All Oil & Gas

Subsea saviour
Added: 8 Apr 2013
Much of the low-hanging fruit has already been picked. In future, offshore natural gas fields will …

Call for low-carbon clarity
Added: 26 Mar 2013
Three months after its publication, the Government’s Energy Bill has not managed to meet the invest…
A flame and explosion-proof pressure sensing platform
Added: 18 Mar 2013
The 5800 and 5900 are compact versions of the UNIK 5000 pressure sensing platform offering both fla…

Total restarts Elgin production
Added: 13 Mar 2013
Paris - Total has restarted production in the Elgin/Franklin area, having gained approval for the m…

Solar energy to convert CO2 into fuel
Added: 13 Mar 2013
Edinburgh, UK – An international team of scientists, led by industry experts from Heriot-Watt Unive…

Shell put Alaskan drilling on ice
Added: 4 Mar 2013
London – Royal Dutch Shell plc has decided to pause its exploration drilling activity for 2013 in A…

UK oil and gas investment hits 30-year high
Added: 25 Feb 2013
London - The UK oil and gas sector is experiencing its highest level of investment for more than 30…

Shale could raise GDP by £50 billion
Added: 14 Feb 2013
London - Shale oil could revolutionise the world’s energy markets by significantly lower oil prices…

WEG motors to drive pumps at new Brazilian refinery
Added: 5 Feb 2013
WEG has supplied motors to a new petrochemical refinery in Brazil is employing to meet increased do…

Intelligent valve actuators for Chinese gas pipeline
Added: 4 Feb 2013
Bath, UK – During the past decade, thousands of Rotork IQ intelligent electric valve actuators have…

GE targets oilfield production efficiency
Added: 29 Jan 2013
Florence, Italy — GE Oil & Gas’ drilling and surface business has introduced two new products for t…

BP names victims of Algeria terrorist attack
Added: 29 Jan 2013
Identities of three workers confirmed. Another also thought to have died.
London – BP has officially…

Lessons from Algeria
Added: 24 Jan 2013
London – With the benefit of hindsight, it is clear that much greater security should have been aff…

Cameron announces joint venture with CNPC
Added: 16 Jan 2013
Cameron and CNPC signed an agreement to establish a joint venture for the manufacture of pipeline b…

GE nets $500m Petrobras contract
Added: 16 Jan 2013
Rio de Janeiro - Petrobras has awarded GE Oil & Gas a contract worth over $500 million to supply tu…

Tanker drivers' passport to safety
Added: 15 Jan 2013
London – A safety passport for petroleum tanker drivers is the focus of a new initiative, jointly a…

Sulzer pumps for PetroChina refinery pumps
Added: 9 Jan 2013
Winterthur, Switzerland - Sulzer Pumps is to supply 40 pumps to PetroChina’s Guangxi Oil Refinery P…

Tax change prompts JX to invest in UK oil and gas fields
Added: 8 Jan 2013
London – JX Nippon Exploration and Production (U.K.) Ltd is to acquire a number of interests in UK …

Dana gets all-clear for $1.6bn oil & gas project
Added: 19 Dec 2012
London – The UK department of energy and climate change (DECC) has approved a Western Isles project…

GE Oil & Gas to create 200 jobs in Bristol
Added: 19 Dec 2012
Aberdeen, UK — GE’s Oil & Gas subsea systems business is to establish a new centre in Bristol under…