Ernst & Young search on for entrepreneurs
If you haven't already done so, there is still just enough time to enter the new energy category at Ernst & Young's Scotland Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards 2008.
Getting to grips with geomechanics
Rockfield Software is near the end of a three-year joint industry project focused on prediction of the initiation and evolution of fractures and faults within hydrocarbon reservoirs.
Flurry of promising activity as year begins
2008 has begun with a flurry of exploration, with 12 of the 14 wells spudded to date targeting prospects, and only two appraisal wells.
First Technip scholars appointed
Subsea engineering and construction contractor Technip has appointed its first undergraduate scholars - the result of establishing a scholarship scheme originally launched early-2007
Competition time for young engineers
Energy has just received the latest SCDI Young Engineers Clubs newsletter and what leaps off the pages is the number of competitions there are this year. Engineering is becoming cool.
Supply chain gateway builds muscle as membership grows
WITH more than 75 purchasing organisations now using FPAL as their supplier management and selection tool, the organisation is becoming the world's leading oil & gas industry supply chain database.
Ocean Rig sets new deepwater semi day-rate record
NORWAY'S Ocean Rig has set a record $637,000 per day for premier-division semi-submersible rigs by securing a three-year $723million contract with UK-listed independent Tullow. There are two one-year options on offer that must be exercised before the end of 2008.
Wellness management crucial
Healthy people are generally happier people, who are more productive and contribute more to the organisations they work for.
R is for renewables – an energy revolution
RENEWABLE energy is a hot topic these days with bold targets set to boost the amount of electricity we generate from devices like wind turbines and biomass-fuelled heating and power-generation systems. The five renewable sources used most often are biomass, hydro-power, wind, solar and geothermal.
Ship based on MST concept
THE Alvheim production ship is, as indicated earlier, a rebuild of an existing vessel. The Odin had been competed as a tanker to a flexible design originally developed by Aker.
Japan claims hydrogen first
KYUSHU University in Japan is establishing what it says will be the world's first graduate programme in hydrogen energy technologies.
Carbon Trust launches Pyrolysis Challenge
THE Carbon Trust is calling for expressions of interest from potential partners within the scientific community to collaborate in the development of a world-class commercially viable pyrolysis oil upgrading process.
$1.2billion Alvheim within ace of first oil
Within the current quarter, Marathon expects to start production from its much-delayed Alvheim cluster development on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
Abbot boss says P/E deal best for group
Formal completion of a £906million deal that takes Abbot Group off the London Stock Market and into private equity is imminent.
More rhetoric, more fancy names
The attraction to politicians of talking about energy policy is that it normally takes about five years before reality catches up with rhetoric - and by then, everyone has moved on.
Doing business in India – exploring opportunity for North Sea companies
The UK used to be known as the colonial power in India. However, today, the power is all with the rapidly expanding Indian economy.
Super-major looks to spread Dunquin risk
ExxonMobil is looking for farm-in partners to its multi-trillion cu ft of natural gas potential Dunquin blocks in the Porcupine Basin.
Norwegian first for Marathon
ALVHEIM is located west of the Heimdal field on production licence PL 203 and the first discovery well was drilled in 1998. Well 24/6-2 was originally planned to test the hydrocarbon potential of the A2 North Heimdal T60 sand prospect within what is known as the Lista Formation in the northern part of the licence acreage in block 24/6.
Namibia hunt poised to restart
SINTEZNEFTEGAZ is set to start drilling its Kunene-1 exploration well offshore Namibia in Block 1711 early this month, according to partner EnerGulf Resources.
Offshore Falklands hotting up
I have been quietly watching the Falkland Islands scene for a fair length of time and wrote about the first exploration programme 10 years ago. It was a drilling campaign that various industry rune readers have criticised over the years. I'm one of them.
Green-speak and carbon-speak
The European Union's latest targets for the UK to achieve are a 20% improvement in energy efficiency - 10% of vehicles powered by biofuel and 15% of energy derived from renewable sources.
Taking account of clean-tech world
A recent discussion with one of my partners, Paul Sheridan, who deals with environmental law, gave me some food for thought which I wanted to share with you.
New Academy – time to get involved
Launched in December to a very receptive audience, the Oil & Gas Academy has the ambitious task of delivering a skilled workforce for the UK oil & gas industry now and in the future.
Just a temporary respite from slide
UKCS oil & gas production has been falling dramatically; however, the impact of that has largely been hidden by the beneficial effects of healthy commodity prices - at least to the industry and Government, if not consumers.
Exxon sets extended reach record
ExxonMobil has claimed a new world record for extended-reach drilling with its Z-12 well drilled on Sakhalin 1 in the Russian Far East.