Dr Paul Hill looks at composite repair technology, the high value it can offer in the oil and gas industry, and the importance of an active management plan and demonstrable design performance

Global producer of oil and gas Wintershall has invested in a new control and safety solution to co-ordinate control of multiple offshore platforms in the North Sea

Structural integrity management is an increasingly important element of the oil operator's offshore engineer's role. H W Lee and R S Miles report

Bitumen often poses storage and handling problems. Here, Sean Ottewell reports on two Australian companies who are tackling these by turning to wireless communication solutions

Coriolis metering is at the heart of a research project that aims to develop an irrefutable bunker fuel oil measurement technique

Oene Roorda looks at check valve options to prevent return flow, and at the advances achieved in the latest non-slam nozzle check valve design, now in production

Dr Wolfgang Paul and Jay Jones describe the features of modern cutting system drives for hoists and drill stem drives (rotary joints) implemented since 2000

Michael Herbstritt looks at the growing confidence in fieldbus demonstrated by tank farm operators

Dr Hubert Lindner reports on the joint development of a series of 14-in/18-in ILI tools and the application survey subsequently conducted in a high-pressure, heavy-wall offshore pipeline

In-line inspection of pipelines is a routine procedure today. Specialised automated tools are introduced and pumped through the oil, product or gas line to be inspected

Taco van der Maten outlines a new technology that is making it easier to ensure compliance with the relevant standards for sulphur in automotive fuels

Ali Niazi and Dr Sarah Kimpton examine the impact of thermal lagging on temperature measurement for fiscal/custody transfer metering systems

Norwegian company StatoilHydro has published a report which investigates the environmental impact of a crude oil spill at its Statfjord A North Sea platform in December 2007

Pollution testing using bacteria is proving to be remarkably robust and reliable. It also does away with the need for noxious chemicals

Many facilities still depend on the refrigerant R22 for essential process cooling. However, the substance is being phased out under EU legislation, creating a major potential problem for those affected

Many thousands of pipe-in-pipe (PIP) centralisers in Devlon polyamide materials are now installed on more than 20 offshore pipelines around the world

The Global range have now to date produced pumps which can be found everywhere from Statoil Scandinavian Oil fields to Malaysian exploratory laboratories and everywhere in between.

The range of ATEXZONE1 approved Global pumps can be used on a number of petrochemical requirements and have been made from basic carbon steel to super-alloys such as Hastelloy or Inconel.o

 

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Wide range of tankage is used in the oil and gas industry for well stimulation and intervention applications in both on- and offshore operations

Valve actuation specialist Rotork is extending the capabilities of the Pakscan digital control system with the addition of a wireless option

University is collaborating with Royal Dutch Shell in a project which looks at equipment selection for a liquefied natural gas plant