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Booming US oil production is beginning to seep into international markets despite the country’s ban on oil exports. One sign of change was the departure in late July of a tanker from Texas City, Texas, with 400,000 bbl of liquid hydrocarbons bound for Asia, Reuters reported.

In the early 1980s, while the authors of the original paper were reassessing some old gravel-pack sands from a well, some sludge was noticed in the samples.

Complexity is a poison, a smoke screen that prevents us from seeing the picture correctly and making the right decision.

Many problems that result in BOP downtime could be prevented if only drilling contractors knew which parts of the subsea system to replace and when. BOP monitoring systems have been developed to increase reliability by enabling preventive maintenance.

On 18 September 2014, the Scottish public will vote on the question, “Should Scotland be an independent country?” With North Sea oil predicted to be the largest sector in an independent Scottish economy, the industry finds itself at the center of a political and economic debate.

A newspaper recently reported about a California county's ban of hydraulic fracturing because of concerns regarding freshwater consumption in a drought year. Shale oil or gas production does use a lot of water, but not as much as other sources of energy.

This paper summary focuses upon reporting new research-and-development (R&D) initiatives related to subsea processing and boosting offshore Brazil.

This paper focuses on the applicability of subsea-processing technology (SPT) using multiphase pumps (MPPs) to develop marginal fields commercially.

Subsea processing is a significant technology that presents and will continue to bring many challenges and opportunities to the industry.

This paper summarizes the results of a qualification program that included a multiphase, subsea-separation system for shallow-water applications.