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[ 9 December 2019 ] FTR continues its year-on-year growth Contracts
[ 9 December 2019 ] Wärtsilä & CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding Company Limited agree to jointly develop hybrid vessels Maritime/Offshore
[ 9 December 2019 ] Dry appraisal well on North Sea’s Fram field Exploration
[ 9 December 2019 ] ConocoPhillips to drill in North Sea production licence 917 Exploration
[ 9 December 2019 ] Fugro performs first deepwater AUV and geotechnical site survey for Brunei Shell Petroleum Contracts

The Teekay “E-Shuttle” tankers operate on both liquefied natural gas (LNG) as the primary fuel, and a mixture of LNG and recovered volatile organic compounds (VOCs) as secondary fuel (illustration: DNV GL/Wärtsilä/Teekay)

Teekay achieves Oslo Børs green bond listing

6 December 2019 Michael Rogers 0

At the beginning of 2015, Norway’s Oslo Børs was the first stock exchange to create a separate listing for green bonds in order to raise green investment awareness. Proceeds from green bond listing on the […]

Prime Minister Erna Solberg at COP 25 in Madrid (photo: Eirin Larsen/Office of Norway’s Prime Minister)

Norway at COP 25: “We must act immediately”

3 December 2019 Editor 0

Taking place in Madrid, under the Presidency of the Government of Chile with logistical support from Spain, this year’s UN Climate Change Conference – COP 25 – is now underway and running through 13 December. […]

Field trial for the world’s first diaphragm-free gas distribution pressure regulator

Extremely compact, maintenance-free: innovative flow control technology

29 November 2019 Editor 0

As an innovative developer of pressure and flow control equipment, Oxford Flow can trace its engineering roots to jet turbine research, when the company’s CTO, Professor Tom Povey worked to develop a pressure regulator that […]

Subsea Connect: lower costs, improve productivity, increase yield

21 November 2019 Michael Rogers 0

When it comes to oilfield development expertise and products, Baker Hughes, which offers both services and equipment, spans the entire life of a field – from concept to commissioning and production. The Baker Hughes’ Subsea […]

Oil companies should be asking if the risk of snakebites at the project stage is a concern and, if so, what should be done? (photo: Remote Medical International)

The reality of snakebites – time is tissue

18 November 2019 Editor 0

With at least 600,000 people worldwide killed or permanently disabled each year, snakebites are the biggest public health crisis that no one has heard of. For projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America, the oil and gas industry needs to consider the risks […]

On the small end – false-colour scanning electron micrograph of the unicellular algae coccolithophore Gephyrocapsa oceanica (photo: NEON ja, coloured by Richard Bartz)

Green CCS

15 November 2019 Michael Rogers 0

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. […]

Majors weigh in on the energy transition

8 November 2019 Michael Rogers 0

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 […]

Offshore wind: near limitless potential

5 November 2019 Michael Rogers 0

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 […]

Morgan Advanced Materials’ Nilcra® Zirconia is a robust and simple to use replacement material for applications where high wear rates occur

Double your money with zirconia ceramics in oil and gas

1 November 2019 Editor 0

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 […]

Specialising in the design, engineering and manufacture of a range of innovative well construction, well completion, and casing recovery products, Deep Casing Tools delivers simple innovation across the well life cycle

Simple innovation enabling an evolution in well construction and completions

25 October 2019 Editor 0

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, […]