Volume 67, Issue 10

These are busy days for Talisman in Norway, where the company is in the initial stages of implementing two recently approved projects.

Proper bit selection is important in optimizing the rotary steearable system (RSS) performance.

Tullow Oil is continuing its run of successes with frontier plays in Africa.

EctoSys, a new electrochemical method of water treatment, has several potential applications in the offshore oil industry.

The treatment of non-aqueous fluid contaminated cuttings has gone through many phases and generated a number of “solutions” over the years.

Aker Oilfield Services has awarded Norway’s Odim ASA a contract for a 125-metric-ton (138-ton) cable traction control unit (CTCU).

Electric flowline heating (EFH) has become an important concept in today’s field development projects.

Since its emergence in 2001, Lundin Petroleum has established itself as Sweden’s leading oil company, with interests around the world and promising potential for growth, in particular...

Wireless communication promises higher production availability at lower operating costs through improved monitoring.

Guns have dominated the headlines in Nigeria.

SKF Asset Management Service has developed a reliability data management and reporting solution called Results Reporter.

When operators are faced with leaks in wellbore tubulars, a number of methods exist to detect them.

A new force is emerging on the international oil and gas stage - StatoilHydro, the result of the merger between Statoil and Norsk Hydro’s oil and gas activities.

Kee Industrial Products offers an alternative to traditional welded handrail systems using Kee Lite aluminum or Kee Klamp galvanized steel safety components.

Chain is widely used in mooring applications for offshore floating structures, usually as part of a system combining chain and rope, be it fiber or wire.

Offshore West Africa rigs are in short supply. Availability estimates range from six months to a year, and day rates continue to rise.

In 2004, Hess awarded Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) a transportation and installation contract for the Okume project offshore Equatorial Guinea.

Direct electrical heating (DEH) has become one of Statoil’s preferred methods for securing flow assurance in multiphase pipelines.

In recent years, Hagglunds Drives has provided Subsea 7 with the motor/brake assemblies for its ROV deployment winches, along with associated power units and controls.

Maintenance, inventory, and logistics operations are challenged by offshore exploration.

Sandvik Materials Technology has launched ClikLoc, a new workover/completions riser connector that offers make-up/break-up times measured in seconds, effective metal-to-metal ...

High-pressure/high-temperature (HP/HT) wells bring with them integrity issues and in the case of mature or abandoned wells, difficulties in accessing untapped resources.

Stena Drilling’s drillship commitment is progressing well. The company has signed contracts for three new vessels, first of which is due to be delivered in December.

Once upon a time, oil exploration could be as simple as a geologist’s trained eye recognizing telltale bumps in the surrounding landscape.

Logan Tools has introduced the hydraulic, motor-driven Logan 120-ton (109-metric-ton) power swivel with offshore package.

Emerson Process Management group has created a new division in Scandinavia, Marine Solutions, combining the level-gauging technology of Rosemount in Sweden with the tank management...

In an area 130-200 km (81-124 mi) off the west coast of Western Australia, JP Kenny is applying state-of-the-art technologies to the design of the seabed pipeline and its route...

A joint development effort by three companies has introduced a new perforating technology that has the potential to dramatically increase the production capability of oil and ...

Despite harsh political and security issues, the hydrocarbon news from Nigeria is mostly positive.