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Multinational law firm DWF has highlighted a number of trends for the global energy sector for 2020, with global head of energy Slava Kiryushin offering various insights.
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Commenting on the global oil trade in 2020, Kiryushin expects there to be an oversupply: "Many oil traders have predicted a bullish 2020 for the global oil industry, with some going as far as speculating the revival…
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Subsea UK has announced a new board of senior subsea leaders, with a mix of expertise and knowledge across the industry.
The new board members for 2020 are Dorothy Burke, managing director at Ecosse IP, Suzy Davies, vice-president HSSE greenfield projects at Aker Solutions, Michael Jones, CEO of SMD, Barry Macleod, CEO of Rever Offshore, Tom Moore, Subsea Maintenance Lead at Shell UK and…
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US oil and gas trade association the American Petroleum Institute (API) has made considerable revisions to a key safety standard aimed at enhancing the oil and natural gas industry’s commitment to worker safety, incident prevention and environmental protection in offshore operations.
The standards, API Recommended Practice 75 (RP 75), provides guidance for establishing, implementing,…
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US-based technology company United Electric Controls has demonstrated wireless gas detection solutions for the power industry, including new ammonia and hydrocarbons sensor head options for its Vanguard WirelessHART gas detector.
Wireless gas detection has the ability to reduce compliance costs and improve safety by eliminating the need for wiring and terminations, which in turn reduces…
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Oil and gas companies are analysing operational data using virtual reality (VR) to enhance their decision-making capabilities, according to data and analytics company GlobalData.
The ‘Virtual Reality in Oil & Gas’ report explores the different ways in which oil and gas companies are deploying VR technology to fast-track the process of hydrocarbon discovery, well-planning and employee…
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UK-based corrosion management company CorrosionRADAR has secured an investment worth £1 million (€1.16 million) to develop its technology and expand into the oil, gas and petrochemical sectors.
The company, which supplies the long range Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI) monitoring technology, has secured investment from the MEIF Proof of Concept & Early Stage Fund. The fund, which is…
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Energy giant Royal Dutch Shell has announced the appointment of Huibert Vigeveno as new director of downstream, effective 1 January 2020.
In his new role, Vigeveno will become a member of the executive committee and will succeed John Abbott. Abbot will remain available to Vigeveno and the committee to assist during the transition period, until 31 March 2020, at which time he will leave Shell…
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Major engineering companies in the oil and gas sector have joined forces to improve competency assurance across the supply chain community.
Leaders from companies including Aker Solutions, Bilfinger Salamis, Petrofac, Stork, Wood and Worley have signed an industry charter in which they agree to mandate the Connected Competence programme as a pre-requisite for employment with their companies,…
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries group company Turboden has won an order from Italian gas distributor Italgas for its latest energy efficiency solution: gas expanders.
Turboden will install two 650 kWe gas expanders for Italgas, which will increase the energy efficiency of one of the main gas pressure reduction stations connecting the Italian national gas pipeline network to the city of…
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Aberdeen, Scotland-headquartered Well-Safe Solutions has secured £66 million (€76.4 million) in new investment to fund its plans to become a tier one well decommissioning company.
The new round of investment has been led by MW&L Capital Partners, and brings together a consortium of private investors to acquire a major stake in the company.
“This significant investment marks the…
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Subsea laser LiDAR technology provider 3D at Depth has successfully demonstrated the potential of survey grade measurements from hovering resident systems, with an emphasis on using subsea LiDAR technology.
The technology showcase, which was conducted in October in partnership with the Norwegian Forum for Offshore Survey and Positioning (NOSP) and OneSubsea, was developed to engage subsea…
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Badly specified, poorly sited or unmaintained access solutions can lead to accidents and, in turn, lawsuits. Many companies are still in the mindset that it won’t happen to them or they don’t have time to focus on their access solutions, but those stung have seen six figure fines, minimum.
The use of self-closing gates, commonly for gaps in guardrail systems to allow roof access from a…
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Energy major BP has announced plans to deploy continuous measurement of methane emissions at BP-operated oil and gas projects in the future, as part of the company’s ambitious programme to detect, measure and reduce methane emissions from its operations.
Instruments for continuous measurement, such as gas cloud imaging (GCI), will be rolled out across all new major projects around the world.…
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BP’s North Sea business has completed a pilot project to test innovative ways to remotely monitor methane emissions on its offshore assets.
The project combined advanced sensor technology that was originally designed by NASA for the Mars Curiosity Rover with a fixed-wing remote piloted air system (RPAS), breaking the UK record for the longest commercial drone flight.
Through this pilot,…
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A company that develops and fields advanced sensor technology to detect, localise and quantify natural gas emissions using integrated drone-based systems has secured funding from two investors to scale up its energy sector emissions inspection solutions.
As part of its Series A-1 fundraising, SeekOps has secured investments from the OGCI Climate Investments (OGCI CI) fund and Equinor…
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In what has been described as a first for the oil and gas industry, Clariant has opened its next High Throughput Experimentation (HTE) laboratory in Houston, Texas in the US.
Locating the lab in the energy capital of the US is key, as the new facility will be the first of its kind to support the oil and gas industry, offering new solutions for customers. The lab is part of a company initiative…
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BP North America Products has been told by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that it must pay a penalty of $71,400 (€64,690) and upgrade secondary containment in order to settle Clean Water Act violations that occurred at its Peosta facility in Iowa, US.
“Working together with the Department of Transportation and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, EPA is taking steps to…
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Anglia has announced the expansion of its range of Internet of Things (IoT)-ready sensors with the Figaro range of gas sensors, which are used in air quality monitors, gas leak detectors and other applications. The distribution agreement with Figaro is for the UK and Ireland.
Commenting on the news, John Bowman, marketing director at Anglia said: “Gas detection is now a mainstream…
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