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5 Ways 3D Laser Scanners Can Improve Facility Safety
3D laser scanners have become commonplace throughout the oil and gas industry for many reasons, not least of which is the speed and accuracy they offer over traditional surveying techniques. However, many operators have also started to take advantage of the benefits...
Advanced Materials Research in Oil and Gas
Getting to and extracting oil and gas from reservoirs — whether onshore or in deepwater —has always been a challenging proposal. Pressures, temperatures, and the materials that must be drilled through require specialized equipment that is durable, chemically...
Challenges of Subsea Processing
Subsea processing essentially takes the traditional manned topside production platform and places it, unmanned, at the bottom of the sea. But why do this? According to international certification body DNV GL and oil and gas consultancy Rystad Energy, subsea brownfield...
Reducing Weight of Offshore Facilities with Compact Well Testing Units
Reducing weight and conserving space on deepwater platforms and production facilities has always been a key area of focus for offshore producers. This is understandable given that increased weight often results in higher costs and added complexity with regards to...
Weather Poses Challenges at Every Step
When it comes to factors that affect oil and gas prices, some will point to politics and taxation as major culprits. But the weather also plays an important role, offering its own set of challenges to the oil and gas industry. Weather forces extractors and...
Gulf of Mexico: 2015 in Review
At the beginning of 2015, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) and research firms like Quest Offshore were cautiously optimistic about the outlook for the oil and gas industry in the Gulf of Mexico, issuing the caveat that continued low prices would...
Flexible Engineering for the Future
Many in the oil and gas industry are increasingly looking for ways to reduce costs and improve efficiencies. Some like GE and Statoil are going so far as to offer incentives such as cash awards and research funding for engineers able to demonstrate novel ways to...
Pipeline Risk Analysis and Modeling: Part 2
In the first part of this series on pipeline risk modeling, we learned that determining the chance of a risk event and its impact is an important part of pipeline integrity management. By anticipating risk scenarios and planning for them, pipeline developers can...