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The Dakota Access Pipeline, which will connect the Bakken and Three Forks production areas, has received the regulatory go-ahead from the US Army Corps of Engineers.

Lamprell, a provider of fabrication, engineering, and contracting (EPC) services to the onshore and offshore oil and gas industry, appointed Christopher McDonald chief executive officer and director, succeeding Jim Moffat who will be retiring from the company. McDonald has 24 years’ experience in the oil and gas EPC industry. He previously held the position of executi…

Eight salvage experts have boarded the Transocean Winner, which ran agorund off the Isle of Lewis on 8 August.

By using a Bayesian network, a probabilistic graphical model, in their shale operations, companies might eliminate some of the hurdles they face in these areas, an expert said at the 2016 Unconventional Resources Technology Conference.

Douglas Westwoods' world FLNG market forecast for the period 2016-2022. A stormy ride is expected for the LNG industry, as the fall in natural gas prices limits investment in capital-intensive liquefaction projects.

At the 2016 Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Barry Donaldson, vice president of global sales and marketing at Tetra Technologies, discussed possible cost-effective water management strategies.

Following years of deliberation, the European Union (EU) released a recommendation on unconventional hydrocarbons and a related communication in 2014. This paper traces the origins and development of these documents, which provide vital clues for the road ahead in European shale-gas regulation.

McDermott and Nakilat-Keppel Offshore Marine (N-KOM) agreed to an exclusive cooperation agreement for offshore engineering, procurement, construction, and installation projects within Qatari waters.

The Noble Jim Day semisubmersible (left) arrived at Harbor Island in Port Aransas, Texas, on 29 July to be cold stacked.

2H Offshore named Yann Helle as managing director. Helle, who had previously held the position of technical manager, managed the TLP top-tensioned riser system delivery management project for Total’s Moho Nord field development. He joined the company in 2002 and has experience in riser and conductor systems, minimum facility platforms, and component package supply. He…

Advisian appointed Geeta Thakorlal as president of INTECSEA. She succeeds Neil Mackintosh, who will take on the role of executive vice president of global market sales. Thakorlal has more than 30 years of management and professional services experience, the last 25 years coming in the international oil and gas sector. She has worked primarily in upstream for greenfiel…

In a market assessment tool for US exporters, the US Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration ranked 74 markets based on export potential for US oil & gas equipment through 2019.