a disconnectable FPSO to serve the Cossack, Wanaea,...

Gas production started from the 10-tcf Tamar field offshore Israel on March 31.