Special reports

Roland Anderson, Executive VP at Cosasco, warns not to conflate cause and effect.

Josep Anton Feliu, Sergio Linuesa and Miquel A. Alós, Inprocess, Spain, discuss the application of dynamic simulation to analyse potential trips of the HIPPS system at the flare header of a central processing facility during trunkline pigging operations.

Kosmos Energy has announced that its subsidiary Kosmos Energy Ghana HC was successful in its arbitration against Tullow Ghana Limited in a dispute over responsibility for expenditures stemming from termination of the West Leo drilling rig contract.

Cortec and LED began working on the proposed expansion in March 2018, which will be completed by Q2 2019.

The Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons has mandated all petroleum operators to cancel all contracts with Canadian-based CHC Helicopters, due to noncompliance of Equatorial Guinea’s national content regulations.

Canada’s existing oil pipeline and railway capacity is enough to support oil sands current exports but with little extra room for logistic constraints.

The company recently reassessed its lighting strategy with a view to reducing costs and cutting energy emissions.

Petrobras informs that in June, its total production of oil and gas, including natural gas liquids (NGL), was 2.62 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed), with 2.53 million boed produced in Brazil and 98 thousand boed abroad. 

Trelleborg will showcase its range of high-performance solutions, from topside to subsea at the Offshore North Sea (ONS) in Stavanger, Norway.

Wood has announced the creation of the role of Chief Technology Officer with the appointment of Darren Martin. As part of the broader strategy to differentiate Wood’s capabilities across energy and industrial markets, he will redefine the digital offering, enabling us to harness technology that will further complement Wood’s deep industry domain knowledge.

When Triangle became the majority (78.75%) owner and operator of Cliff Head in May 2017, a third party contractor was the Registered Operator of the facilities on behalf of the Joint Venture.

EM&I - the international asset integrity specialists - have worked on over 175 installations including FPSOs, drill ships, semisubmersibles, jack ups, LNG and fixed assets throughout the world.

Global integrated subsea services business, Kreuz Subsea, has announced the appointment of Thomas Liew as the group’s chief financial officer.

The MOU represents a significant step towards signing a binding GSA between the two parties and covers the purchasing by Weston Energy of up to 4 PJ of gas per year for a period of five years.

The latest project comes as OGIC finalises agreements on five new technologies, all of which have the potential to cut operational costs and improve efficiency in the oil and gas industry.