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The North Sea is full of activity as companies scramble to develop upgrades to make the most of their dwindling assets. But the challenges of health, safety and environmental regulations must also be overcome, writes Gareth Evans.
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The Gorgon LNG project off the north coast of West Australia is set to deliver a thick pipe of cheap, clean energy.
The rugged notebook and laptop market now offers more robust products with enhanced performance for operations.
Analysts are in constant discussion as to when the world's supply of hydrocarbons will run out.
Clean and abundant natural gas could replace oil as the fuel of the future according to industry observers.
Iran plans to build the ambitious Pars pipeline to transport gas through Europe.
Debate rages as to when oil production will start to decline.
The global recession has hampered global oil and gas projects.
For weeks oil leaked from PTTEP's West Atlas rig offshore Australia before it caught fire.
In the next five years, NOCs will change the face of the domestic and international oil and gas sector.
At the close of a year that saw a tragic helicopter accident in the North Sea, the spotlight is now on ensuring safety.
The 15 major national oil companies in terms of both crude and natural gas reserves and production.
The capital expenditure plans of integrated and independent oil and gas companies for 2008 and 2009.
The industry is often considered "recession-proof ", but nothing could be further from the truth. As profit margins tighten, organisations must find ways to control spending.
Shell is one company that has taken action. It has had a constructive overhaul courtesy of new CEO Peter Voser, who has combined its strongest technology personnel worldwide into one R&D and project management department. This will be headed up by Matthias Bichsel who explains the reasons for the change. He believes that now is the time to come together as a company and as an industry.We look at StatoilHydro’s new HSE policy, while technical papers from Shell, ConocoPhillips and Subsea 7’s John Mair examine the latest technological advances in their respective fields. George Rorie, head of data management at Shell, describes how his methods are whipping the company and its partners into shape to make the most of their collaboration.
