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The LNG market remains a mixed bag heading into Q2. Port Arthur LNG is just the latest to see a delayed FID, while other LNG projects are still moving ahead.

The report from the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers is in relation to a person who used alcohol-based hand gel sanitizer and, after application but before the liquid had fully evaporated, touched a metal surface, where a build-up of static ignited the alcohol.

The merged companies will offer large-diameter coiled-tubing, directional drilling, snubbing, wireline services, and pressure pumping services.

Historically, natural gas contract prices were tied to the price of crude; now, volatility and growth in spot-market liquidity signal a shift from long-term linking toward a more integrated market.

The A-frame is DNV certified. TechnipFMC’s ROVs will deploy in GoM later this year.

The sale of the Appalachia position is in line with Shell’s strategy to focus on its shales strategy.

The Texas Railroad Commission finally ended its uncomfortable flirtation with limiting production by declining to set quotas, but it changed rules to speed oil storage construction and allow companies to conserve cash by giving them more time to plug wells and clean up waste pits.

Despite streams of data being available on platforms about the condition of topside and drilling equipment, most experts agree that only a small fraction of such data is used. Whether for a fleet or single platform, AI can transform an offshore enterprise.

Valery I. Graifer, SPE Honorary Member and a founding father of the Russian oil industry, died 24 April. He was 90. Graifer was the chairman of the board of directors of Lukoil.

"Sooner or later, we will get machines that are at least as intelligent as humans are," says Christof Koch, chief scientist and president of the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle, Washington.