Drilling & production

BP’s Statistical Review shows that 2014 was a year of shifts in global energy consumption and production.

The oil and gas producer has been ranked first among US energy companies on the 2015 Newsweek ‘Green Rankings – US 500’, one of the world’s most recognised assessments of corporate environmental performance.

The installation of the modules that collectively constitute Åsgard subsea gas compression has commenced. This will create 282 million extra barrels from the field.

Mott MacDonald has signed a collaboration agreement with China Petroleum Engineering Co., Ltd.

Recent research by s1jobs showed that non-management roles in the oil and gas sector earned the highest average wages in Scotland in 2014.

Highlights from the US Energy Information Administration’s short term energy outlook.

Wood Mackenzie has said that China is to be faced with weaker gas demand and oversupply until 2017.

A new report has said that low world oil prices are going to slow Canadian oil production.

Highlights from a speech given by Andrea Leadsom, UK Energy Minister on Iraqi energy.

Mark G. Mack, PhD, Oxane Materials, Inc., reviews the importance of proppant selection for shale reservoirs and looks at the keys to optimising conductivity, proppant transport and cost.

As of 9 June, the production licences can submit applications for extension of deadlines in the exploration period (the initial period) to the authorities through the online portal SMIL instead of sending normal application letters.

Fugro has successfully completed a year-long wellhead monitoring project for BP Americas Inc, measuring BOP stack motions and calculating wellhead fatigue during a deployment in the Gulf of Mexico.

Paul Bonner, John Colpo, Jason Moody, and Steven Rogers, Honeywell, USA, present the benefits of an integrated approach to subsea automation.

Announcements from companies active within the global oil and gas sector.

Analysts from Douglas Westwood ponder the future of Arctic oil and gas for USA.