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Green CCS

Recall biology class, where we learned that growing vegetation – photosynthesis – makes use of atmospheric carbon dioxide and releases, among other things, oxygen – and that we animals use oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide. [...]
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Majors weigh in on the energy transition

Publications released this week by Total and Eni highlight the ongoing energy transition and renewable energy sector. Both publications focus on lower carbon energy sources, in particular the use of natural gas rather than coal [...]
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Offshore wind: near limitless potential

Last week, in the run-up to its annual World Energy Outlook 2019, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released an excerpt – Offshore Wind Outlook 2019. The WEO excerpt offers a comprehensive look at the offshore [...]
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Double your money with zirconia ceramics in oil and gas

Ray Mouw, Business Development Manager at Morgan Advanced Materials’ Technical Ceramics business, explains why magnesia stabilised zirconia ceramic components will be vital for pumps that work in harsh environments, such as oil and gas, and [...]
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Plastics producers in danger of becoming household names for all the wrong reasons

The plastics or polymers industry was for many years a hidden industry. For most of its history, nobody has known much about the plastics business because it is sandwiched between oil and gas and a [...]
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Simple innovation enabling an evolution in well construction and completions

The changing face of the oil and gas industry and the vital need for cost effective solutions has resulted in a successful shift in focus for Deep Casing Tools (DCT). For more than a decade, [...]
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Q-Pulse 7: Deeper understanding across the quality, safety, risk and compliance space

UK-based Ideagen plc – a developer of enterprise governance, risk and compliance (GRC) software for organisations operating in highly regulated industries – recently launched a new and improved version of its Q-Pulse quality, safety, risk [...]
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Conductor-supported platforms: Demystifying the industry’s best-kept secret

For the field development engineer striving to deliver the most cost-effective concept design for a shallow water development, there are a variety of possible routes to take. Maybe a subsea tieback would provide the most [...]
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Why the new energy generation should not focus on the past

Simon Bransfield-Garth, CEO of Azuri Technologies, provider of next-generation energy in off-grid Africa, comments on how Africa is forging a new path for renewable energy. A changing climate for new solutions The saying goes, the [...]
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Raising awareness: IADC Cybersecurity for Drilling Assets Conference

This week’s first IADC Cybersecurity for Drilling Assets Conference examined the spectrum of issues and challenges facing the global drilling industry as it generates tremendous amounts of data that must be securely communicated between on-site [...]
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How to translate innovation from water to oil and gas

A typical offshore oil and gas platform has some 20,000 valves, with each valve being anything from 4 inches to 44 inches in diameter and worth USD 20,000 to 500,000. That’s 20,000 opportunities to drive [...]
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Environmental performance and the compliance superhero

Compliance Officer. Not traditionally a role to fill the heart with joy or put fire in the belly of an ambitious graduate. And historically not a department that has been embraced by colleagues. For rather [...]
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TOTEX: Commercial creativity and the supply chain of the future

For as long as the industry existed, oil and gas has been an attractive investment. Since the first recorded subsea wells were drilled in the late 19th century, subsurface engineering and developments were the pinnacle [...]
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Providing insight through data: Brainnwave applies augmented intelligence to pinpoint opportunity

Perhaps the most daunting aspect of the information age is the shear amount of available data. How can decisions be made when a simple Internet search can lead to hundreds of thousands, if not millions [...]
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Dillinger makes your plates talk to you: Plate processing à la carte – via Smartphone

Dillinger, Europe’s leading producer of heavy plate, is working at full throttle on the digitalisation of its value chain. The company is backing design-thinking processes in innovation management to meet its customers’ present and future [...]
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Petrochemical feedstock supply under attack

Drone attacks on Saudi Aramco will severely disrupt NGL and petrochemicals supply – much more than oil. The impact on global economic and geopolitical dynamics will be huge. The drone attacks on Saudi Aramco’s oil [...]
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Jotun continues to lower risks and raise safety levels with Jotachar mesh-free epoxy passive fire protection

Manufacturers would have you believe that for any traditional epoxy intumescent coating (EPFP) product to meet industry requirements for fire safety, durability and system adhesion, it requires additional system reinforcement […]
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Global reach – Iridium leverages worldwide coverage

Geostationary configurations, most of which orbit high above the Earth’s equator, have a long history within satellite communications. While coverage from geostationary satellite systems is near complete, the “newcomers” – Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite arrays [...]
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On solid footing – ‘Innovation’ XXL racks and chords from a single source

Offshore wind energy is a crucial pillar of sustainable energy provision. Key factors in securing the economic viability of this energy source are highly efficient turbines and high-performance mobile platforms or jack-up installation vessels for [...]
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Blending innovation benefits to drive down intervention costs

The world demands more energy Pressure on the oil and gas well infrastructure continues to be challenged by ever increasing global demand. In its World Oil Outlook 2018, OPEC predicts primary energy demand will increase [...]
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Composites enable safe operations for aging offshore assets

ClockSpring|NRI manufactures composite pipeline repair solutions worldwide, which are designed to provide structural reinforcement, leak repair, and corrosion prevention for commercial and industrial pipes. Managing Director of ClockSpring|NRI, Europe, Sean Connolly has been involved in [...]
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Energy transition: Four trends for tomorrow’s talent

The energy system is changing. The rise of the prosumer, energy as a service, business models, and customisation as a result of digitalisation – you can point to any number of human-centric trends that are [...]
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From subsea to life on land: Gasket technology follows Darwinism

Metal-to-metal sealing technology is a technique that had previously been reserved for subsea oil and gas applications where meeting the most extreme operational criteria has always been required. Such criteria demand that any equipment, tools, [...]
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A new age of materials: Modumetal nanolaminated alloys

As a pioneer in the development of nanolaminated alloy technologies, Modumetal has developed a patented additive manufacturing process that can be applied as a corrosion mitigation solution for conventional metals – and functions as a [...]
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Three questions on the subject of biodiversity

Biodiversity is one of the most important environmental issues for Vattenfall, a European energy company. The company continually works to prevent or minimise negative impacts on biodiversity. Head of Environment, Helle Herk-Hansen explains why biodiversity [...]
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Tracking methane

Methane – made up of one atom of carbon and four atoms of hydrogen (CH4) – is powerful stuff. On positive side, power generated from natural gas, of which methane is the primary component, offers [...]
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Humanising the energy transition: Diversity and creativity as sources of innovation

Back in the 1970s, numerous international aid organisations decided to tackle a huge sustainable energy issue. They wanted to find a new solution to the inefficient, hazardous and polluting cooking methods which were the only [...]
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Creating ‘openness’ to ensure safety

For more than 20 years the safety consultants in SAYFR, a Propel company, have worked to identify why some companies have been involved in major incidents, while others haven’t – and what sets the two [...]
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Growing market for power purchase agreements

As subsidies are set to be phased out in the coming years, energy companies need new ways to secure the investments in renewable power. Therefore, long-term electricity supply agreements like PPAs (power purchase agreements) are [...]
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A minute saved, a minute gained? Why analysis is key for your next drilling project

It’s mid-January, 150 miles from land with the temperature around zero degrees Celsius. The waves are 50 feet high, with many large vessels having chosen to shelter closer towards the coast. It’s not worth the [...]
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Composite restores FPSO integrity

It is not unusual for Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels to be on site producing oil for decades. More and more, these assets are remaining active beyond the original design life, and as [...]
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Connecting smarter: ‘Solid’ satellite communications from Marlink

Provider of end-to-end managed connectivity and IT solutions, Marlink covers a lot of ground – or sea, to be more accurate. Who better to talk with concerning the latest developments in offshore communications? During this [...]
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Energy storage: ‘Save it or lose it’

No matter how power is generated – by fossil fuels or renewables such as wind or solar – an ongoing challenge has been what to do with excess power when production exceeds demand. We’re all [...]
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CCUS: Carbon harvest

Captured carbon dioxide’s potential worth in manufacturing or as a fuel feed stock of the will be a benefit as well – something to keep an eye on. Last week’s post – quick look into [...]
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CCS captures the imagination

Carbon capture and storage (CCS), also referred to as carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) is taking shape as an important tool to lower greenhouse gas emissions. As CCS solutions are being developed and applied, [...]
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About time: Offshore wind set to take off in Norway

Although Norway’s largest renewables export is expertise and technology for offshore wind, there’s only been one domestic offshore wind turbine project to date – Equinor’s Hywind DEMO. The demo, which was the world’s first full-scale [...]
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NCS exploration continues to rise

Exploration “now” leads to production “later”, so with 2019 at the half way mark, it’s a good time to take stock of how the year’s taking shape from the exploration standpoint. As oil prices began [...]
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Electric GES free-fall lifeboat – ‘this is the way forward’

When VIKING Life-Saving Equipment acquired lifeboat solution provider Norsafe last year, the fusion created a powerhouse in the maritime safety industry, expanding VIKING’s capabilities as an unmatched safety product and service supplier. Norsafe was a [...]
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Transformation – The UN’s ‘2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’

Adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in September 2015, Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development works as a roadmap to achieving a sustainable future for all the world’s countries – both [...]
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KONGSBERG’s Vessel Insight – unlocking the value of data

During this year’s Nor-Shipping, KONGSBERG presented its latest offering to support the industry’s evolution to digitalisation: Vessel Insight. Building on more than 40 years of experience as a system integrator and developing management information systems [...]
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A new currency? Transitioning carbon intensive Poland to a greener future

For decades “black gold” has been symbiotic with Poland’s national pride and identity, the key to its energy independence and socio-economic progress; its national currency. Yet while neighbouring countries have initiated decarbonisation, Poland met Europe’s [...]
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CCS: ‘Norway will do its part in taking action’

The 10th edition of the bi-annual Trondheim CCS Conference – TCCS-10 – has been underway this week in Norway’s technology “capital”. TCCS-10 – hosted jointly by SINTEF and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology [...]
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Ensuring IMO 2020 compliance: Mobilgard™ M420 oil for medium-speed marine engines

As 2020 approaches, preparations in the maritime industry are underway to meet the new International Maritime Organization (IMO) 2020 sulphur cap that will drop from the current 3.50% limit to 0.50%, a significant reduction that [...]
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New demands for new markets

In Europe, Asia and the Americas grid operators are being challenged by fundamental changes in the production and use of electricity. Renewables, electric motors and electric vehicles are being connected to the grid at an [...]
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Nor-Shipping 2019 – An arena full of possibilities

It’s been an inspiring week at Nor-Shipping here in Oslo. From the opening at Oslo city hall Monday evening, through to the final hours of the exhibition on Friday afternoon, Nor-Shipping has once again proven [...]
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‘Ocean Leadership Conference’ kicks off a busy Nor-Shipping week

Tuesday morning’s “Ocean Leadership Conference” at Nor-Shipping set the tone for what promises to be a busy, informative week in Oslo. Moderated by journalist Nisha Pillai and attended by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon [...]
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Blockchain grown up: Why it’s the world of physical commodities that realised the digital hype

We are entering a new era for blockchain. The initial hype and exaggerations are beginning to fade and, as they do, we are able to take a clearer, more sober-minded view. Where can blockchain really [...]
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Helping to fix the climate crisis: The planet’s largest battery – the ocean

“When are you engineers going to invent something to fix the climate crisis?” That’s a sentiment that I often hear, and I must admit that it does add some pressure, although it also feels worthwhile [...]
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Positive energy – using seabed ambient pressure to generate hydraulic power

Innovating to meet the challenges of subsea operations is in OBS Technology’s DNA. Based in Husøysund, Norway, south of Oslo, the company has provided innovative technologies to the oil and gas industry for more than [...]
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TAXI™ Solution: How a new approach to radiography inspections avoids nucleonic trips

A large number of oil and gas pressure pipework failures in the North Sea are caused by corrosion under insulation (CUI), which in turn can lead to a high risk of loss of pressure containment [...]

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