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ANALYSIS - Darius Snieckus reports on why oil and gas companies have moved to temper their E&P expenditure plans in 2007, with international budgets opportunely offsetting a trend toward greater frugality in North America
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'I' ON THE FUTURE - For the first of this month's special reports on the information management revolution and its implications offshore, Darius Snieckus eavesdropped on a recent Schlumberger-inspired gathering in Paris of oil industry chief information officers and others of that ilk from around the world
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STEPWISE SUBSEA - Increased recovery potential first led Statoil in 2003 to devote (USD)180 million to an R&D programme aimed at developing the subsea technologies that could boost ultimate output from its Norwegian fields opt by 1 billion boe. Now, as Darius Snieckus describes, that vision is being expanded to cut the cost of each subsea well by half as part of its 'MMX' ambitions
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MUMBAI MUSINGS - On the eve of the inaugural Indian Oil & Gas conference in Mumbai, Darius Snieckus sounds out its technical committee chairman, ONGC's Shri Niladri Kumar Mitra, on the challenges ahead for this offshore frontier
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ALL POWERED UP - For the all-electric subsea faithful, the future looks to have finally arrived, as installation of the world's first 'no batteries, no hydraulics' subsea production system, the CameronDC, gets under way on Total's K5F in the Dutch North Sea
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AN ACQUIRED TASTE - Five years and as many takeovers later, one-time North Sea well conductor system specialist UWG, now rebranded Acteon, is now well on its way to becoming an international seabed-to-surface technology provider. Darius Snieckus hears from group chief executive Richard Higham
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REDISCOVERY CHANNEL - Darius Snieckus peruses the Offshore Europe 2007 programme with conference chairman BG's Mark Carne
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IMCA CIVILIZATION - Like any industry trade association, fast-growing IMCA has had to change with the times to maintain relevance and influence. Darius Snieckus talks to its chief executive Hugh Williams about operator-contractor relations, self-regulation, skills shortages and today's other pressing issues
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DUTCH DEPARTURE - A new gas development in the Dutch North Sea would generally be a minor item in the international offshore industry's newsday -- Unless that field happens to be K5F, the first-ever to feature subsea installations with all-electric trees and control systems. Darius Snieckus reviews operator Total's thinking
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SKIES THE LIMIT - Invsat's long-running internationalization campaign was given a boost with the signing of a global service and support agreement with Sperry Marine. Darius Snieckus tunes in to hear more from the Aberdeen-based telecoms specialist
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PEAK PERFORMANCE - Probabilistic theory may have its doubters, but you won't find any at Canadian indie Oilexco or drilling contractor Transocean after software developed by probabilistic pioneers the Peak Group was employed to good effect to appraise an oil structure in the central North Sea. Darius Snieckus talks to Peak's Andrew Paterson about growing belief in the 'Monte Carlo' model
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HIGH HOPES - Not content with bringing onstream the highest pressure, highest temperature field on the planet -- And the largest development in the UK North Sea for two decades -- Total is presseng ahead with drilling at Elgin-Franklin that is tapping even deeper and more challenging satellite reservoirs to underpin a 30-year field-life and 260,000b-d production plateau
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SCOTLAND OFFSHORE - Bumper domestic and international order books have enlivened the Scottish offshore scene of late. In this month's regional special, edited by Darius Snieckus, OE hears from some of the leading lights in Aberdeen's evolving population of independent contractors, including Production Services Network's Bob Keiller, CSL's Keith Wallace and Peak's Andrew Paterson. We also review recent technological strides made by the likes of Pisys, Read Well Services, Equalizer and Futuretec, and report on a recent international JIP gathering in Aberdeen which signaled real progress at last on the subsea standardisation front
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INDEPENDENT'S DAY - More than new oil companies as such, many argue that what the North Sea needs most to prolong its producing life are new E&P business models. Continuing his occasional series on the independents, Darius Snieckus checks in on Vienco, whose long-gestating, production-led operations approach is at last finding its niche
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RUSSIA'S FROZEN ASSETS - How to convey the hydrocarbons produced from the Prirazlomnoye and Shtokmanskoye developments in the Russian Arctic are being investigated. Darius Snieckus reports on a government-backed R&D project
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ARCTIC CHILL - Industry interest in the vast hydrocarbon reserves reckoned to be lying untapped within the Arctic Circle has been renewed of late in the scramble to find new sources of oil and gas. But, as Darius Snieckus reports, questions still surround ultimate recovery calculations -- And how best to get future gas-dominated production to market
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NORTH AND SOUTH - High crude prices generally mean high spirits in the UK North Sea these days, but, as Darius Snieckus reports, the mood -- And message -- At the inaugural UKOOA Oil & Gas Conference in Aberdeen was far from triumphalist. He also reports on a London forum discussing whether the southern North Sea is 'an opportunity or spent force'
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DIGITAL DOUBTS - Promoters of the digital oilfield of the future were quick to seize on a recent report estimating that the data-intensive oil industry could add 125 billion boe to its total worldwide resource base by integrating intelligent technologies into a seamless, IT-empowered whole. But, as Darius Snieckus discovers from Total IT guru Philippe Chalon, the numbers may not quite tally -- Yet, any rate
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ALL POWER TO THE KING - The first-ever subsea service umbilical with integrated high voltage cable will be rolled out in the Gulf of Mexico later this year as operator BP retrofits its deepwater King complex with seabed multiphase pumps. Darius Snieckus talks to Nexans' high voltage division director Patrick Barth about this pioneering delivery and the market ahead
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POWER ON - Production service specialist PGS Atlantic Power recently celebrated its first year as a PGS Group member - With its eyes fixed on the future, reports Darius Snieckus
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