In 2009, a control system cyber security expert advised the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation that "current industrial control system cyber security...
Following two years of stable oil prices at a high level, spending by major, NOCs and independents is increasing steadily. That tend will continue for the foreseeable future, ...
SBM Offshore has updated its current construction program for projects offshore West Africa. The FPSO Xikomba has been demobilized from its location in Angola offshore block 15...
In mid-September, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE)/U.S. Coast Guard Joint Investigation Team (JIT) released its final investigative reports...
Tullow Oil has proven a new play off French Guiana with the Zaedyus oil discovery. The semisubmersible ENSCO 8503 drilled the well in 2,048 m (6,719 ft) water depth, 150 km (93...
Operators in Brazil and West Africa boast some of the most active deepwater development programs in the world. Brazil currently produces 100,000 b/d of oil from its deepwater ...
The first decade of the new millennium brought its share of risks and uncertainties to the international upstream industry. Even before the economic crisis of 2009, many industry...
Direct Electrical Heating systems (DEH) provide a cost-effective and environmentally friendly form of flow assurance. However, one of the challenges associated with these vital...
An estimated 150 bcm of natural gas is flared or vented globally every year (Source: Worldbank). This is equivalent to around 25% of the United States' gas consumption, or 30%...
Riser integrity monitoring systems around the world are at work offshore measuring bending moment and tensile forces on riser towers and steel centenary risers. Data from these...
Increasingly stringent and expanding offshore regulations are pushing service companies to develop innovative technologies that deliver safe and environmentally sound methods ...
Floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) promises to revolutionize the LNG industry, but it also poses huge challenges for shipyards, equipment manufacturers, and class societies...
Exploration and development drilling operations are all too frequently impaired by formation fluid influx (kicks), drilling fluid losses (hydraulic fractures), and wellbore instability...
Following the Macondo incident in the Gulf of Mexico and the subsequent new regulations in both the US and international arenas, the oil and gas industry has responded with a ...
Offshore West Africa remains one of the world's most recognized exploration and production provinces and one of the most promising regions in terms of future development opportunities...
Management at LLOG Exploration Co. L.L.C., operator of the deepwater Who Dat oil and gas field in Mississippi Canyon blocks 503, 504 and 547 in the US Gulf of Mexico, isn't bashful...
