Deepwater
FPSO Resource Centre: Introduction to Floating Production Storage and Offloading
September 16 by Sumit DuttaAn FPSO is a floating production storage and offloading vessel used to process and store hydrocarbons. But that's just the beginning. Get informed, here.
The Weekly USA Oil & Gas Update: 28th July 2015
July 28 by Todd EricksonThe Oil & Gas Weekly is compiled by Todd Erickson. Todd is a veteran executive manager in the North American E&P market. He has management experience in high-growth oil & gas service organization...
Petrobas On the Future of FPSOs and the Own or Rent Conundrum
June 04 by Oil & Gas IQTim Haidar: Hello and welcome this is Tim Haidar for Oil & Gas IQ. Today I’m talking with Carlos Mastrangelo, facilities manager at Petrobras America. Carlos, thanks very much for being on th...
Sand Control - Maximising Oil & Gas Production And Cutting Out The Nitty Gritty
September 18 by Oil & Gas IQ EditorOil and Gas Production Content Series At the present time, completion and sand control account for more than half of the total well development costs in the majority of deepwater projects. As...
Sand Control - Maximising Production And Cutting Out The Nitty Gritty
September 12 by Tim HaïdarAt the present time, completion and sand control account for more than half of the total well development costs in the majority of deepwater projects. At extreme depths, completion engineers h...
Produced Water: A Tale Of Environmental Awareness And Regulatory Compliance
February 28 by Oil & Gas IQ EditorIn this exclusive interview, Oil & Gas IQ speaks with Dr Darrell Gallup, Senior Process Scientist at Thermochem on the specificities of produced water management in the Asian oil and gas arena. W...
Oil and Gas Technology: A Brief History Of RFID And e-Tagging
November 04 by Oil & Gas IQ EditorPart of the Oil and Gas Technology series In this exclusive interview with Stig Petersen, Research Scientist in Information & Communication Technology for Sintef talks to Oil & Gas IQ’s Tim...
Corrosion: The Deep And Ultra-Deepwater Problem
August 31 by Oil & Gas IQAs traditional reserves deplete on and offshore, the oil industry is moving into increasingly deeper waters in the pursuit of hydrocarbons. As the industry digs deeper, the challenges that face subsea...
What Are The Prospects For Arctic Oil And Gas Drilling?
June 10 by Oil & Gas IQ EditorShell recently filed proposals to drill up to six exploratory wells in the Beaufort Sea, off the north coast of Alaska, with the United States authorities. Plans are also in place to drill a further...
Deepwater Horizon and why systems fail (Part II)
May 24 by The W. Edwards Deming InstituteThe reality of too many businesses is that pressure to get results can override good judgment.
The Inexorable Rise Of FPSO
May 16 by Oil & Gas IQConsistently high crude prices, coupled with rapidly depleting shallow water and onshore reserves, are forcing exploration and production companies to forage deeper and further offshore than was previ...
Deepwater Asset Integrity: Lessons Learned
March 11 by Oil & Gas IQ EditorAs oil and gas companies branch out further into deepwater regions in search of reserves, asset integrity becomes an even more important issue. Such projects present a range of challenges, includi...