World Expro March 2012

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King of the ocean: the first FLNG vessel After a decade of planning, construction of the world’s first floating liquefied natural gas facility is underway. Rod James talks to Neil Gilmour and Harry van der Velde of Shell about... > read more

Decommissioning the UKCS Experts predict that the cost of decommissioning projects in the North Sea over the next 30 years will exceed £30bn. Mark Brierley asks Richard Brooks of the Department for Energy and...

World oil: prospects for the year ahead Global demand for oil has recovered well following the economic downturn. The market was buoyant despite somewhat uneven growth in terms of region, time of year and type of hydrocarbon. World...

Polar E&P: the iceman cometh There are major questions to be answered about the survivability of rigs, storage and transport in the Arctic. Nigel Ash talks to Dr Erland Schulson of Dartmouth College’s Thayer School...

Brazilian oil and gas Brazil recorded the world’s highest number of oil and gas discoveries in 2011, the majority in its subsalt basins. Syed Imran Abbas of GlobalData offers market analysis and production...

HSE: a global concern Health and safety remains top of the industry agenda as the shock waves from the Macondo and Montara disasters continue. World Expro editor Mark Brierley asked four of the world’s top HSE...

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Continuous R&D: a little goes a long way
Success in any industry comes from continual product development – and the oil and gas sector is no exception. Mark Brierley talks to Abdulaziz Al-Kaabi of Saudi Aramco’s EXPEC Advanced...

Maintenance challenges of the Norwegian Continental Shelf
Statoil’s subsea pipelines criss-cross the Norwegian Continental Shelf for many thousands of miles. Therefore, the organisation needs a robust maintenance regime in place to deal with...

Migrating technologies: a complete energy solution
Rising global energy demand cannot be met using just one energy resource. It is up to the energy industry to adapt its product offerings to incorporate the many forms of power production in...

Picture-perfect seismic imaging
Ever-improving seismic imaging techniques now make it possible to map reservoirs in more detail than before. Paulo Johann, reservoir geophysics manager at Petrobras, talks to Mark Brierley...

Unlock the value of E&P data
E&P data amassed by the UK oil and gas industry could be used to better understand geological formations on the UKCS. However, managing it effectively in order to extract the most...