Despite many advances in drilling technology, the method routinely used to monitor the weight and viscosity of drilling fluid has remained unchanged since the 1950s.

The global population of floating production units is growing rapidly, with Brazil, US Gulf of Mexico and West Africa out in front in terms of their application.

TUV NEL is to manage a new multimillion-pound, three-year, UK Government-funded programme for mostly petroleum-related flow metrology.

ELECTROMAGNETIC Geoservices (EMGS) of Norway has signed a global frame agreement with Shell for the provision of electromagnetic (EM) services for the next year, with optional extensions for two additional years. Most of the EM services will centre around EMGS’s 3D capabilities.

Prosafe Production’s innovative hybrid Azurite floating, drilling, production, storage and offloading vessel (FDPSO) is on its maiden voyage en route from the Keppel Shipyard in Singapore to its first contract – working offshore the Republic of Congo.

Evidence is growing that oil may be found in the Dreki area north-east of Iceland, according to Orkustofnun, the National Energy Authority of Iceland (NEA).