In contrast to safety, managment at upstream oil companies and their contractors finds it difficult to completely quantify the benefits of health-care programs for remote or hostile locations.
The Galaxy III, a heavy-duty-harsh environment jack up, will soon take advantage of advanced pipe-handling technologies and a tender-assist drilling mode as it begins a 3-year contract for BP Amoco plc in the Lomond field of the North Sea.
Tip-screenout and liquid CO2 with proppant fracturing treatments can both be highly effective for deliverability enhancement in gas storage wells. Each, however, has distinct advantages and disadvantages.
Kuwait plans to double oil production in its northern fields by outsourcing a $7 billion package of redevelopment and enhanced oil recovery work to an international consortium of petroleum companies.
An electronic device helped Shell Deer Park Refining Co., Deer Park, Tex., achieve trouble-free measuring of two difficult pipe spools during a distillation unit turnaround.
Opportunities for exploration and production by international companies in Italy will expand dramatically in the next few years, the result of recent changes in Italian law, rapidly increasing demand, and the interest generated by several very large oil discoveries in southern Italy during the last decade.
A potential flashpoint for the petroleum industry is developing around a controversial wildcat that Occidental Petroleum Corp. wants to drill in Colombia's mountainous rainforest.
As many petroleum companies know to their cost, crude oil is always a strategic asset for producing countries, and when those countries go to war, the companies come under scrutiny.
The prospect of whether oil prices could be stabilized on a long-term basis fueled debate at the first International Oil Summit held in Paris Nov. 16 and organized by Institut Francaise du Petrole.
Construction of Exxon Chemical Co.'s $2 billion petrochemical complex on Jurong Island, Singapore-the firm's largest project in the Asia-Pacific region-is on schedule. The company said that 40% of the work had been completed since the project was launched in early 1997.
Investments in Singapore's Jurong Island burgeoning chemicals industry are expected to double to $23.52 billion from the current level of commitments of $12.35 billion over the next 10 years.
Gas producer associations have urged the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to hold a forum to help resolve "significant problems" in natural gas pipeline ratemaking practices.
A new, free for the asking 16 page color brochure describes the use of a hydraulic linear chain jack system for mooring the Genesis Spar in 2,607 ft of water in the Gulf of Mexico's Green Canyon Block 205.
Little has been reported lately about a continuing program in the US Gulf of Mexico that promotes the healthy development of reef environments through the use of decommissioned platforms.
