Larraine Boorman appointed UK managing director of OPITO
Larraine Boorman has been appointed UK managing director of OPITO, an oil and gas industry owned organisation which helps oil and gas companies manage competence.
03 Feb 2012

Tracey Dancy sets up Dancy Dynamics marketing consultancy
Tracey Dancy has set up her own marketing agency "Dancy Dynamics", to provide marketing services for the oil and gas industry.
03 Feb 2012

Schlumberger and Petrofac subsurface / surface "co-operation"
Schlumberger's "Integrated Energy Services" and "Production Management" divisions have signed a co-operation agreement with oil engineering company Petrofac.
06 Jan 2012

Digital Oilfield: Getting over the obstacles
When implementing digital oilfield technology, there are always lots of obstacles. How do we get around them? By Dutch Holland, PhD
22 Dec 2011

Sekal - supporting drilling with real-time data and physics
Sekal, a start-up company in Stavanger, is commercialising real-time solutions that advise drillers upon how best to progress their drilling program within the operational limits of the well bore and down hole equipment.
22 Dec 2011

Maersk uses Kongsberg drilling simulators in Denmark
Maersk has selected Kongsberg's drilling simulators for its forthcoming offshore training facility in Svendborg, Denmark.
16 Dec 2011

Control room mentality - the best way to improve safety?
One way to maintain the safety and reliability of a system is to have teams in charge of it, said Dr Emery Roe of the Centre for Catastrophic Risk Management, University of California, Berkeley.
02 Dec 2011

Measurables better than probabilities for risk
The risk of offshore operations is better looked at in terms of direct measurables - do we have a barrier or not - rather than probabilities, says Dr Robin Pitblado, director for HSE Risk Management Services at DNV
02 Dec 2011

Santos - cut production data time with Oracle's Exadata
Australian oil company Santos has managed to cut the amount of time it takes to process production data from 120 hours to 10 hours, using Oracle's new 'Exadata' computer, said Steven Benn, manager of surface information systems, Santos.
02 Dec 2011

65 per cent say focus on compliance can lead to complacency - OPITO
A survey by oil and gas skills and training body OPTIO found that over 65 per cent of respondents believe that 'the current focus on compliance in companies could lead to complacency.'
25 Nov 2011

Doing more with your bandwidth
ISN Solutions has advice about how oil and gas companies can get a better understanding of how network bandwidth is being used, both within your office and between sites, including via satellite - and how to work with your corporate software reliably from an offshore platform, and how to enable geophysicists to work on their models from the airport lounge
24 Nov 2011

Is your business managed around projects?
The work of oil companies is ultimately project based - explore here, drill there - so it makes sense to manage our work around projects, says Guy Barlow of Oracle Primavera
24 Nov 2011