firms . . .Remedial 云顶赌场老虎机 has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, allowing the company to continue to operate its facilities and offices in the ordinary course of business. Remedial will use the financing to increase working capital鈥
The importance of battery selection for demanding downhole electronics applications, in particular measurement-while-drilling tools, is discussed by Saft鈥檚 Wayne Pitt.As oil companies strive to reap the maximum potential from their prospects鈥
A set of international standards for a wide selection of vital oil & gas industry materials, equipment and offshore structures is emerging from the International Standards Organization (ISO). OE reviews some of the latest developments in this area鈥
Rotary steerable successBaker Hughes deployed its AutoTrak rotary steerable system to successfully drill four directional wells in the Gulf of Mexico鈥檚 South Timbalier area, including one well that reached total depth nearly five days ahead of schedule鈥
Dutch specialist Bayards Aluminium Constructions added another impressive achievement to its catalogue of offshore industry credits last year when the industry鈥檚 first aluminium heli hangar left the company鈥檚 Heijningen yard production hall鈥
There are few starker signs of the decline of the principles over which decades of Cold War were fought such as US/ Western style free enterprise, free economy and democratic institutions than the demagogic populism that has engulfed and infected many countries in South America鈥
A small test offshore Norway could spark a new flame of interest in offshore electromagnetic survey (EM) technology. Andrew McBarnet explains.Last year you could sense the despondency affecting the two principal proponents of marine controlled source electromagnetic (CSEM) surveys鈥
Banking on customer desire for a round floater that offers drilling, storage, and/or production along with dry tree capabilities, SSP 云顶赌场老虎机 has made its SSP320+ Plus design ready for the market. Jennifer Pallanich looks at the latest refinements鈥
鈥業nnovation Now鈥 was the over arching theme of the 11th GE Oil & Gas annual meeting held in Florence early February.Meg Chesshyre was among the 930 industry attendees from 69 countries.--GE Oil & Gas鈥 Drilling & Production division confirmed鈥
Deliberately designing pipelines to buckle 鈥 but in a controlled manner 鈥 is the Safebuck joint industry project team鈥檚 recommended solution to today鈥檚 ever more challenging deepwater pipeline requirements. And with most of the major operators already signed up for the JIP鈥檚 third and final phase鈥
While inspections are important in understanding the current status of subsea systems, limited information can be received about the internal health of critical subsea systems such as electrical power, hydraulic control and chemical injection鈥
With Superior Energy Services in expansion mode, most recently adding Hallin to its group, OE revisits one of Superior鈥檚 more colorful acquisitions of the past decade: well control expert Patrick Campbell, who last year was picked to head up the company鈥檚 technical solutions group鈥
To share industry knowledge concerning the latest developments in emergency preparedness for subsea pipelines, TDW 云顶赌场老虎机 Services AS hosted its first pipeline conference in Stavanger, Norway. OE reviews some of the key issues and talking points鈥
With industry interest reawakened by recent deepwater, sub-salt gas finds offshore Israel, the eastern Mediterranean and Levantine Basin today loom large on the frontier exploration agenda. Here, Øystein Lie, Thore Sortemos and Per Helge Semb鈥
With the offshore wind sector already garnering government support and increasingly piquing the interest of the private sector, the banking sector will become progressively more involved in this industry as installed capacity grows and market share increases鈥
