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Environment

Belize Bans Oil Activity in Western Hemisphere's Largest Reef

Belize, home of the largest barrier reef in the western hemisphere, has permanently suspended oil operations in its ocean waters.

January 8, 2018 • Telesur • HSE Now
Business/economics

Industry Poised for Stronger Performance in 2018

The global oil industry is positioned for stronger performance, reflecting the financial discipline and cost-cutting innovation driven by several years of low oil prices and the likely prospect of more stable market conditions.

January 3, 2018 • Joel Parshall • Journal of Petroleum Technology
HSE & Sustainability

The Amazon Town, a Coral Reef, Big Oil, and a Catastrophe Waiting To Happen

Oiapoque, surrounded by mangroves and close to a recently discovered 600-mile reef, is divided over what BP and Total might bring and what they might destroy.

January 8, 2018 • The Guardian • HSE Now
Health

Australia: Work-Related Lung Diseases Making a Resurgence

Australia’s peak body for lung health professionals is demanding a national response after hearing that work-related lung diseases are on the rise.

January 8, 2018 • My OSH • HSE Now
Safety

BSEE Proposes Revisions to Production Safety Systems Regulations

In response to a Presidential Order to reduce undue burden on industry, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement has completed a comprehensive review of the Production Safety Systems regulations.

January 8, 2018 • Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) • HSE Now
Offshore/subsea systems

Further Technological Advancement, Standardization Needed To Maintain Subsea Viability

Obstacles remain to keeping offshore development competitive with its onshore counterpart. Can the industry advance technology at a pace where the subsea segment will see a resurgence?

November 27, 2017 • Matt Zborowski • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Field/project development

Brazil’s Presalt Libra Field Starts Producing Oil

One of the largest presalt discoveries offshore Brazil has started producing oil. Libra field’s 1-year extended well test will provide technical data and cash for future development, which envisions three more FPSOs.

November 27, 2017 • Matt Zborowski • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Directional/complex wells

Sakhalin-1 Extended-Reach Well Eclipses 15,000 m

Advancements in extended-reach drilling continue from the ExxonMobil-operated Sakhalin-1 project. The latest “super complex” horizontal well stretches 15,000 m, which partner Rosneft says is a “world record.”

November 20, 2017 • Matt Zborowski • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Energy transition

Another View: A Significant Opening for Solar Competition

Oil and gas professionals may not consider solar power to be a serious threat, but it is poised to make serious inroads into the heating and cooling market.

November 20, 2017 • Rodney Schulz • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Robotics/unmanned systems

Robotics Hits Tipping Point for Oil Industry Breakthroughs

The CEO of Houston Mechatronics told an Aramco Innovation Day audience that robotics is at the same point that the Internet and online communication were at in the mid-1990s and will soon become “the iconic technology of this century.”

November 26, 2017 • Joel Parshall • Journal of Petroleum Technology

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