Onshore/Offshore Facilities
SPE Offshore Europe 2027 has unveiled its conference theme, “(Em)Powering Europe: Securing Our Energy Future,” and opened the call for technical paper proposals for the Aberdeen event.
Flow measurement touches almost every phase of oil and gas operations. Yet the industry still struggles to distinguish between what is directly measured, what is inferred, and what is estimated through models, correlations, or assumptions. That distinction matters. A measurement does not need to be perfect to be useful, but it must be fit for purpose.
The sale of Woodside’s Calypso stake to BP completes the company’s withdrawal from Trinidad and Tobago after decades of operations in the country.
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Managed-pressure drilling has been associated as a technology used only on problematic wells and only as a last resort. However, when integrated at the beginning of operations as part of a comprehensive well plan, it becomes a performance-enhancing solution for any type of well classification, including development, directional, multilaterals, and horizontals. -
The paper presents details of technical and commercial challenges associated with the feasibility of a long-distance deepwater Middle East to India deepwater pipeline.
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The combined company will get a new name and a new focus on offshore renewables and other clean energy projects.
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Companies want to build pipelines to capture and store carbon, but a new report warns that regulators aren’t prepared.
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An incident at Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) resulted in an investigation that revealed that, even though required risk-reduction levels were achieved in design, the rest of the safety instrumentation life cycle phases were not rigorously adhered to. This paper presents various actions taken by PDO to make sure that what is designed is operated and maintained as in…
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As Europe’s second-largest LNG hub after Spain, the UK promises to play a near-term role as an “energy bridge” to ease the EU’s dependence on Russian energy, given that the UK can ship regasified product directly to the continent via subsea pipeline.
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Forecast increased demand for natural gas globally will keep new US liquefaction projects and additional proposals moving forward.
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Oil and gas facilities regularly store and dispense large quantities of flammable and combustible liquids. Given the potential for gas, vapor, or dust to collect in these areas, the electronic equipment installed must be designed to prevent ignition of these elements by electrical arcing or other thermal means.
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The price of natural gas always drops when winter weather ends, but maybe not this year.
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If the forecast bears out, 2022 will be the seventh straight above-average hurricane season.
