Statoil鈥檚 two UKCS heavy oil developments 鈥 Mariner in block 9/11a and Bressay in blocks 3/27b, 3/28a, 3/28b, 9/2a and 3/a 鈥 are back on track having been halted by the operator in March following the UK Chancellor鈥檚 decision to increase the鈥
After a trillion-plus dollar stimulus package that seems to have fizzled, after forays towards 鈥榖ipartisanship鈥 which often meant agree with him or nothing, and after seeing his approval ratings drop like a rock, US president Barack Obama unveiled鈥
Energy companies and conservationists have joined forces in a novel effort to protect Louisiana鈥檚 coastal wetlands using recycled plastic bottles to create floating 鈥榠slands鈥 offshore one of the state鈥檚 most threatened ecosystems.The technology鈥
The big news coming out of Europe is that it is running out of money, but is Europe also running out of gas? Infield Systems' Peter Kiernan(left) and Dr Roger Knight discuss the future of Europe's gas supply in the light of the growing need to secure energy from Russia and the Middle East鈥
Petroleum engineering has once again become a popular course of study, perhaps nowhere more than in Louisiana. Russell McCulley looks at what its flagship university is doing to prepare the next generation of oil & gas professionals.In some respects鈥
Gas is due to start flowing through Nord Stream this month following completion of preparatory works on the first of the twin 1224km-long gas pipelines running through the Baltic Sea between Russia and Germany. Formal inauguration of line one鈥
The focus on safety within the offshore oil & gas industry has never been clearer. Two of Rowan's safety specialists took time to discuss with Jennifer Pallanich the company's work on the safety case for the Rowan Mississippi while the jackup was in the Sabine Pass鈥
Marin Subsea was called out recently for an operation central to allowing Iraq 鈥 the world's fifth largest holder of crude oil reserves 鈥 to properly exploit its estimated 143 billion barrels. David Morgan looks at how the job was planned and painstakingly executed鈥
The latest addition to Tideway鈥檚 fallpipe vessel fleet was named Flintstone during a high-tech ceremony in Zeebrugge, Belgium, in July 鈥 but the vessel itself was 11,000km away in Singapore being readied for an inaugural assignment in Chinese waters鈥
The steady workload situation at Schiedam-based HSM 云顶赌场老虎机 continues to be the envy of many North Sea fabricators. Business was good when OE last visited the yard a year ago; it鈥檚 got even better since, as David Morgan reports.Back in the summer of 2010 Total鈥檚 K5-CU platform (850t topsides鈥
Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) is anticipating a relatively quiet year or two for its vessels in the North Sea but, if the events of recent months are anything to go by, work from unexpected sources could yet turn that forecast on its head. David Morgan reports鈥
A new steel wire rope plant is taking shape for Kiswire on the Malaysian coast with the present and future needs of the offshore industry very much in mind.Of the 130,000t of wire rope the company already produces annually, some 30,000t is鈥
The offshore helideck market continues to be a strong focus of Nieuw-Lekkerland headquartered aluminium specialist Bayards, which continues to optimise its product range and extend the global spread its offshore sector sales.The company is currently鈥
With a series of North Sea contracts under its belt, project management company EPC 云顶赌场老虎机 is on track for £6 million-plus turnover in only its second year of business. In the first of OE鈥檚 reports on some of the people and companies illuminating today鈥檚 Aberdeen offshore scene鈥
Aberdeen stalwart Balmoral 云顶赌场老虎机 Engineering already has a business unit trading under that name in Brazil. Now the company is preparing to take the next major step, setting up a manufacturing facility in the region. Meg Chesshyre reports鈥
