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Casing Design Load Cases for HPHT Wells: Collapse, Burst, and Thermal Loads

Drilling and Completions

Casing Design Load Cases for HPHT Wells: Collapse, Burst, and Thermal Loads

A practical load-case walkthrough for HPHT casing design covering collapse, burst, and thermal loads — with worked examples and a design checklist for completion engineers.

05 Oct 2026 · 9 min read

Geohazard Screening and Wellbore Integrity for Drilling in Seismically Active Onshore Basins

Drilling and Completions

Geohazard Screening and Wellbore Integrity for Drilling in Seismically Active Onshore Basins

A structured technical guide for drilling engineers on fault mapping, shallow geohazard assessment, casing design, and real-time monitoring practices for wells planned on seismically active onshore acreage.

05 Oct 2026 · 8 min read

Anti-Surge Valve Sizing and Control Line Dynamics for Centrifugal Gas Compressors

Turbo Machinery

Anti-Surge Valve Sizing and Control Line Dynamics for Centrifugal Gas Compressors

How to determine anti-surge valve Cv, actuator stroke speed, and control line margin for centrifugal compressors — with a worked sizing example and commissioning checklist for rotating equipment and control engineers.

04 Oct 2026 · 9 min read

Redundant SCADA Telemetry Design for Remote Pipelines: Radio, Fiber, and Satellite Trade-offs

Telecommunications

Redundant SCADA Telemetry Design for Remote Pipelines: Radio, Fiber, and Satellite Trade-offs

Compare licensed radio, fiber optic, and satellite backhaul on latency, availability, and failover behaviour for instrumentation and control engineers designing redundant telemetry for remote pipeline assets.

03 Oct 2026 · 8 min read

Root Cause Analysis of Repeated Pump Mechanical Seal Failures

Root Cause Analysis of Repeated Pump Mechanical Seal Failures

Repeated seal failures signal a systemic engineering problem, not a maintenance shortfall. This article walks through the structured RCA process — damage reading, flush plan verification, alignment, and materials — to find and fix the real cause.

25 Sep 2026 · 9 min read

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06 Oct Iran's Oil Minister Resigns Amid US Export Blockade Iran's oil minister, Mohsen Paknejad, has resigned, with President Masoud Pezeshkian accepting the departure on Sunday, according to Reuters. Pezeshkian appointed Hamid Bovard, the head of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), as acting oil minister. The move hands oversight of the country's most 06 Oct EU Weighs Delay to Methane Rule Ahead of January Start The European Union is weighing a postponement of its methane regulation, which is currently scheduled to take effect in January. Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen said last week that delaying the implementation of the rule was under consideration. The prospect of postponement puts the bloc's emissio 06 Oct Gulf Exports Near Pre-War Levels, But Hormuz Share Low Crude and condensate exports from the Gulf have climbed back to roughly their pre-war volumes, according to a Standard Chartered estimate, even though the share of those barrels passing through the Strait of Hormuz remains far below earlier levels. The bank puts September exports at about 16.5 milli 05 Oct Apache Offshore Workers Back Strike Over North Sea Pay A pay dispute at Apache has moved closer to industrial action after more than 160 of the company's offshore workers backed a strike. The support signals an unresolved disagreement over compensation. Seven North Sea assets could see operations disrupted if the action goes ahead. The potential conseq 05 Oct Ithaca Energy to Buy Suncor's Terra Nova, White Rose Stakes Ithaca Energy has agreed to acquire Suncor Energy's interests in the Terra Nova and White Rose oil assets offshore eastern Canada in a deal worth $860 million. The consideration is to be paid entirely in cash, according to the terms set out in the announcement. The transaction transfers Suncor's sta

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