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2009
CEO Says Petrobras to Become World’s Fifth Largest Energy CompanyAug 27, 2009 “We plan to increase our production from 2.3 million boe per day to 5.3 boe per day million by 2020 and to expand our refining capacity from almost 2 million b/d to more than 3 million in the same time span while becoming the fifth largest integrated energy company in the world”, Petrobras president and CEO José Sergio Gabrielli tells Scandinavian Oil-Gas Magazine. [ In 7/8-2009 ]
World Leaders Rally Near “Lunar Landing”Aug 27, 2009 Norway did its utmost at the end of May to make carbon-capture and storage (CCS) household words. A media extravaganza enveloped energy and environment ministers congregating at a climate conference in the old Norwegian trading town of Bergen. World leaders who couldn’t come beamed TV tributes in to Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, himself enduring countless “carbon” interviews. This is the world rally ahead of a “do-or-die” summit in December to pen a climate treaty. At stake is a place in the treaty for “capture plant” like that at local refinery Mongstad. [ In 7/8-2009 ]
The Evolution of Remote InterventionAug 27, 2009 Acergy, a market leading seabed-to-surface engineering and construction contractor, is building up an enviable track record in developing proprietary technologies to meet the challenges raised by today’s subsea projects. In deep and ultra-deep water this is epitomised by the recent development of a new, more powerful and capable ROV system. [ In 7/8-2009 ]
Media: Format WarsAug 27, 2009 We are used to having new innovative products launched at us all the time, and living in the era of the Internet and the mobile phone can sometimes make us forget how technologies can have short lifespans, even if they were touted as the Next Big Thing when they were first introduced. The innovation spiral has kept running tighter and tighter – leaving us with the difficult task of determining what will stay and what will die – and end up on the graveyard of Dead Technology. [ In 7/8-2009 ]
Contents, 5/6 2009Jun 5, 2009 Check out the contents of our latest issue – 5/6 2009... [ In 5/6-2009 ]
Commentary, 5/6 2009Jun 5, 2009 A Sea of Possibility
In mid April, the international Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf made its final recommendations on the outer limits of the Norwegian continental shelf in the High North... [ In 5/6-2009 ]
From the Editor, 5/6 2009Jun 5, 2009 The offshore oil and gas industry owes much to marine technology. And for us, no other event brings this home like Nor-Shipping. We’ve tried, in some ways, to make this issue a virtual visit to the event. So, from offshore financing to offshore power generation to piracy, as well as computer modelling and recommended practices, we’ve attempted to provide you with the maritime perspective. [ In 5/6-2009 ]
The Striving of Stately FinanceJun 5, 2009 Remember all the obligatory bashing of any “state” spending, at least in some circles. Well stately finance is back and may be saving the oil and gas industry. From Brazil to Burma, Canada to Cameroon, a willingness by governments to support the project’s of both national companies and the capital projects of foreign players is being felt. [ In 5/6-2009 ]
New Applications in Offshore CommunicationsJun 5, 2009 Danish satcoms specialist Thrane & Thrane highlights some of the innovative applications that its customer Mærsk is already employing to harness the potential of broadband for improving both crew welfare and operational efficiency. [ In 5/6-2009 ]
Alternative Energy – Technip’s Involvement in Hywind for StatoilHydroJun 5, 2009 In May 2008 Technip was awarded the contract for Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) of the substructure of the Hywind Pilot windmill, the first full-scale offshore floating windmill… [ In 5/6-2009 ]
Media: The Future That Never WasJun 5, 2009 Our visions of how the world is going to be rarely fit how it actually turns out. Think about George Orwell’s dystopian classic 1984, which may seem like a prescient work now, with its descriptions of omnipresent surveillance, but it hardly fit the bill in the real 1984. [ In 5/6-2009 ]
Contents, 3/4 2009Apr 24, 2009 Check out the contents of our latest issue - 3/4 2009 [ In 3/4-2009 ]
Commentary – 3/4 2009Apr 24, 2009 The Squeeze is On
The oil industry is noted for long-term projects that can take years – sometimes more than a decade – to move from discovery to production. Here in our own backyard, we watched as Hydro used 10 years to go from discovery to production on the giant Ormen Lange field. A decade isn’t so long when you consider that the still-on-the-drawing-board Shtokman field on the Russian side of the Barents Sea was discovered in 1988. [ In 3/4-2009 ]
From the Editor, 3/4 2009Apr 24, 2009 The Long View
The Offshore Technology Conference – OTC – is just around the corner, and in this issue we’ve worked to give you a little taste of what to expect as OTC celebrates its 40th anniversary. OTC focuses on the development of offshore resources in the fields of drilling, exploration, production and environmental protection – and we’ve highlighted some of the activities that make this conference one of the world’s foremost events. [ In 3/4-2009 ]
Deep Challenges for Deep PocketsApr 24, 2009 In this article, Infield Systems examines the differing domestic challenges of the two largest US operators – ExxonMobil and Chevron. While Chevron is actively pushing frontiers as a lead operator ExxonMobil has become a strategic partner in many of the larger deepwater Gulf of Mexico projects. [ In 3/4-2009 ]
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