Oil & gas news
Saipem achieves ISO 55001:2024 certification from DNV for offshore asset lifecycle management
The certification applies to Saipem’s entire offshore asset portfolio, including construction vessels, drilling ships and platforms, floating production and storage units, as well as related onboard equipment – such as pipe-handling systems, cranes, mobile equipment and ROVs – and support activities at logistics bases and offices.
Chandler Engineering offers 6700-M mini flow loop system for friction pressure testing
This latest addition to the 6700 Friction Flow Loop product line delivers advanced testing capabilities in a portable, space-saving design.
Saipem: third extension of contract with Aker BP for Scarabeo 8 for offshore drilling activities in Norway into 2028
Saipem announces that Aker BP has exercised a new option to extend the contract for the semi-submersible drilling unit Scarabeo 8, prolonging its deployment for an additional year.
Backfire: Trump’s methane policy vs US producers
The Trump administration this week tried to browbeat European Union leaders, claiming that regulations limiting methane emissions from the production of imported natural gas hurt US companies exporting that gas.
TWMA introduces a new era of Drill Cuttings Treatment in the United Arab Emirates
Introducing a new era of Drill Cuttings Treatment in the United Arab Emirates as TWMA begins operations at its newly constructed treatment facility in Habshan, Abu Dhabi.
Mantl-Core and the moment hazardous area inspection finally changed
Every so often, an industry reaches a point where it becomes clear that the old way of working is no longer enough. Not because people lack competence or commitment, but because the tools have failed to evolve at the same pace as the responsibility placed upon them. For hazardous area inspection, that moment is now!
New research reveals major gaps in disclosure of decommissioning liabilities for oil and gas infrastructure
Oil and gas companies in the UK, Canada and Australia are failing to fully disclose the costs of decommissioning their fossil-fuel-related infrastructure, leaving investors with incomplete and non-comparable information.
Shell invests in Kaikias waterflood to unlock production in Gulf of Mexico
Water will be injected to displace additional oil in the reservoir formation which supplies production to Shell’s Ursa platform in the Mars Corridor.
WFW advises Borr on US$360 million acquisition of five premium jack-up rigs from Noble
Watson Farley & Williams advised Borr Drilling Limited on the acquisition.
Curbing GHG emissions and costs
Michael Weidenfeller, Product Strategy Manager for Drilling and Mobile Power Applications, Caterpillar Oil & Gas, highlights how fuel-flexible dual-fuel engine technology is an important and reliable solution to reduce diesel consumption on oil and gas rigs.