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Offshore fire safety design: preventing the next Deepwater Horizon 12 March, 2013 Reducing the risk of fire hazard is an integral but challenging part of designing and engineering an offshore oil and gas rig. Although the process has evolved significantly in the last 20... > read more

Space safety at sea: Nasa's training mission for offshore workers 18 February, 2013 A safety programme developed by Nasa and Petrofac is helping oil and gas workers prepare for potential life-threatening situations. More than 600 delegates have been trained in fire fighting...

Offshore security training: shaking up the status quo 05 February, 2013 In an unpredictable offshore environment, are the current methods of training offshore security personnel in need of a shake-up? With cutting-edge hyper-realistic and virtual training...

High risk, high reward: talking offshore oil security with Drum Cussac 03 January, 2013 Kidnapping and piracy are serious risks for offshore oil companies, but a good set of ground rules and a crack security team can turn the tide. Laura Husband spoke to Drum Cussac's maritime...

A visible solution: talking fluorescent oil spill detection technology 21 November, 2012 Many oil companies still rely on unsophisticated visual reports of oil spills, meaning many leaks are not detected until a slick comes to the surface and is visible to the human eye. Julian...

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....

Oil spill response technology: potential of magnetic soaps 19 April, 2012 Magnetic soap, developed by scientists at Bristol University, is set to revolutionise oil spill clean-up operations. Two years on from the Deepwater Horizon disaster, Julian Turner talks to...

Gas leak at Elgin–Franklin offshore field – the story as it unfolds 29 March, 2012 Total has moved quickly to calm fears of a Deepwater Horizon-sized disaster at the Elgin gas field in the North Sea. Despite these assurances, the news has come at a bad time for an industry...

Spot focus on offshore safety: the human factor 26 March, 2012 The official consensus suggests that understanding human factors is the biggest challenge faced by offshore safety experts. In the run-up to Arena International's Oil and Gas Technology...

High and dry: new challenges for offshore safety 15 February, 2012 Drilling for hydrocarbons is intrinsically hazardous but correctly identifying critical safety flaws can go a long way. Dr Gareth Evans reports on how exploration and drilling in deeper water...

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