Volume 71, Issue 1

Offshore service vessels (OSV) are becoming larger, more specialized, and more technically sophisticated as a result of the rising demand for more complex deepwater field developments...

The Galsi pipeline across the Mediterranean Sea will transport natural gas from Algeria to Sardinia and mainland Italy once completed. Parts of the 560 km (348 mi) offshore route...

Statoil has kicked off production from the Vega gas and condensate field off Norway’s west coast. Vega has three seabed templates that send gas and condensate to the Gjøa platform...

Chevron Corp. says it has sanctioned development of its $4-billion Big Foot project in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

Wireless technology is established as a powerful communication and network tool in many surface applications. The adoption of a wireless approach to producing highly instrumented...

Consequences of failure graphically demonstrated at Macondo

Statoil has committed to compression for three of its main gas production centers on the Norwegian shelf. It aims to prolong output from existing fields under development, and...

Automatic ID cuts human error

Greenland’s government has awarded three new exploration concessions under its Baffin Bay bid round. Shell and its partners Statoil and GDF Suez picked up blocks 5 and 8, covering...

GLOBAL DATA

Exploration and production spend is back on trend, forecast to post consecutive yearly increases since the drop off in 2009. Driven by improving market fundamentals and recovering...

Recently-completed catamaran heavy-lift vessel successfully performs first field operation

BP intends to develop Skarv field using a turret moored new-build FPSO. The Skarv FPSO has a heading control system because the turret, positioned at 1/3 of ship length aft of...

HSE advantages, cost savings also make contribution

Whether applied to licensing, frontier exploration, mature plays, prospect generation, or evaluation, gravity gradiometry imaging is a powerful de-risking and exploration tool...

The sedimentary basins of the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) exhibit a wide range of different geological characteristics, especially in the presence of complex salt bodies. Surface seismic...

Return to normality hinges on BOEMRE’s proposed budget hike and future reforms

Analyses of recent lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico suggest that bid outcomes can be highly uncertain and the associated results for E&P companies who compete in the bid environment...

While some drillers remain positive about the deepwater Gulf, plans are still being stymied by a lack of regulatory clarity