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16 January 2019

DNV To Oversee Bolt Fatigue Testing Program Focused on Subsea Systems

Testing will be performed at DNV’s labs in Columbus, Ohio, and Norway and overseen by experts in fatigue of subsea equipment, bolting connections, cathodic protection, and instrumented tests.

16 January 2019

US On Track To Be Net-Exporter Of Crude and Petroleum Products

A new report predicts that US output will rise to a new record high of 12.1 million B/D in 2020.

15 January 2019

Norway Awards Most Licenses Ever in New Round

In need of an exploration boost, Norway doled out a record 83 production licenses in mature areas of the Norwegian Continental Shelf to 33 firms.

14 January 2019

Eni To Team With BP, Others in Growing Middle East Exploration Campaign

By racking up exploration agreements in the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Bahrain, Eni took a big step forward in its pledge to tap into the Middle East’s vast swaths of highly prospective oil and gas acreage.

10 January 2019

China Flexes Shale Muscles as CNPC Ups Gas Output 40%

The country continues to step up its delivery of shale gas, but has a long ways to go to meet the government's target.

09 January 2019

BP Sanctions Atlantis Phase 3 in Deepwater Gulf of Mexico

The decision comes after the company’s discovery of an additional 400 million bbl of oil in place at Atlantis, one of the largest fields in the gulf.

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With the backing of one of the world’s largest oil and gas companies aims to put this emerging digital technology on the path to widespread adoption.

To Sanction, or Not To Sanction—That is the Offshore Question

2019’s class of offshore projects show a wide range of potential sanctioning outcomes.

Different Basins, Different Produced Water Strategies

Water management for unconventional projects continues to evolve at a rapid pace. What are some of the universal trends industry is adopting to handle higher produced water volumes and increased demand, and how do local dynamics impact the adoption of these trends?

What’s Different About These Drill Bits? How a Little Change Can Be Made to Matter

A contest where teams of college students design and build an automated drilling rig able to deal with hazardous obstacles in a test block, showed how a small change can be engineered to matter.

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