The LNG Year
Apr 18, 2008
When Scandinavian Oil-Gas Magazine interviewed the head of Teekay’s gas business a year ago, he cited a distinct slowness in the pace of project approvals: a year-long project drought. Since then, no fewer than a dozen projects have been given some sort of nod – regulatory, financial or technical. [ In 3/4-2008 ]

“A Good Working Relationship”
Apr 18, 2008
Benson K. Whitney has been the US Ambassador to Norway for a little more than two years. As such, he has represented his country in a period with a certain level of spirited debate surrounding the relationship between our two countries. But even so, the relationship between these close allies remains strong and stable. Whitney has been an open and visible Ambassador, and recently made a very favourable impression on the Norwegian public when he appeared on the prime time Friday night talk show Grosvold. He didn’t talk much about oil and gas issues there, however, so that left it up to Scandinavian Oil-Gas Magazine to sit down with Ambassador Whitney and talk energy. Which we were happy to do. [ In 3/4-2008 ]

Commentary 3/4 2008 - Added Value?
Apr 18, 2008
Suppose we were playing a guessing game. You might begin by asking: Animal? Vegetable? Mineral? If the word you were trying to guess was “Commodity”, the answer would have to be “Yes” to all three questions. [ In 3/4-2008 ]

From the Editor, 3/4 2008
Apr 18, 2008 [ In 3/4-2008 ]

Contents 3/4 2008
Apr 18, 2008
[ In 3/4-2008 ]

Contents 1/2 2008
Feb 11, 2008
Check out the contents of our latest issue – 1/2 2008 [ In 1/2-2008 ]

Commentary, 1/2 2008
Feb 11, 2008
As we begin this new year, one thing we can be certain about – or at least as certain about as possible: the time of inexpensive oil is over. [ In 1/2-2008 ]

From the Editor: An Expanding Market
Feb 11, 2008
As you begin to leaf through this issue, you’ll find that we’ve included a great deal of input from a number of those who provide decommissioning services to the industry. From dredging to cutting to lifting – and most everything in between – we have received an impressive amount of information that we share with you here. [ In 1/2-2008 ]

Decommissioning ... Deferred
Feb 11, 2008
New figures say 20 percent of the North Sea platforms to be decommissioned have been removed, the majority of them wellhead platforms seen now as increasingly useful to developers of satellite fields. Reusing platforms to delay decommissioning is the trend. [ In 1/2-2008 ]

Adding Flexibility to Rigid Pipelines
Feb 11, 2008
Independent companies acquiring maturing assets within the North Sea need to undertake integrity reviews of their infrastructure. Where these assets are showing signs of deterioration, the race is on to upgrade the facilities in order to maximise access to the remaining reserves. Key to achieving these upgrades is the timely supply of high quality, cost effective pipeline solutions as demonstrated by the recent Apache Project. [ In 1/2-2008 ]

Efficient Construction and Survey Operations Using the ACV Intervention System
Feb 11, 2008
Technology for remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) has evolved rapidly over the last 20 years, driven mainly by the requirement to support development of deepwater oil and gas fields. As most intervention operations are now beyond diver depths and therefore require ROV intervention, the performance of the ROV system is a vital factor in the success of the offshore operation. [ In 1/2-2008 ]

Media: The iPhone Revolution
Feb 11, 2008
At the end of 2005, Apple CEO Steve Jobs gave a group of around 200 of his company’s best engineers the task of creating a cell phone. With the iPod selling like hot cakes, he was looking for the next logical product – and the iPhone was a natural successor. But after a year of development, the engineers still didn’t have a functioning prototype. [ In 1/2-2008 ]