Electric submersible pumps (ESPs) located in production riser pipes as opposed to deep underground in wellbores offers a cost-effective means of extending field life, says Centrilift.

Eighteen months ago, Chevron set up an Aberdeen satellite to its technology company in Houston. Prediction was that staffing in Europe’s energy capital would build to about 70 by now, and it has, with the prospect of growing to 120 – more than originally anticipated.

Rockfield Software is near the end of a three-year joint industry project focused on prediction of the initiation and evolution of fractures and faults within hydrocarbon reservoirs.