With a growing realization that lower oil and gas prices are here to stay, Subsea UK has urged the industry to embrace the 鈥榥ew norm鈥 to safeguard the future of the UK鈥檚 £9billion (US$11 billion) subsea sector. Image of Gordon鈥
Neil Gordon, chief executive of Subsea UK. When looking at oil price trends over the years since the 1920s, it becomes apparent that apart from the cyclical spikes every few years鈥
Industry body Subsea UK has revealed the finalists for its annual awards event, to be held early 2017. The awards, which seek to recognize companies and individuals who are leading the way in Britain鈥檚 £9 billion subsea sector, will鈥
Tapping small fields and coming up with economic early production system solutions offers engineers an interesting challenge. Elaine Maslin reports. Amplus鈥 VPU. Image from Amplus. There鈥
Subsea boosting is coming under the spotlight, despite and also because of the current low oil price environment. Elaine Maslin reports from Subsea Expo and Subsea Valley. Omnirise ECM Subsea Boosting Pump System鈥
There鈥檚 a war on: who can produce the fastest inspection ROV with the highest quality data? Elaine Maslin explains. The Surveyor Interceptor. Image from MMT. Is it a bird, is it a plane鈥
If topsides asset integrity management is a bane, imagine looking after subsea assets. Elaine Maslin reports on the challenges associated with keeping up with both older equipment and newer, more complex equipment. A subsea field layout鈥
Standardization is a hot topic in the offshore oil and gas industry, not least in the subsea sector. OE caught up with GE Oil & Gas' global leader of subsea services and offshore Nick Dunn after his talk at Subsea Expo, which touched on the topic鈥
Almost 7000 visits were made to this week's Subsea Expo - Europe鈥檚 largest subsea event, held in Aberdeen, despite the industry facing its toughest year ever. The exhibition and conference, organized by Subsea UK, attracted just under 5000 individual delegates鈥
Unlocking small pools of oil and gas on the UK Continental Shelf could open up £20 billion capital investment 鈥 but the clock is ticking, Subsea Expo heard. Studies have shown there are some 210 so-called small pools in the UK North Sea鈥
It's day two of Subsea Expo. Despite the down turn, there's still some good news, including new technology coming to the market. OE, official media sponsor of the show, being held in Aberdeen this week, spoke to ABB's John Guthrie, Regional Sales Manager鈥
The lack of automation in the oil and gas industry is a puzzle to Brian Evans from Curtin University, Australia. Elaine Maslin learned how he hopes to redress the situation. Professor Brian Evans鈥
STATS Group, an Aberdeenshire-based pipeline technology company, has developed a flangeless subsea launcher (FSL) which can be positioned at any given position in depths of up to 2220m. The flangeless solution, can be lowered to the seabed鈥
2015 was a wake-up call and 2016 is probably going to be our most challenging year, this morning鈥檚 Subsea Expo was warned. Subsea UK CEO Neil Gordon. Image from Subsea UK Twitter. And the future isn鈥檛 looking much easier鈥
It's new engineering consultancy io's first year at Subsea Expo. We spoke to the firm's COO Mark Dixon about the show and the wider industry. What brings you to Subsea Expo? In our first year of business as io, the oil price has鈥
