The September/October 2025 issue of Oilfield Technology includes articles on: future-proofing the upstream workforce; the sector’s progress in automation and digitalisation; floating asset integrity; customised design for lost circulation control, and much more. Also included: scale management in the Barents Sea, a case study on long term preservative biocides, and decommissioning in a new industrial era.
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Future-proofing the workforce
Lynn Coutts, Managing Director – the Middle East, ATPI, explains how the oil and gas industry can balance efficiency with workforce wellbeing, through digitalisation and optimised crew management.
The digital evolution of an energy ecosystem
Per Erik Holsten, President of ABB’s Energy Industries division, provides insight into how digitalisation is the next evolution of automation in the energy ecosystem.
Automation and digitalisation
Brent McAdams, OleumTech Corp., explores the role of automation and digitalisation in the oil and gas sector, discussing their applications, benefits, challenges, and potential to revolutionise the industry in the future.
AI-powered insights
Gary Hickin and Jessica Stump, NOV, discuss how AI-powered insights can enhance real-time decision-making and drilling performance.
Maintaining floating asset integrity
Danny Constantinis, EM&I, Malta, addresses methods of maintaining the integrity of Floating Production Units (FPUs) and Floating Production, Storage, and Offloading (FPSO) assets.
A customisable approach
Nasraldin Alarbi, Senior Product Champion – Cementing, and Afshin Ahmady, Technical Advisor – Cementing, Halliburton, discuss how customised design approach reduces the risk of uncertainty in lost circulation control.
Risk mitigation: Scaling back challenges
Kim Vikshåland, ChampionX, explains how the risks were mitigated through the identification and optimisation of appropriate chemical treatments for scale inhibition via topside, subsea and squeeze applications.
Silence the sour
Matthew Snape and Jennifer Knopf, Vink Chemicals, and Matt Streets, Rawwater, discuss long term preservative biocides for biogenic souring control.
Sampling for success
Eric Kvarda, Principal Applications Engineer, Swagelok, details how by eliminating unnecessary complexities, potential leak points, and excessive maintenance requirements, a standardised plan for sampling points can save oil and gas operations millions.
Navigating the complex reality of decommissioning
Richard Vann, RVA Group, explores the region’s complex decommissioning demands and highlights the critical steps required to navigate them safely, as the Middle East’s legacy oil and gas assets face retirement.