Nutty sea-train or radical solution?
This year's summer students at classification and integrity body DNV of Norway have come up with a radical sea-train design concept for Arctic operation.
This year's summer students at classification and integrity body DNV of Norway have come up with a radical sea-train design concept for Arctic operation.
STATOILHYDRO is among the top Norwegian companies when it comes to taking on new apprentices from the length and breadth of the country during its autumn talent trawl.
In the future, might wind power tapped by high-flying kites light up major cities around the world - London, New York, Paris?
IMAGINE a car that runs on hydrogen from solar power and produces water instead of carbon emissions. While vehicles like this won't be on the market any time soon, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers are making incremental, but important, strides in the fuel-cell technology that could make clean cars a reality.
SCIENTISTS at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm have managed to prove that fossils from animals and plants are not necessary for crude oil and natural gas to be generated.
A colleague in Saudi Arabia and I have begun a six-month study of world oil prices in the hope of building an economic model that will produce more accurate forecasts of future prices.
Of course, it's always a good idea to take care of your teeth, and if you are working offshore, it's especially important as there will not be a dentist on hand to help out if you have raging toothache or a painful abscess.
AGR Petroleum Services welcomed almost 30 guests to a traditional regimental dinner at the Gordon Highlanders Museum during last month's Offshore Europe conference.
IN CONJUNCTION with Offshore Europe, and to celebrate 10 years of Simmons & Company International in Aberdeen, more than 300 people attended a cocktail reception at Malmaison's Brasserie.
Fast-growing Aberdeen oil service company qedi said yesterday it had reached a major milestone since setting up in Kazakhstan in 2004.
ITS Group of Aberdeen yesterday announced a £34.5million investment in the company from a US private equity firm to help expansion at home and abroad.
TOPAZ Energy and Marine has taken on a former Petrofac senior, Bill Bayliss, as chief operating officer of the Middle East group's engineering division. He replaces outgoing COO Jim Masterton, who remains with the company in an advisory capacity.
FIBRE-OPTIC sensing systems firm Fotech Solutions has installed what it says is the world's first "dedicated downhole distributed acoustic optical fibre system".
SAND Monitoring Services (SMS) has relocated across Europe's Energy Capital to the new Energy Development Centre at Aberdeen Science & Technology Park. The move paves the way to planned significant growth for the SME, with the current head count of 16 expected to reach 20 or so by the end of this year. The company also has an option to lease further space at the EDC, namely the unit next door to its new home.
FRAMO Engineering is to instal a new-generation subsea multiphase pumping system in the Campos Basin Barracuda field for Petrobras.
GLOBAL Supply Chain Solutions of Aberdeen has opened new offices in Stavanger, Norway.
GE OIL & Gas has launched a new lightweight subsea tree that the company believes will set a new benchmark, initially in the shallower parts of the North Sea where field life tends to be short and development costs relatively high compared with other parts of the world.
BRAZIL'S plan to build/complete a large number of rigs in-country for use by Petrobras has moved on apace since Energy last reported on the topic in August.
The number of mobile rigs active on UKCS E&A drilling remains at 10 units, with one platform-based appraisal also ongoing.
A new energy-efficient LED (light-emitting diode) fibre illumination technology for lighting up to 100m (328ft) of fibre-optic cables is being put through its paces at The Underwater Centre in Fort William.
THE Industry Technology Facilitator (ITF) and OTM Consulting have teamed up to jointly develop a new technology mapping capability.
The UK's fleet of oil&gas industry emergency-response and rescue vessels claims to have taken crew training and exercise activity to new heights following the introduction of new HSE guidelines.
Key issues and findings of corrosion specialist iicorr's report include:
With a large gas field just located offshore Ghana by GNPC, with Vitol, and a promising oil discovery made offshore Sierra Leone by Anadarko with Tullow Oil, Woodside and Repsol in tow, excitement is growing that a major new boom is about to burst offshore West Africa.
UK COMPANY Cutting Underwater Technologies (CUT) has just completed what is described as ground-breaking decommissioning work on North West Hutton, a redundant North Sea platform.