May June 2022

June 2022

GUYANA

Hydrocarbons in Guyana - is it ‘advantaged’? Guyana’s new oil production may generate similar wealth per person as Qatar, Kuwait and Norway. But what should be done with the gas – and is the industry going to be well governed?

SUBSURFACE

Finding more hydrocarbons with better seismic - With Russian gas being taken off the market, the world is looking for ways to find more hydrocarbons and get it into production. Neil Hodgson suggested ways that this can be done with better seismic

ELECTRIFICATION

Electrifying UK North Sea operations - UK offshore operators are making plans, in order to meet a target to reduce emissions from upstream activities by 50 per cent by 2030

HUMAN FACTORS / PROCUREMENT

SEQual – asking about your human factors policies - If, as a supplier, you want to work in Aberdeen with operators including Shell, BP, and Harbour Energy, you need to answer questions about your human factors policies as part of your SEQual ‘pre-assessment’

Error traps in operations - these are factors which can shape human performance, but are not necessarily considered in a risk assessment. Dr Marcin Nazaruk explained

CYBERSEURITY

Segmentation - using firewalls already available in operating system software, is a good way to stop hackers getting from one part of the network to another. But it can be fiddly to configure. Illumio offers software which makes it much easier

ASSET PERFORMANCE MANAGMENT

AspenTech – what ‘Asset Performance Management 4.0’ means - building a digital model of the equipment – so you can see where problems are emerging and better understand the risks and what to do about them

Using AI for asset management on data and images - two experts explain what is happening and how to do it

DRILLING

Condition monitoring of drilling RCDs - Aramco Researchers have developed a system to do condition monitoring of Rotational Control Devices (RCDs)

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