Special reports

Andre Rose, Technical Adviser, International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA), UK, considers the role ROVs play in subsea pipeline inspection, and highlights the importance of training and competence

Shaun Walker, Victor Ng and Jeremy Summers, Kent, UK, discuss extending service life for greater value and sustainability.

By moving away from siloed spreadsheets to a standardised cloud-based platform, digital transformation can occur fairly rapidly, says Febin Jose, Product Manager, Technical Toolboxes, USA.

Iran expected to dominate Middle East’s trunk/transmission pipeline length additions from upcoming projects 2023 - 2027.

New episode of the Palladian Energy Podcast: Chemistry at work: sustainability in the oilfield, with guests from Clariant Oil Services.

Creating a single source of truth on project data is key to delivering complex, collaborative projects while minimising costs and risks, says Steven Bruce, Idox plc.

We promote safe lifting, so we support GLAD.

Proposed US$5 billion project would offer export route direct into European markets.

Pipeline operators must quickly launch and retrieve inline inspection (ILI) tools and cleaning pigs without compromising the safety of field personnel, damaging equipment or releasing hydrocarbons into the environment. A quick actuating closure (QAC) or quick opening closure (QOC) can provide the solution to these issues.

Survey reveals 91% of gas buyers are yet to begin implementing decarbonisation strategies.

Barrels from Trans Mountain pipeline expansion (TMX) will probably land on US West Coast as Asia gobbles up cheaper Russian oil.

Turkey may be preparing to provide backdoor route for Russian gas.

The Intercept publishes report on international investigation of explosions that destroyed part of Nord Stream gas pipeline in Baltic Sea.

Shidan Gouran, CEO, Bluesphere Carbon, assesses the government's role in validating carbon offset projects.

Europe’s LNG imports surpassed those coming to continent via pipelines for first time last year, says Energy Institute.