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Unlocking Japan's fire-ice: Q&A with JOGMEC's Koji Yamamoto 09 May, 2013 For the first time in history, Japan has produced methane gas from offshore hydrate deposits located hundreds of metres below the sea. Research leader on the project Koji Yamamoto explains how...

Video feature: Shell's rig failure – the tip of the iceberg for Arctic drilling? 10 January, 2013 The recent grounding of Shell's drill ship in Alaska has added fuel to fears that offshore operations in the Arctic may be too risky. And while the Obama administration has supported...

Liquid assets: BP deploys reduced salinity water injection 26 October, 2012 BP's reduced salinity water injection technology is about to undergo field testing at the £4.5bn Clair Ridge development on the UK Continental Shelf. Julian Turner reveals how this unique...

Offshore Technology Focus: Issue 4 25 October, 2012 How drilling for oil in the Arctic Ocean will move ahead depending on the result of the US presidential election, territorial disputes in the South China Sea, the lessons learned from Norway's...

The cold war: the challenges of Arctic exploration 01 September, 2012 Shell faces multiple hurdles as it prepares to spearhead a new wave of exploration in the remote and inhospitable US Arctic. Rod James talks to Ove Tobias Gudmestad of the University of...

Offshore Technology Focus: Issue 3 23 August, 2012 How a better understanding of human factors could improve safety and reduce future incidents....

Supersized ambition: Petrobras builds mega-platforms 17 August, 2012 Petrobras is building some of the world’s largest production platforms in order to make the most of its massive pre-salt reserves. Weighing in at over 100,000t, the Brazilian company’s new...

Sweating the assets: lifespan extension and well integrity 17 August, 2012 Constant innovation in recovery techniques is enabling the industry to extend the lifespan of mature fields, but as Jim Banks discovers in discussion with Lance Cook, chief scientist for...

Push offshore assets the extra mile 17 August, 2012 The lifetimes of older assets are being extended thanks to new approaches to inspection, maintenance and repair. Statoil’s Siv Heggem tells Jim Banks how the technological innovations that...

Deepwater: The Gulf of Mexico’s deepest offshore oil and gas rigs 04 July, 2012 The US Government’s offshore leasing plan 2012-2017 will once again open up the deepest areas of the Gulf of Mexico. In the run-up to the first sale of leases, Offshore-technology.com profiles...