Special reports

The EIC Monitor report shows a significant decline in the levels of contracting activity across global upstream, midstream and downstream sectors in 1Q15.

VIKING discuss their chute and slide-based marine and offshore evacuation and crew transfer systems.

Reece Straker, GlobalData’s Upstream Fiscal Analyst, takes a global view on the growing CBM industry.

Cobham SATCOM look at the vital role played by satellite communications in the global oil and gas industry.

IHS has said that the industrial automation equipment (IAE) market will grow this year despite headwinds.

Against a backdrop of reduced oil prices and high costs, Neil Poxon, CEO of ProSep looks at the spur to innovation created by a low price environment.

Steve Elliott, Ventyx, an ABB company, UK, establishes how process safety management can provide reliable and efficient offshore operations.

The rapid and aggressive response by oil and gas companies to low oil prices has stabilised the sector.

Case study: A Baker Hughes CENesis Curve™ tight-radius electrical submersible pumping (ESP) system was installed in an Oklahoma well.

Kory Kinney and Cinnamon Odell, IHS, reveal the US Gulf of Mexico deepwater remains active despite oil price concerns.

The benefits remain significantly limited at higher prices compared to other fiscal regimes in the Americas.

Expro demonstrates how implementing a standardised QMS software solution introduces smarter working and enhances the benefits to clients.

Bain & Company consider Big Data analytics in oil and gas.

John Downs, Formate Brine Ltd, UK, examines the use and benefits of caesium formate brines as drilling fluids.

A round up of analysts reacting to the news that Shell is to buy BG Group for US$70 billion.