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Ensure you are able to respond to an evolving regulatory landscape by hearing how Shell dealt with the introduction of a recent piece of major legislation

oilandgasiq.com — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Ensure you are able to respond to an evolving regulatory landscape by hearing how Shell dealt with the introduction of a recent piece of major legislation Understanding the critical components of a robust anti-bribery programme: Shell's perspective on the implications of the UK

Why FPSO costs get out of control, and how you can project the bottom line throughout the project lifecycle

oilandgasiq.com — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 04:00:00 GMT

With FPSOs only increasing in popularity as field development solutions, it’s absolutely critical that all players in the sector are fully aware of the major reasons why costs overrun throughout the project from design to operation. This presentation will share with you how the key

A step by step approach to building ‘inherent safety’ into your asset and pipeline integrity strategy

oilandgasiq.com — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 04:00:00 GMT

‘Inherent safety’ is about improving design to eliminate, minimize and avoid hazards and risk, rather than simply controlling or managing them. Whilst a laudable aim in theory, applying this concept in practice, across a variety of facilities in a range of operating

Panel discussion: Overcoming the most common inhibitors to integrity success in your operations

oilandgasiq.com — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Asset integrity success is inherently difficult to achieve largely because it is not a visible entity, this makes consideration of the equally intangible concepts of change management, organizational buy-in and achieving sustainability even more important. AI programs which are designed

Managing integrity in a rapidly evolving business: An industry-leading best practice guide

oilandgasiq.com — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Rasgas is one of the largest LNG producers in the world, expanding from producing 0 to 36m metric tons of gas annually in the space of just 12 years. The rapid growth required to achieve this output has required the equally rapid evolution of a fully integrated integrity management

Getting The Most Out Of Your Reservoir In The Age Of Hard Oil

oilandgasiq.com — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

In a world where easy oil is becoming more and more scarce, and the price of failure is increasingly taxing, making sure that you get the most out of the successes you strike is paramount. In this free webinar, Dr Bob Parish discusses reservoir model calibration tecniques in the

Refuelling Nuclear Britannia - Tackling The People Problem

oilandgasiq.com — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

The nuclear industry is on the cusp of a renaissance of new build. The challenges of climate change and energy security are driving the change to a balanced energy portfolioto reduce the UK’s dependency on imported fuels, potentially from politically unstable regions.

What you can learn from a contractor's perspective on international contract risk management

oilandgasiq.com — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

In this webinar Anastasiya Politova , Senior Contracts Advisor at CAMERON shares practical steps you can take to limit your liability in different jurisdictions when operating internationally. Understanding your options in your choice of governing law in your international contracting

Cost effective data management solutions for Petrel*

oilandgasiq.com — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

With global growth in the use of the Schlumberger’s Petrel* seismic to simulation software over the last 10 years there has also been a growth in associated data management challenges. With Petrel projects scattered around company networks, data managers face a real challenge

Strategies and tactics that you can use to enable innovation and creativity in collaborative contracting post-Macondo

oilandgasiq.com — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Creating a conducive contracting climate and culture for creative contracting Ensuring both parties engage their innovative and creativity juices Destroying the barriers and changing the paradigms that prevent innovative contracting Exploring some specific examples and lessons in the

Structured Application Data Management: How to Build a Managed Data Environment for Standalone G&G Applications

oilandgasiq.com — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Over the last decade, the popularity of standalone, desktop-based G&G applications has increased significantly. These applications provide a lot of functionality at an affordable price point for small to medium sized asset teams. However, as teams grow and projects accumulate, so too

Practical steps you can take to achieve asset integrity implementation success across multiple countries

oilandgasiq.com — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT

Asset integrity is not a new idea, and enough has already been said about the concept and the layout of a successful asset integrity framework to ensure that many companies have adopted similar approaches to conceptual design; it is in the implementation where the differences – and

Designing and Implementing a Restructuring of the Statoil Group to Place Organizational and Individual Capability at the Core of the Corporate Agenda

oilandgasiq.com — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT

Statoil is an international energy company with operations in 34 countries around the world and a total workforce in excess of 20,000 currently employed in countries as far afield as Norway, Azerbaijan, Angola, US, Canada, Brazil and China. In 2007, Statoil merged with Norsk Hydro oil

Culture – What Is It And How Can It Benefit Data & Information Management?

oilandgasiq.com — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 04:00:00 GMT

Data + Context = Information We can all appreciate that the above equation is valid across the business sphere. Knowledge can then be thought of as the correct and continued application of this information. If we think of knowledge as the ties that bind data and information