Archive for the ‘OTC’ Category
OTC: Indonesia seeks paradigm shift in developing western deepwater assets
May 11th, 2015 by Latest News
Indonesia is working to change the way it develops its oil and gas resources, according to Ir. I Gusti Nyoman Wiratmaja, Indonesia’s acting director general of oil and gas.
OTC: Brazil’s 13th bid round will be concession model, energy minister says
May 11th, 2015 by Latest News
Brazil will use a concession model rather than a production-sharing model in the country’s 13th bid round later this year.
OTC: Deepwater will be vital to maintaining global supply, IHS’s Fryklund says
May 11th, 2015 by Latest News
A major challenge ahead for the offshore oil and gas industry will be figuring out how to fill the 50 million-b/d gap in liquids production that will be needed to match rising demand by 2040, IHS Energy Chief Upstream Strategist Bob Fryklund told atten…
Industry must cooperate and collaborate with a number of international stakeholders to achieve the highest safety standards offshore, Brian Salerno, director of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, told an Offshore Technology Conference …
OTC: BP’s Dupree outlines new model for offshore technology development
May 11th, 2015 by Latest News
Operators are changing their approach to offshore technology development because of its increasing scale and pace, said James Dupree, BP’s chief operating officer, reservoir development technology.
US coastal states and the federal government will need to continue having an open and honest dialogue about the safe and reliable exploration and development of offshore oil and gas resources, panelists agreed May 5 in an opening session at the Offshor…
Offshore as archetype
May 11th, 2015 by Latest News
“The first annual Offshore Technology Conference held in Houston drew a surprising 4,500-plus industry members who heard both optimistic and pessimistic appraisals of the offshore outlook at the opening general session.”
An industry-wide collaboration enabled the International Association of Drilling Contractors to develop a new well-control training and assessment program that is targeted toward an individual’s actual job, IADA executives told an Offshore Technology Conference news briefing May 6 in Houston.
Industry must cooperate and collaborate with a number of international stakeholders to achieve the highest safety standards offshore, Brian Salerno, director of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, told an Offshore Technology Conference …
Despite numerous regulatory hurdles and impassioned resistance from environmentalists, Royal Dutch Shell PLC maintains that it is on track to drill two wells in the Chukchi Sea during drilling season this summer.