Upstream news
Oceaneering to 'digitally' transform Pacific Drilling's global fleet
The five-year agreement aims to provide Pacific’s customers with better reliability and improved throughput enabling streaming video and real-time data.
Logan Industries expands land rig equipment services into West Texas
The new service will cover Midland, Odessa and the surrounding 100-mile radius, enabling Logan to offer quicker onsite and on-call services to these remote regions.
Berkeley Engineering Consultants awarded Queen’s Award for International Trade
Berkeley Engineering Consultants is one of just a handful of organisations supporting the oil and gas sector to have been recognised in The Queen’s Awards this year.
Governmental approval granted for Noreco’s acquisition of Shell’s Danish upstream assets
“Through this transformational acquisition, Noreco will become the second largest oil and gas producer in Denmark and establish itself as a considerable exploration and production company in the North Sea,” said Riulf Rustad, Chairman of the Board of Noreco.
Future Oil & Gas conference & exhibition grows in 2019 and announces Technology Innovation Showcase agenda
The crucial role of technology and innovation in the oil and gas sector will come under the spotlight at the 2019 Future Oil & Gas conference and associated Technology Innovation Showcase.
Interventek secures OGTC funding and appoints senior engineer to develop new subsea landing string control system
Interventek aims to complete the project, valued at a six-figure sum, and deliver a function tested prototype by the end of 2019.
Marine Technical Limits appoints senior naval architect
Paul Allan, who has more than 10-years’ experience in delivering naval architecture and marine warranty surveying (MWS) to the oil and gas industry, has been appointed to the position by the Scotland-based firm.
A hybrid approach
Neeraj Zambare and Kapil Mukati, Kongsberg Digital, Norway, explain how a combination of multiphase flow simulation and machine learning is enabling enhanced virtual flow metering and anomaly detection.
Rystad Energy predicts over 1 million km of oil and gas wells to be drilled over next five years
The collective depth of these wells is the equivalent of 25 times around the equator – or 2.5 times the distance to the moon.
Delek makes offer for Chevron's North Sea oil and gas fields
Delek said it believed that if a deal is reached, it could be completed this year and would be financed through bank loans and its own resources.