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Barents Sea Oil and Gas Resources
The Barents Sea, supports one of the world’s major fisheries, and is as such, already economically very important. Several major oil firms have expressed interest in exploring deep into Arctic...
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1955 Oil Drilling Documentary
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The Risks of Drilling in Alaska’s Arctic Ocean
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Shell Halts Alaska Drilling Program
During the last week of February Shell announced it will pause its exploration drilling activity for 2013 in Alaska’s Beaufort and Chukchi Seas to prepare equipment and plans for a resumption of...
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Oil and Gas Sector Outlook for 2013
The oil and gas sector is increasingly turning to technology to plug rapidly growing skills gaps, according to a new report on industry sentiment for the year ahead. GL Noble Denton’s new “Seismic...
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Russian Arctic Set to Become the New Frontier
Investing in the Arctic is a high-risk venture. The harsh climatic conditions of the “last energy frontier” coupled with limited availability of infrastructure translate into high capital and operating...
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EU Approach on Safety of Offshore Platforms
Prevailing trends in the European oil industry, especially in the field of search, detection and extraction of hydrocarbon deposits (Upstream), show an increase of these activities in the coming years....
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Scottish Oil and Gas Boom
The oil and gas sector is an important part of the Scottish economy. It is estimated to contribute around £25 billion to Scottish GDP, approximately 17% of the total in 2011. The sector is also a major...
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Offshore Oil Drilling Explained
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Over-Engineering Safety
2013 marks the 25th anniversary of one of Britain’s most tragic oil and gas incidents. The explosion that destroyed the Piper Alpha production platform in the North Sea in July 1988, killed 167 men and...
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Over-Engineering Safety?
2013 marks the 25th anniversary of one of Britain’s most tragic oil and gas incidents. The explosion that destroyed the Piper Alpha production platform in the North Sea in July 1988, killed 167 men and...
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Tanker Pollution Busted by Satellite Images
The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) issued a press notice regarding the tanker pollution conviction after use of satellite imagery as the primary evidence. At a hearing at Truro Magistrates...
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3D Animation of Oil and Gas Subsea Operations
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Russia Chooses ‘Soft’ Approach to the Arctic
Recent initiatives in the Arctic Council show that Arctic nations have chosen business as a universal language of rapprochement. Russia’s limited military presence should be viewed as an opportunity to...
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Faroe Petroleum Audited Preliminary Results for 2013
Faroe Petroleum, an independent oil and gas group focused on oil and gas exploration and production in Norway, the Atlantic margin and the UK North Sea, announced today its audited Preliminary Results...
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Forecast of Global Exporters and Importers of Energy
Trade has always been an important aspect of world energy markets. It will be even more important in the future with changes on the status of global importers/exporters.
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Rosneft Starts Geophysical Surveys in Eastern Arctic
Aerial gravity-magnetic surveys began at the Yuzhno-Chukotsky License Area in the Eastern Arctic to establish the field’s subsurface structure.
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Flammable Mists from Accidental Hydrocarbon Releases Offshore
UK HSE released recently a report that investigates offshore hydrocarbon releases in an attempt to identify whether mists of hydrocarbon droplets were formed, and if these presented a flammability hazard.
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Russian Sanctions and the Negative Effect on Global Energy Security
It would take at least ten years to adapt even the technically advanced German energy system to work with American gas supply. In a crisis, when it is particularly urgent to see a quick return on an...
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