EnQuest Heather fined for collective decommissioning failures
NSTA urges UK operators to plug and abandon redundant wells to protect the environment and the public purse.
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This spotlight session reviews and discusses Nanoprecise’s recent article for Oilfield Technology, entitled ‘Powering Oil and Gas Operations with AI’
Worley Consulting and Bloomfire to deliver AI-powered infrastructure for industries facing critical challenges
Worley Consulting and Bloomfire partner to bring Enterprise Intelligence to energy, chemicals, and resources sectors.
Middle East disruption could cut global oil demand 20% and gas 10% by 2050 as energy security drives shift to independence
Wood Mackenzie report that prolonged disruption to Middle East energy supplies could accelerate a structural shift in global energy systems, halving oil and gas import dependence by 2050 and reducing oil demand by 20% and gas demand by 10% relative to the base case.
Montel: EU gas prices slide 20% amid ceasefire in Iran war
The European bellwether front-month gas contract on the Dutch TTF hub initially dropped to EUR 42.50/MWh on Ice Endex this morning, its lowest since 2 March, before recovering slightly to EUR 43.46/MWh, at the time of writing.
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Decom Engineering secures US patent for advanced Chopsaw cutting technology
Decom Engineering secures a United States patent for key elements of its proprietary Chopsaw cutting technology.
A reliability-centred framework for sub-asset management in CMMS
Rebuilding asset visibility from the component level up, by Rajaram Madhavan, SLB.
DroneQ Robotics and Mark Offshore strike deal on the latter’s new fleet addition ‘R/V Mintis’
Mark Offshore manages and operates the DP1 ROV Support and Survey vessel. DroneQ Robotics now has the exclusive rights to deploy the vessel for its own projects, Intertek projects, and third-party projects.
Wood Mackenzie: Middle East crisis should prompt UK North Sea policy rethink
The UK government faces renewed pressure to change its policy on the North Sea, amid the crisis in the Middle East, says Wood Mackenzie.
TotalEnergies completes the merger of its UK North Sea upstream assets with NEO NEXT
TotalEnergies announces the completion of the merger between NEO NEXT and TotalEnergies’ UK upstream oil and gas business.
BOEM analyses proposed offshore well stimulation work at platform Gilda offshore California
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has issued a Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for a proposed update to the Santa Clara Unit Development and Production Plan, which includes the use of hydraulic fracturing on 16 existing wells at Platform Gilda, located 8.8 miles offshore Ventura County, California.