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[ 29 June 2020 ] Aker Solutions secures maintenance and modifications work Contracts
[ 29 June 2020 ] Vestas secures 28 MW auction win with EnVentus turbines Contracts
[ 29 June 2020 ] Wärtsilä and Pastrovich Studio sign agreement to develop a sustainable hybrid vessel Contracts
[ 29 June 2020 ] bp to sell petrochemicals business to INEOS Mergers
[ 29 June 2020 ] NKT awarded order for the SuedLink high-voltage DC project Contracts

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A guiding hand for the autonomous ship – ‘We have the technologies. Now we need regulations!’

Eero Lehtovaara talks about ABB’s digital initiatives in shipping and his priorities as the new Chairman of One Sea, a 12-member alliance of ship automation technology companies Capt. Eero Lehtovaara is Head of Regulatory & [...]
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Will the COVID-19 pandemic upend the energy transition?

“It’s moving a global energy system dominated by unabated fossil fuels with greenhouse emissions, to a global energy system dominated by low-carbon energy sources with much lower emissions,” replies Corin Taylor, when asked for a [...]
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New fuels and heat-sensitive cargo

The new fuels introduced to the bunker market are diverse in nature. However, one particular characteristic can prove troublesome if the vessel is carrying heat-sensitive cargo. Very-low-sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) is the umbrella term for [...]
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Preventing severe chalk influx with an industry-first lateral drain hole with solids control screens

An operator in the Norwegian North Sea required a simple, low cost method of creating a dual lateral well design in order to access reserves which would otherwise have been uneconomical to recover. The well [...]
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Chemical industry faces volatile backdrop on road to recovery

The coronavirus crisis may simply accelerate key macro trends already underway, creating a volatile backdrop for chemical companies to navigate on the road to recovery. Four key macro trends are shaping global discontentment: growing income [...]
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Sustainability takes the spotlight in the offshore industry

“When it comes to the energy transition, one thing is clear: We are not going to switch off oil and gas from one day to the next. That’s why it is called a transition. It’s [...]
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Data is key to supporting sector through the energy transition

The sudden requirement to work from home and therefore access data remotely has thrown many companies headfirst into digitalisation, whether they felt ready for it or not. What was perceived as a mammoth challenge, pre-coronavirus, [...]
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Oxford Flow investment to fuel innovation and digitalisation

Oxford Flow – the flow control equipment specialist for oil, gas, water and industrial process industries – recently announced an initial investment into its water and industrials business by GF Piping Systems, a division of [...]
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The time to challenge. The time to create the new normal.

There is no doubt that the double hit of COVID-19 and the continuing low oil price have left our industry in crisis. What is also not in doubt is that collectively we have never had [...]
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‘Lifeline for many’: UK furlough extension for oil and gas businesses

In light of the announcement of the UK furlough scheme being extended to October, Louise Bancroft, Group HR Director, Airswift – the global workforce solutions company for the energy, process and infrastructure sectors – explains [...]
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The chemical industry’s response to a crisis while in crisis

We often forget how vital the chemical industry is to our well-being, safety and daily lives. The stigma around the issue of plastics waste in the environment often overshadows the progress the industry has made [...]
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Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the SDGs are even more relevant today than ever before

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana, and Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway – Co-chairs of the UN Secretary-General’s Eminent Group of Advocates for the SDGs – discuss why the UN’s [...]
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New and old challenges facing the oil and gas sector

The oil and gas sector is currently being hit on two fronts: first, by the global impact of the coronavirus pandemic and secondly, by the fall in oil price. Following failed talks between Saudi Arabia [...]
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Electrifying the merchant fleet

The time for broad-brush references to alternative energy sources has passed. If shipping is to halve its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in line with the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) target for 2050, owners need precise [...]
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May heralds even more disruption and uncertainty for petrochemicals

The impact of the coronavirus lockdowns on the oil, gas and chemicals industries’ integrated value chains is radically shifting relationships and profitability. It is also making planning virtually impossible, as BASF suggested last week. The [...]
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Fundamental shift required to address the skills dilemma

Since being made redundant in the oil downturn in 1986, I have listened to energy company CEO’s extol the importance of their people, only to witness large-scale redundancies to cut costs whenever the commodity price [...]
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Why autonomous drones are now crucial to business continuity

For companies that remain active and those that have temporarily shut down in light of the Coronavirus crisis, autonomous technology is playing a significant and growing role in maintaining business continuity. Business continuity refers to [...]
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Instant, reliable battery power at all times

When North Sea Giant was delivered to her Norwegian owner, North Sea Shipping AS, in 2011, she was the world’s most advanced offshore construction vessel. After an upgrade including the installation of triple-redundant battery banks [...]
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Ace Oil Tools delivers savings in a close tolerance application through the use of the Ace Ratchet Collar

In all downhole applications, the secure placement of tools and accessories on the outside of the casing or completion string is a critical factor. On average, it is estimated that 50 centralizer tools typically need [...]
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DeltaTek: Saving rig time and optimising drilling operations in the North Sea

Contending with remote and harsh environmental conditions, the challenges presented during offshore drilling can be significant and result in increased rig time and costs. To overcome these challenges, operators are looking for innovative solutions which [...]
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Buildings: The decarbonisation elephant in the room

Say the word “decarbonisation” and most people will conjure mental images of solar panels, wind turbines and shiny new electric cars. However, the chances are they aren’t putting much thought into the house the solar [...]
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Meston Reid & Co: What are the options for business?

We know things can change quickly in the world of business, but this is altogether new territory companies across the north-east. Not only do they have to respond to the severe – and continuing – [...]
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Lower for longer

The global chemical sector should prepare for an extended downturn along with lower-for-longer oil prices, both of which will have big implications for profitability and investments. “It’s very possible that Q3 could have negative GDP [...]
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Falcon flies high

2020 sees the Falcon flying high as the top-selling and most successful electric underwater robotic vehicle in Saab Seaeye’s 34-year history. Launched nearly 20 years ago, its visionary future-flexible design has kept the pioneering concept [...]
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Making the transition with CCS: Sentinel Subsea’s SWIFT to ensure successful storage of captured carbon

Fossil fuels are the backbone of many global economies and, at time of writing, supply 80% of the world’s energy. However, extensive carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions released by burning fossil fuels are widely believed to [...]
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Chemical and oil companies to slash capex, slowing investment wave

In the wake of the coronavirus and collapse in crude oil prices, chemical, and oil and gas, and midstream companies will all slash capital spending (capex) for growth projects to preserve cash. As a result, [...]
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Why offshore suppliers must embrace the renewables shift

Times are changing in the offshore market. The global charge towards decarbonisation, fuelled by growing public environmental consciousness, is driving yet further change in our energy mix. Governments and large energy companies alike are pouring [...]
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Northern Lights show the way to seaborne CCS solutions

Recent high-level reports have tagged carbon capture and storage (CCS) as critical for achieving the UN’s global emissions reduction goals, with the maritime transport of CO2 emerging as an essential link in the decarbonisation chain. [...]
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Ground-breaking Hull Skating Solutions: A revolution in proactive hull cleaning

Jotun has developed a revolutionary, proactive cleaning solution for the most challenging operations. Jotun Hull Skating Solutions (HSS) offers high performance antifouling, proactive condition monitoring, inspection and proactive cleaning, high end technical service, and performance [...]
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Autonomous technology can mitigate the business impact of the coronavirus

The coronavirus has exposed the soft underbelly of critical infrastructure and industrial sites worldwide – workforce availability. As more and more companies implement business continuity plans to deal with the outbreak, fewer and fewer employees [...]
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Crude collapse to crush US petchem advantage

The collapse in crude oil prices is wiping out much of the US petrochemical competitive advantage while global demand is being slammed by the continuing spread of the coronavirus. Financial markets are seizing up, throwing [...]
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Trending to the future: DNV GL’s ‘Technology Outlook 2030’

How will the world look in 2030? A recently released report from DNV GL, Technology Outlook 2030, strives to bring focus to how the next decade will play out from a technology perspective. Examining trends [...]
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IEA aims to close the gap between energy and climate goals

Earlier this month, the International Energy Agency (IEA) hosted ministers and high-level representatives from COP host countries to discuss how the energy sector can work to meet climate and other sustainability goals. As part of [...]
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NCS petroleum resources remain steady

This week, a report from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) estimated that, as of 31 December 2019, the total proven and unproven petroleum resources on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) were approximately 15.7 billion standard [...]
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Wind ships ahead

Wind has never been entirely dead. But now that we have realised the ecological consequences of burning fossil fuels, and IMO has imposed binding international emission restrictions, wind-assisted shipping is attracting attention again. Two French [...]
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Oil and gas industry aims at ‘net zero’

In a recent commentary, Sara Budinis, Energy Analyst with the International Energy Agency (IEA), defines “net zero” or “carbon neutrality” saying, “…that any CO2 released into the atmosphere from human activity is balanced by an [...]
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Subsea companies may face bigger challenges in upturn than downturn

Richard Pugh, Investor at equity investor BGF, discusses why an upturn in the subsea sector may not be plain sailing and outlines why is it crucial to get your funding ducks in a row from [...]
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Baker Hughes’ Energy Forward: transformational technologies

Day two of Baker Hughes’ annual meeting in Florence, Italy, explored a number of technologies that are already transforming how the oil and gas industry is moving into the future. First off was Tom Siebel, [...]
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Baker Hughes on the path to net-zero carbon emissions

In what’s become a February tradition, Baker Hughes held its annual meeting – AM2020 – in Florence, Italy, examining the latest industry topics and issues. The meeting’s first day took up the oil and gas [...]
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Driving efficiencies in P&A operations

Influenced by statutory obligations and responsible asset stewardship, well decommissioning is the inevitable end stage of a producing field. It is becoming increasingly common now many assets are reaching the end of their productive lives, [...]
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The oil and gas industry’s place in the energy transition

The recent oil and gas industry report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), The Oil and Gas Industry in Energy Transitions – Insights from IEA analysis, includes a strong argument for how the industry needs [...]
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Keeping the grid in balance with SVC Plus

With the growing amount of renewable energy along with burgeoning distributed generation, the modern-day power grid faces many challenges. One challenge is that under current network codes distributed generation sources are not required to supply [...]
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Composite materials technology moves flexible pipe into the 21st century

Conventional flexible pipe – designed for use in applications such as floating production systems – consists of multiple layers of polymer tubes and wound steel helices. A part of the Baker Hughes’ wider Subsea Connect [...]
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A new offshore investment cycle is in the making

In retrospect, 2019 was another strong year for offshore exploration and production companies. Free cash flow remained strong and tell-tale signs have emerged that we are entering a new offshore investment cycle. This trend was [...]
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The use of composite pipes to enhance production in the North Sea

Traditionally, oil and gas pipelines are constructed from carbon steel as it is generally low cost and widely available. However, carbon steel has several inherent disadvantages, including corrosion, fatigue and weight. According to research, an [...]
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Global chemical supply, demand threatened by Middle East escalation

Military action leading to closure of the Strait of Hormuz between Iran and Saudi Arabia could seriously disrupt global trade in chemicals and oil products, with a knock-on effect for the world’s already fragile manufacturing [...]
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Europe dominates LNG import story in 2019

Global LNG production jumped in 2019, triggering oversupply and low prices that are expected to persist in 2020. Initial full-year data from LNG Edge shows exports at 355 million tonnes in 2019, up from 314.9 [...]
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UN Climate Change Conference – closing with cautious optimism

During the closing plenary of COP 25 in Madrid, the statement by Norway’s Minister of Climate and Environment, Ola Elvestuen, struck a cautiously positive note, pointing out that including Norway, 80 countries pledged to step [...]
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Collaboration, creativity and commercial partnerships – the new upstream triumvirate

How industry partnership models mark a new era for extending life of field. […]
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The factory of the future; the new generation of subsea is here

Subsea technology is a part of our industry experiencing huge advancements, largely due to the need for infrastructure and equipment that can cope with the increasing challenges of mature basins, ever deepening water and ever [...]

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