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Equinor has grabbed seven new licenses in the Barents and Norwegian Seas, the latest in a flurry of offshore activity in which the firm has added acreage off the UK and Brazil, gained approval for a big Arctic project, and awarded billions of dollars in service contracts.

The memorandum on integrated and unified risk management in the petroleum industry aims to help companies continue developing their own activities in this area.

When the drilling crew arrives for the morning meeting, the computer will have generated its daily operations report.

The goal is to support the development and sharing of best-practice approaches for project delivery and asset operations using cloud services and digital workflows in engineering and operations.

Michael Borrell, senior vice president, North Sea and Russia at Total, was appointed conference chair. "Our License To Operate: Breaking Through to Excellence" will form the theme of the biennial conference and exhibition which will take place in Aberdeen from 3–6 September.

Neptune Energy will appoint David Hemmings as its vice president of business development early next month. Hemmings joins the company from Rothschild & Co., where he most recently served as managing director of the energy and power team with a focus on the oil and gas industry. He previously worked for Dresdner Kleinwort Benson and Bank of America

The Neptune Series of watermakers from FCI Watermakers can be installed in a framed or modular configuration to help companies meet their desalination needs. It has a marine grade 7-in. high resolution touch screen controller, and its monitors are Type Approval Certified for marine use by ABS, GL, Lloyd’s Register, EMEA, DNV GL, and the Russian Maritime Register of Sh…

Prices are up, and so is production. But a new report from BP raises important questions as to how the biggest producers will respond to shifting dynamics.

The federal agency now charged with overseeing cybersecurity for US pipelines is ill equipped to do the job, say two top regulators who want the role given to the Energy Department.

A report from IHS Markit forecasts continued strong production growth in the Permian over the next 5 years despite the well-documented challenges that have recently emerged in the basin.

Since 9/11, no new rules or regulations have been promulgated to address pipeline or liquified natural gas facility security. Although the Transportation Security Administration recently released an updated version of its "Pipeline Security Guidelines," those guidelines remain advisory.

The major accident of 6 July 1988, when Britain’s Piper Alpha facility caught fire and exploded, remains one of the worst imaginable scenarios for everyone working in and with the petroleum industry. Its lessons are still relevant.