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Greenpeace has been banned from carrying out climate protests on North Sea oil rigs after the oil giant Shell won a Scottish court order.

Pirates boarded a fully loaded supertanker off the coast of Nigeria, an act that is sure to ring alarm bells for insurers about the risk of collecting oil from Africa’s biggest producer.

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the invention of the hard hat, one of the most recognizable pieces of safety equipment in the world.

The African Energy Chamber is pushing African OPEC and non-OPEC members to commit to a declaration of cooperation and work to ensure compliance.

The Eni-operated project will be the first FLNG vessel deployed in a deepwater field offshore the African continent upon its projected 2022 startup. Samsung Heavy Industries completed the operation at its shipyard in Geoje, South Korea.

OneSubsea has agreed to a contract with Nexans for the design and supply of two 75-mi power umbilicals for a subsea multiphase compression system at Shell’s Ormen Lange gas field in the Norwegian North Sea.

Byron Energy has entered an agreement to fund the construction of SM58 (South Marsh Island 58), its production platform in the US Gulf of Mexico. The Australian company said it had signed a binding secured promissory note with Crimson Midstream to borrow an initial amount of $15 million. The money will be used primarily for the ongoing construction of the production p…

Rovco’s stereo camera technology system sends images and 3D models of assets from the seabed to computer browsers in any location, offering users instantaneous access to information during inspection or construction.

The two main takeaways from this paper: First, it underscores the difference between explainability and interpretability and presents why the former may be problematic. Second, it provides some great pointers for creating truly interpretable models.

Industry awaits the results of Apache’s Maka Central-1 exploratory well offshore Suriname, where high expectations follow the rapid exploration success of neighboring Guyana.

To make sure deep learning meets its promise, we need to reorient research away from state-of-the-art accuracy and toward state-of-the-art efficiency. We need to ask if models enable the largest number of people to iterate as fast as possible using the fewest amount of resources on the most devices.

One of the biggest discoveries in the past decade, Sangomar, moves closer to sanction as operator Woodside and its joint venture partners submit the plan for the field's development. First oil from Senegal's first offshore development is scheduled for 2023.