Special reports

Staging its 22nd edition, OSEA2018 will be held from 27 - 29 November in Singapore, at the Marina Bay Sands.

Paul Smith has been appointed group managing director at UTEC Survey (UTEC), one of the industry’s leading off- and onshore survey companies and part of subsea services group Acteon.

LAGCOE, a nonprofit energy industry organisation focused on promoting commerce and connecting people through educational programmes and a technical exposition and conference, announced it will host LAGCOE 2019 in New Orleans, Louisiana at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.

Following the Minister’s decision, the company, on behalf of its partners, will be withdrawing its planning application to drill the Holmwood prospect from the Bury Hill Wood site.

The company has underlined its commitment to continued growth with the appointment of Stephen Steele as corporate development director.

Industry leaders expose the current reality of risk awareness and safety culture.

Mark Cullens has been appointed to the new role of Director of Strategic Development for OPITO, the global, not-for-profit skills body for the energy industry.

The companies have secured a deal with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) for the provision of project management consultancy services across four gas projects in the Niger Delta region, with work already in hand.

Chris Burke, Emerson Automation Solutions, UK, explores how continuous, real-time corrosion monitoring has extended the life of a mature natural gas field in the North Sea.

Tom Box will join the company as Vice President, while Gary McWilliam has taken on the role of Applications Manager for the Eastern Hemisphere.

JDR Cables Systems (JDR), the leading supplier of subsea umbilicals and power cables owned by TFKable Group, has been awarded a five year Long Term Service Agreement with Wild Well Control, Inc. (Wild Well), a Superior Energy Services company.

EM&I, the international asset integrity specialists, have just appointed a new Director of Operations to oversee the operational requirements of their fast-growing order book.

Goldie joins the company during its most successful period to date, with 41 of their patented Flow Access Modules (FAM) now being adopted by major and independent operators globally.

Production and integrity evaluation specialist, READ Cased Hole Limited has returned to the Norwegian oil and gas market with a renewed focus on supporting the downhole logging and data interpretation needs of local operators.

In just over 12 months, the Aberdeen-based well abandonment specialist has amassed the largest concentration of decommissioning expertise in the oil and gas industry.