Special reports

Find out more about the catastrophic Kaohsiung pipeline case study, and what it can teach pipeline operators about inspection, integrity, maintenance and operation in urban environments.

Oil and gas edged past technology and communication to emerge as the top sector in the Forbes 2019 list of world’s largest public companies with a 16.2% y/y growth in revenue generation, according to GlobalData.

US natural gas production and consumption reached record highs in 2018.

The company reports that Bakken production growth will add almost 250 000 bpd to total US crude production over the next two years.

The new report from ResearchAndMarkets.com studies the major factors driving the growth of the market.

The company has raised the estimated cost of the pipeline from West Virginia to Virginia to US$4.8 - US$5 billion and delayed the projected completion to mid-2020 due to ongoing legal and regulatory challenges.

The deployment of robotics across a wide range of applications is primarily to drive productivity and efficiency amid volatility in crude prices, according to GlobalData.

The report from ResearchAndMarkets.com provides separate comprehensive analytics for the US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle East & Africa, and Latin America.

Scott Hallam will be presenting a session entitled “Leading a Modern Pipeline Company”.

US imports of crude oil from members of OPEC in March 2019 totalled 1.5 million bpd, their lowest level since March 1986, based on data in EIA’s Petroleum Supply Monthly.

Jonathan Markham, analyst at GlobalData, comments on the latest developments in the country’s energy sector.

Dr. Rod Martin, Vice President of Technology at Element, has been awarded the 2019 Leslie Holliday Prize from the British Composites Society (BCS).

The US is expected to contribute a total length of 45 420 km, which will account for around 18% of the total pipeline length additions from planned and announced (new-build) projects, according to GlobalData.

An excerpt from ESAI Energy’s Global Crude Oil Outlook takes a look at the question of inventory levels, in the lead up to the OPEC meeting in July.

Total production is expected to reach nearly four million bpd by 2030 – nearly one million more than today, according to a new 10-year production forecast by the business information provider.