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DeltaTek develops pioneering subsea cement system - Interview with Tristam Horn

Well construction specialist DeltaTek have created a subsea cement system which provides  efficiencies and optimises cement jobs. Chief Executive Officer Tristam Horn discusses the benefits of ‘SeaCure,’ which has been backed by the Oil and Gas Technology Centre.   Can you tell us about your product SeaCure?   The SeaCure Cementing Product is one that has rea...

Has there been significant change since Piper Alpha

Significant improvements have been made in the UK offshore industry since Piper Alpha.As we all know, the public inquiry, chaired by Lord Cullen went on to make 106 recommendations -all of which were accepted by industry.  Lord Cullen's key recommendation: the introduction of regulations that required the operator/owner of every fixed and mobile installation operating in UK waters to submit to the HSE, for their acceptance, a safety case.The safety case must give full details of the arrange...

Total prepares sale of $1.5 billion of UK North Sea fields

 France’s Total is set to sell a third of its stake in Laggan Tormore gas field along with other oil and gas assets in Britain’s North Sea that could fetch a total of $1.5 billion, four banking and industry sources said. The divestment will include stakes in a number of smaller fields Total acquired as part of the 2017 $4.95 billion deal to buy the oil and gas division of A.P. Moller-Maersk, the sources said. The deal was completed in March. Those fields include Golden Eagle, in w...

Connect and Seal Transforms Traditional Pipe Installation.

Poulton Technologies Weldless 'Connect and Seal' Technology Transforms Traditional Pipe Installation.Poulton Technologies - The DevelopmentPoulton Technologies is an innovative company breaking the barriers of traditional pipe fitting. The company has developed the 'PT1 pipe connecter' at a time when the demand for new technology continues to grow in the Oil and Gas industry.The high performance, weldless pipe connector uses a unique metal-to-metal sealing system which is unlike other models in...

Profit before Safety at Fife Petrochemical plant

Two multinational oil companies have repeatedly failed to reduce the risks of major accidents at petrochemical plants in Fife, according to documents released by the UK Government’s Health and Safety Executive. Both Shell and ExxonMobil have been accused of “putting profit before safety” at the Mossmorran and Braefoot Bay complex near Dunfermline after reports of HSE inspections over the last three years revealed a series of problems. HSE expressed “serious concerns” about Shell’s fail...

Spirit Energy take over operatorship of Babbage gas field in North Sea

Spirit Energy is all set to become the new operator of the producing Babbage gas field, located in block 48/2a, about 80km off the UK coast in the Southern North Sea. The company, which currently holds a stake of 13% in the Babbage gas field, has reached an agreement with it joint venture partners to take up the operatorship of the license from Premier Oil. Dana Petroleum with a stake of 40% is the third partner in the offshore gas field. In the nearby Cobra discovery as well, Spi...

North Sea workers to strike over pay and conditions

North Sea oil workers are to stage a series of strikes in a dispute over pay and working time. Members of Unite working on the Alwyn, Dunbar and Elgin oil and gas platforms operated by Total E&P will walk out for 24 and 12 hours on five days between July 23 and August 20. There will also be a continuous ban on overtime starting on July 23, following a vote in favour of industrial action. Unite regional officer Wullie Wallace said: "The overwhelming vote in favour of strike act...

Tributes as Piper Alpha hero Iain dies of cancer aged 56

One of the heroes of the Piper Alpha disaster has died of cancer at the age of 56. Iain Letham was a coxswain on the vessel Zodiac, a rigid inflatable craft, which responded to the fire which engulfed the rig in 1988, causing the deaths of 167 men. Without any regard for his own safety, Mr Letham braved the flames during the rescue mission to get to the devastated oil platform and helped save lives amidst the inferno. He said of his experiences during the worst catastrophe in the...

Steve Aiken, Consultant Director, Intelligent Plant.

Much like Apple’s creation, the Industrial App Store makes your plant data available to the growing number of apps that are in the Industrial App Store. Steve Aiken, Consultant Director shares with us the key benefits of this product for the oil and gas industry.  Can you tell us about the industrial app store? The industrial app store is a way for oil companies to quickly pick up technology that anyone’s developed, but also for any technology developer to publish their capability...

STL - Managing Director – Drummond Lawson

By working in close partnership with its customers, subsea technology specialist STL has launched a number of firsts to the sector, including the successful deployment of its Xtreme Release (XR) Connector. Managing Director, Drummond Lawson maintains that industry-changing technology is crucial to unlock further efficiencies in offshore applications worldwide. With a big focus on collaboration and cost reduction at the moment, how are you utilising this within your business model when devel...

Alpha Offshore Service awarded blade repair contract for OWEZ windfarm

Alpha Offshore Service A/S has been awarded a contract with NoordzeeWind, a Joint Venture between utility company Nuon and Shell, for blade repair on the Offshore Windfarm Egmond aan Zee (OWEZ). The first large windfarm built in the Dutch sector of the North Sea, OWEZ consists of 36 3MW turbines and sits approximately six miles off the coast from the village of Egmond aan Zee. Alpha Offshore will be providing experienced personnel with specialist knowledge of the 44 metre Vestas V90 tu...

Sinopec halts four gas wells after water contamination

Sinopec has halted drilling four wells in a gasfield near the city of Yulin in Shaanxi province, following a government investigation into water contamination in a village nearby, the company said via its official Weibo account on Sunday night. The Yulin Environmental Protection Bureau said on June 21 that iron and manganese content exceeded the maximum level allowed for residential consumption in the village of Zhanggaotu near Yulin. As a result, the city launched an investigation int...

BP becomes front-runner to buy BHP's US shale assets

BP has emerged as the front-runner to buy BHP Billiton's onshore oil and gas operations in the US, according to a person familiar with the matter. The London-based oil giant has made the highest offer for the assets, which BHP prefers selling in a single package, said the person, who asked to not be identified because the matter isn't public. A deal hasn't been completed and it could be weeks before an agreement is reached, the person said. According to Reuters sources, BP has offered...

UK oil and gas chaplaincy hold service to mark 30 years since Piper Alpha disaster

Hundreds of people have attended a service in Aberdeen on the 30th anniversary of the world's worst offshore disaster. A minute's silence was been held in memory of the 167 men who lost their lives in the Piper Alpha disaster on 6th July 1988. Loved ones and colleagues of those who died listened as each worker's name was read aloud at the Piper Alpha memorial statue in Hazlehead Park. A piper played a lament and prayers were said before wreaths were laid by Aberdeen Lord Provost B...

Equinor buys Danish energy trading company for €400m

Norwegian firm Equinor has bought a Danish energy trading company for €400 million (£354m). The deal supports Equinor’s – formerly Statoil – move from being an upstream oil and gas company towards becoming a “broad energy company”. Danske Commodities (DC), founded in 2004, is also active in short term gas trading and provides energy market services. Last year, it traded 318TWh of electricity across 37 countries – equivalent to more than two times Norway’s annual electricity use –...

Call to turn oil rigs into nature reserves

Marine wildlife could benefit if some de-commissioned oil rigs were left on the sea bed, a survey says. This challenges the conventional wisdom that the sea bed should be restored to its pristine state when a rig's life ends. The paper says over the 30-year lifetime of an oil rig, creatures have often colonised the structure to form a reef. It says this artificial habitat can be more valuable than the original seabed. It can also protect sea creatures from fishing. The p...

International rig count down 8 units in June

The international rig count fell 8 units month-over-month to 959 in June from 967 rigs in May, and down 1 from 960 a year ago, according to Baker Hughes data. The international offshore rig count for June 2018 was 195, down 3 from the 198 counted in May 2018, and down 2 from the 197 counted in June 2017. The worldwide rig count for June 2018 was 2,152, up 56 from the 2,096 counted in May 2018, and up 111 from the 2,041 counted in June 2017. Latin America lost 6 units from the prev...

OPEC expects surge in global production next year

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is expecting supplies from other producers to increase by the most in five years in 2019, with the increasing in the United States’ production alone sufficient to meet the growth in global demand. The economic crisis in Venezuela and the renewed sanctions against Iran continue to represent a challenge for the international organization, OPEC noted in its outlook report for next year, as reported by Bloomberg. “If the world ec...

ABB wins $150 million order for offshore wind farm

ABB has won orders worth more than $150 million from Danish energy company Orsted to supply technology to transmit wind energy from Hornsea Project Two, slated to be the world’s largest offshore wind farm. The orders were booked in the second quarter of 2018, ABB said on Wednesday, and are the first part of a global five-year agreement for the supply of electrical and automation equipment for offshore and onshore wind power connection and integration to the grid. Hornsea Two is a 1,400...

Equinor gets regulatory nod for Barents Sea exploration drilling

Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has granted Equinor consent for exploration drilling in two blocks in the Barents Sea. Equinor will investigate a prospect it calls Skruis with exploration well 7220/5-3 in production license 532. The site is 215 km northwest of Sørøya in Finnmark and 150 km northwest of the Goliat field in water depth of 409 m. Drilling activity estimated to last 27 days is scheduled to begin in August. The well will be drilled by the semi-submersibl...
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