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Raising the bar for well barriers

Scott Gordon, Director of RBP product line, The WellBoss Company, describes a century of evolution for well control barriers and the growing role of retrievable bridge plugs in modern well integrity strategies.

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Why electric submersible pump (ESP) optimisation starts with motor control

Motaz Hassan, Global Application Manager - Artificial Lift Solutions at ABB, Motion Drive Products, explores some of the most common ESP challenges from backspin and gas lock to underload conditions. He then explains how application-specific drive control helps improve reliability, protect equipment and support production continuity.


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Form first oil to late life

James Ferguson, Hunting Subsea Technologies, describes a lifecycle approach to subsea engineering that connects standardised hardware, intervention capability, and enhanced reservoir recovery.

DNV: the growing tail of oil demand destruction

Sverre Alvik, VP and Energy Transition Outlook director, DNV, argues that the longer the Hormuz crisis lasts, the heavier the tail of permanent demand destruction.

A practical path to security of supply

Andreas Fliss, Norway Country Manager for James Fisher, explores how electrification, digitalisation, and asset intelligence in Norway’s upstream sector is supporting both energy security and net zero targets simultaneously.

Engineering the next generation of deepwater production

Ian Jackson, interviewed by Contributing Author Ellen Warren, discusses High-Angle Multi-Frac (HAMF) technology, production surveillance in the Whale Field, and the engineering decisions shaping the future of deepwater production.