About: Offshore engineer is an academic journal. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Subsea & Service (business). It has an ISSN identifier of 0305-876X. Over the lifetime, 76 publications have been published receiving 170 citations.
TL;DR: The latest Share Fair in Aberdeen showed that openness and cooperation in the region is definitely improving - and operators from BP to Kerr McGee are looking to the long-term in the North Sea as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: External factors beyond our control may still be slowing the UK offshore sector's progress toward the ambitious growth goals set by government/industry task force Pilot back in 1998, but, as this paper reports, the latest Share Fair in Aberdeen showed that openness and cooperation in the region is definitely improving - and operators from BP to Kerr McGee are looking to the long-term in the North Sea.
TL;DR: With NOCs' share of remaining global reserves at near 90%, is this reality precipitating "a deeper relationship" between the western E&P fraternity and their hydrocarbon-rich host countries? Darius Snieckus reports as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: US EIA forecasts see oil and gas production meeting well over half of world energy demand through to at least 2025. With NOCs' share of remaining global reserves at near 90%, is this reality precipitating 'a deeper relationship' between the western E&P fraternity and their hydrocarbon-rich host countries? Darius Snieckus reports.
TL;DR: A number of oilfield innovations that not long ago were viewed as exotic are today quickly becoming routine as discussed by the authors with the offshore industry's premier annual technology showcase, OTC, just around the corner, and the service industry continues to build on, refine and mainstream some of those practices once considered so extreme.
Abstract: A number of oilfield innovations that not long ago were viewed as exotic are today quickly becoming routine. With the offshore industry's premier annual technology showcase, OTC, just around the corner, Rick von Flatern reflects on how the service industry continues to build on, refine and mainstream some of those practices once considered so extreme.
TL;DR: Schiroky and Speed as discussed by the authors discuss the perils of pitting and crevice corrosion and the effectiveness of available preventive measures, which can have serious and adverse consequences on the offshore platforms.
Abstract: Localized corrosion of stainless steel tubing on offshore platforms can have serious and adverse consequences. In this article, Swagelok's Gerhard Schiroky, BP's Anibal Dam, Shell's Akinyemi Okeremi and consultant Charlie Speed discuss the perils of pitting and crevice corrosion and the effectiveness, or otherwise, of available preventive measures.
TL;DR: DeLuca et al. as mentioned in this paper report on one training company providing hands-on experience with real equipment for operator ExxonMobil, which is not just sitting in a classroom listening to an instructor and reading out of a manual.
Abstract: The key to training, say many, is not just sitting in a classroom listening to an instructor and reading out of a manual, it is getting hands-on experience with real equipment. Marshall DeLuca opens OE's roundup with a report on one training company providing just that for operator ExxonMobil.