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The Importance of Asset Integrity Management in Energy

The Importance of Asset Integrity Management in Energy    The management and the keeping of the integrity of assets in the asset-intensive energy industry are key to ensuring continued safe and reliable operations to deliver energy to customers. Asset integrity management has always been crucial in the energy sector. It is now gaining even higher prominence amid volatile oil and gas prices, heightened geopolitical tensions, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine which sparked...

Cost-effective and tailored tank maintenance solutions

Cost-effective and tailored tank maintenance solutions   Re-Gen Robotics has created the demand in the industry for safe, reliable, affordable, robotic tank cleaning and monitoring solutions. Their equipment and service have been meeting the highest safety standards and with their exclusive knowledge of robotic tank cleaning, they are developing bespoke solutions that are tailored to generate added value for their customers. Patented Technology In May 2021 Re-Gen Robotics was...

New Consultancy – Unlocking future wells potential

New Consultancy – Unlocking future wells potential   The role of wells expertise in reducing risk and driving efficiencies throughout the energy mix cannot be overstated. Wells are the conduit that maximise recovery from upstream assets, which must be made leak-tight during decommissioning, and which need to convey and contain CO2 for carbon capture and storage. Wells are frequently the highest cost, and most complex, element of all of these activities. For new wells-focused...

Choosing the right chemicals can make all the difference to the life span of your asset

Choosing the right chemicals can make all the difference to the life span of your asset   Having effective asset integrity, maintenance and management systems in place is crucial to ensuring the safe, reliable and efficient performance of assets in the energy sector. Operational efficiency, risk management, condition monitoring and maintenance schedules are key parts of optimising an asset’s integrity, condition and longevity. In the oil and gas industry alone, according to a...

Asset Integrity Management Systems (AIMS) – R&D

Asset Integrity Management Systems (AIMS) – R&D   The importance of having a good AIMS in place within your organisation cannot be understated, and with a wealth of options in the public domain, there is no shortage of potential software offerings which can be utilised for this purpose. However, it may be the case that finding such a suitable solution as readily available is particularly difficult if you have specific proprietary intricacies that need to be met in your ma...

The Social Strategist - Why and how ‘Thought Leadership’ can lead you through a downturn.

The Social Strategist - Why and how ‘Thought Leadership’ can lead you through a downturn.   Every year I look forward to the ‘Edelman-LinkedIn’, Thought Leadership Impact studies. A collaboration between ‘Edelman’ – A global communications firm and ‘Linkedin’ – The Digital Professional Network. The studies are essential reading for anyone in a company leadership position, but especially a business owner, business developme...

OGV Energy's Europe Energy Review

OGV Energy's Europe Energy Review   New oil and gas discoveries offshore Norway, the UK’s renewables planning policy and increased offshore wind pipeline, and new projects in hydrogen, CCS, and tidal power featured in Europe’s energy sector in the past month. Oil & Gas The EU’s embargo on imports of Russian fuels by sea came into force on 5 February, two months after the bloc banned seaborne imports of Russian crude oil. The diesel markets in Europe see...

Mitigating against the unseen risks to keep people and assets safe

Mitigating against the unseen risks to keep people and assets safe By Megan Hine, UK Business Development Manager Clean Energy, Dräger Marine and Offshore   Managing onshore and offshore assets and the risks that come with protecting not only the structure but the people, is one of the most important challenges in this dangerous industry. But that challenge is not something we should run away from, it’s something we should embrace. After all, it’s too late to r...

OGV Energy's UK North Sea Energy Review

OGV Energy's UK North Sea Energy Review   Opportunities in the UK’s energy supply chain, upcoming projects and exploration and appraisal drilling, and a major new discovery in the North Sea were the highlights of the UK North Sea oil and gas industry in the past month. The UK’s world class offshore energy supply chain will see a wave of new opportunities created by upcoming oil and gas projects, a study by the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) and the Global Und...

Subsea Sector In Transition As Offshore Wind Opportunity Strengthens Ahead of Subsea Expo later this month, Neil Gordon, Chief Executive of Global Underwater Hub, looks at the subsea market outlook for 2023.

Subsea Sector In Transition As Offshore Wind Opportunity Strengthens Ahead of Subsea Expo later this month, Neil Gordon, Chief Executive of Global Underwater Hub, looks at the subsea market outlook for 2023.   In tandem with the wider energy industry, the traditional subsea sector is in transition. It is an evolution that has been taking place for many years as companies identified opportunities to apply their technology, knowledge and skills in other sectors beyond just oil and gas....

Disruptive technology and fresh thinking: a smarter subsea perspective

Disruptive technology and fresh thinking: a smarter subsea perspective   Tore Erntsen, Chief Technology Officer, Proserv, reveals how opportunities to break with traditional approaches offer gains around cost and carbon footprint. Technology has been the enabler for change across industry since before the dawn of the steam engine. In today’s energy sector, machine learning presents leading technology companies like Proserv avenues into cutting-edge predictive data analytics,...

Maiden projects prove successful for Viewport3-developed ‘drop’ camera

Maiden projects prove successful for Viewport3-developed ‘drop’ camera   Necessity is the mother of invention, so they say. That was certainly the case when it came to the R&D of our new Viewport3 designed ‘drop’ camera. We discovered there was a lack of such cameras in the market which are capable of collecting the high-grade digital images which are our hallmark. From our point of view the accuracy of these images assists in the creation of virtual 3D...

The Technology Foundations of Being Data Driven

The Technology Foundations of Being Data Driven   Why technology foundations? In recent years the energy industry has embraced a steep learning curve surrounding digital adoption and changing technology landscapes. With a rapid pace of change in technologies and growing challenges in finding the right people to implement technologies, the industry continues to face concerns in an already complex and diverse landscape. Additionally, without smooth operations in their technology plat...

OGV Energy's US Oil & Gas Review January 2023

OGV Energy's US Oil & Gas Review January 2023   US oil and gas production continues to expand, but at a much slower pace than in previous years, as supply-chain delays and labour shortages persist. Cost increases have somewhat moderated, the Dallas Fed Energy Survey for the fourth quarter of 2022 showed, while the American Petroleum Institute (API) renewed its calls on the Biden Administration to remove the obstacles to US energy production growth. US Oil & Gas Producti...

Middle East Oil & Gas Review January 2023

Middle East Oil & Gas Review January 2023   Saudi Arabia reduced in early January the price of its crude oil going to Asia and Europe in February, expecting still weak demand, but signs started to emerge later in January that oil consumption in China could be set to rebound in the coming months, OPEC and the Saudi state oil giant Aramco said. In addition, OPEC left its 2023 global oil demand forecast unchanged, but noted that now it expects better performance in China’s e...

Global Subsea Sector Set for Comeback

Global Subsea Sector Set for Comeback   The surge in oil and gas prices have not led to a jump in investments in offshore exploration and drilling in recent months. Yet, operators are now more confident of supplying the oil and gas resources the world needs in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the change in global oil and gas trade flows it brought. The subsea sector is set to benefit from high-impact exploration in South America, the Gulf of Mexico, emerging pl...

Leading subsea trenching & excavation contractor raises the bar with introduction of cutting edge Hybrid Tooling RS3 system

Leading subsea trenching & excavation contractor raises the bar with introduction of cutting edge Hybrid Tooling RS3 system   Suspended jet trenching and controlled flow excavation specialist, Rotech Subsea, may be well established as the subsea sector leader in offshore renewables pre-commissioning, commissioning and IRM, but the team behind the Aberdeen-based contractor has never been known to stand still. The technology-driven company has dominated the sector for three decades...

UK North Sea Oil & Gas Review January 2023

UK North Sea Oil & Gas Review January 2023   Scotland’s draft energy strategy, the 33rd UK offshore oil and gas licensing round, and company drilling and activity plans were the spotlight in the UK North Sea oil and gas industry in the past month. Scotland published in January its Draft Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan, to consult on a draft route map of actions the government intends to take to deliver “a flourishing net zero energy system that supplies aff...

OGV Energy's Europe Energy Review January 2023

OGV Energy's Europe Energy Review January 2023   New discoveries and the investment and production activity in Norway, Germany’s new LNG import terminals, and the UK’s new offshore wind agreements and green ports have featured in Europe’s energy sector over the past month. Oil & Gas Investments and production offshore Norway increased in 2022 and set to keep a high level in the next few years, thanks to plans for new field developments and extension of...

OGV Energy's US Energy Review – January 2023

OGV Energy's US Energy Review – January 2023   US petrol prices dropped in early December to below the levels seen a year ago with the slide in international crude oil prices to below $80 per barrel—the lowest level in a year. Higher refinery utilisation levels and slowing demand have also contributed to the lower prices at the pump for American consumers. Next year US retail petrol prices would average about $3.50 per gallon, the US Energy Information Administratio...
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