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21 March 2019

Collaboration Redefines the Human/Robot Relationship

Robots have been a part of industrial production for decades, but the interface between humans and robots has changed as automation technologies increased in complexity, scope, and scale. Once a novelty, collaborative robots are projected to become a significant element of the automation landscape.

20 March 2019

Shell Dominates US Gulf Lease Sale

The major’s dominant showing in US Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 252 resulted in another rise in high bids and sum of high bids for the biannual regionwide auction.

20 March 2019

Global Oilfield Services Market Won’t Recover Until 2025

The financial effects of the downturn are set to last at least a decade—which puts the industry almost at the halfway point. This is according to a new report that says the FPSO market is the most “unscathed” of all the service segments.

20 March 2019

Community-Liaison Officers Build Vital Bridges

CLOs play a critical role in developing and maintaining relationships with communities in and around the sites of company operations.

20 March 2019

Johan Sverdrup Living-Quarters Topside Sails Away

Phase 1 of the development today marked the sail-away from Kværner’s yard of the 560-bed living-quarters topside, the largest of its kind in Norway.

19 March 2019

Williams, CPPIB To Form $3.8-Billion Appalachia Midstream JV

The combination will operate and share ownership of midstream gas assets in the Utica and Marcellus Shale plays. CPPIB financially backs operator Encino Energy, which last year acquired Chesapeake Energy’s Utica assets.

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Are Deepwater Projects Due for a Revival?

The oil price downturn spawned a lull in deepwater enthusiasm, but better project execution and reduced project lead times have helped operators achieve lower costs and better returns. What does the landscape for deep water look like in the near term? Will operators get more involved?

Shale CEO on Parent-Child Challenge, Well Declines: We Know

Encana CEO Doug Suttles assures that shale executives are acutely aware of the parent-child well challenge, and he doesn’t think it’s “a big threat” to the sector.

New Tech Accelerator Teams with Big Operators to Solve the Pilot Problem

Funding for startups in the upstream industry does not always guarantee that oil and gas companies will want to test the new technology. A new venture and accelerator model hopes to change this through guaranteed pilots.

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