In a 2-year contract, reportedly amounting to seven figures, Apache North Sea has selected Qserv of Portlethen, Scotland, to install coiled tubing (CT) deployed electrical submersible pumps (ESP) in the... more

In December 2004 the number of dual subsea electrical submersible pump (ESP) systems worldwide jumped from three to seven. While these numbers are still modest, this emerging ESP system completion... more

Mississippi Canyon 920 will see installation of a US $385 million new-build semisubmersible platform this summer to provide a gas-gathering hub supporting seven discoveries with potential to tie-in another 10. The... more

To date, exploration and appraisal activities have discovered nearly 93 Tcf of gas, 6.6 billion bbl of oil and 2.6 billion bbl of condensate. However, the offshore sector remains largely... more

Having recognized the need to adopt a comprehensive approach to tackle its energy security needs, the Indian Government embarked on a program to dramatically overhaul its petroleum sector in the... more

Part of the excitement about 4-D seismic today is that we are in the midst of a technology revolution in which the outcome is quite promising. Within the exploration and... more

The end of the hurricane season may not seem the most ideal time during which to install the world's deepest permanent seismic monitoring system offshore the Louisiana coast, but during... more

Globally the world's LNG market was priced at up to US $39 billion for 2007, according to one calculation by Steve Robertson of analysts Douglas-Westwood. More than half of that... more

The promise of high returns, availability of constant and growing markets, and a need to get money from gas reserves have encouraged surging growth in liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants... more

With oil and gas targets getting more elusive, the oil and gas industry is getting more creative in its use of technology to find them. This year's Drilling & Production... more

CASING Casing length increased Norsk Hydro has run the longest 133/8-in. casing string in the world at its Oseberg field in the North Sea. The 18,758-ft (5,720-m) string was run in the... more

CT Seas is a modular coiled tubing (CT) equipment package that combines major CT components to make them easier to connect, with zero discharge, and with many automated processes. The... more

Super InsulGel solids-free packer fluid provides unique thermal insulating properties in applications where flow assurance requirements such as heat retention and transfer are critical during production or shutdown periods. It... more

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is causing waves around the world, and demand is expected to double over the next 6 years. This impacts ship design and newbuildings, offshore terminals and... more

NORTH AMERICA Halliburton named Andrew Lane chief operating officer and executive vice president of the company. John Gibson announced he will be leaving his position as chief executive officer of... more

If the level of response I get to questions I send out to industry contacts about a subject is anything to go by, liquefied natural gas (LNG) is a hot... more

1. Unocal Corp., Houston, Texas, opened a new gas area on the Kenai Peninsula of southern Alaska with two exploratory wells about 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Anchor Point. 2.... more

Spectral decomposition (SpecDecomp) is an innovative reservoir imaging and interpretation technology originally developed and commercialized by BP, Apache Corp. and Landmark a few years ago. The technology utilizes a sequence... more

We all know that cows are a great producer of natural gas. Not that it's being taken advantage of or anything. But what if other producers of natural gas, say,... more

A recurring theme has been playing in this industry of late - it's name is "brownfield development", a.k.a. "the mature basin refrain." Although the tune takes many forms, from dirge... more

To find this month's production story, one needs to travel west, through the plains of Texas, past the Four Corners area, which an alert reader pointed out to me was... more

Progress generates change. Here at Hart Energy Publishing, LLP we are planning our progress and have taken several steps to ensure that our ability to meet the information needs of... more

Technology managers in oil and gas companies are inundated with decisions on what exploration and production (E&P) technology to invest in, develop, introduce and commercialize in today's marketplace. Competitors, substitutes,... more

Some of India's top energy officials embarked on a world tour to try and interest oil and gas companies to bid in the nation's fifth New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP... more

The international character of the oil industry within the United States was brought home to me years ago. I was a passenger in a van filled with colleagues going to... more