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Phase 1 of the development today marked the sail-away from Kværner’s yard of the 560-bed living-quarters topside, the largest of its kind in Norway.

The laboratory will be used primarily to test the sulfide stress cracking resistance of carbon steel alloys for oil wells and offshore drilling applications.

The US Environmental Protection Agency plans to issue a rule regulating methane emissions later this year, administrator Andrew Wheeler said.

The major’s dominant showing in US Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 252 propelled another rise in bids and dollars for the biannual regionwide auction.

Equinor awarded TechnipFMC a subsea contract for the Johan Sverdrup Phase 2 development, located in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea at a water depth of 120 m.

From its record high in 2014, purchases of subsea equipment and SURF fell around 50% until reaching a low in 2018. New data suggest that the subsea market will be a top-performing oilfield service segment.

HSE data is ever growing, especially in high-risk industries. So, how can you apply data science and artificial intelligence to help see beyond current practices and gain even greater insights into safety data?

Woodside has invested in Sapien Cyber, a Western Australian company specializing in the protection and security of critical infrastructure.

The combination will operate and share ownership of midstream gas assets in the Utica and Marcellus Shale plays. CPPIB financially backs operator Encino Energy, which last year acquired Chesapeake Energy’s Utica assets.

The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the State of North Dakota, and the Bakken Basin Safety Consortium have signed an alliance to protect employees and promote safety and health in the oil and gas industry.

Although the Environmental Defense Fund and ExxonMobil are not always aligned on certain important issues, the organizations are working together to understand and reduce methane emissions.

Seadrill has announced implementation throughout its fleet of a health program designed for employees before they leave for work on one of the company’s rigs.