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Riser Selection for Deepwater Tiebacks: Flexible Pipe, SCR, or Top-Tensioned

Subsea and Offshore

Riser Selection for Deepwater Tiebacks: Flexible Pipe, SCR, or Top-Tensioned

Compare flexible risers, SCRs and top-tensioned risers for deepwater tiebacks across water depth, vessel motion tolerance, fatigue life and integration with existing host infrastructure.

08 Oct 2026 · 9 min read

Variable Frequency Drive Harmonics on Islanded Offshore Power Systems: Causes and Mitigation

Variable Frequency Drive Harmonics on Islanded Offshore Power Systems: Causes and Mitigation

VFDs create harmonic distortion that is uniquely damaging on islanded offshore buses. This article explains the causes and compares passive filters, active filters, and phase-shifting transformers as mitigations for practising electrical engineers.

08 Oct 2026 · 9 min read

Managed Pressure Drilling for Narrow Mud-Weight Windows: Equipment and Well Selection

Drilling and Completions

Managed Pressure Drilling for Narrow Mud-Weight Windows: Equipment and Well Selection

When pore pressure and fracture gradient converge, conventional mud weight cannot hold the line. This article covers MPD well selection criteria, the surface backpressure control loop, and the rig-up constraints that determine whether deployment is viable.

07 Oct 2026 · 8 min read

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

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08 Oct SpaceX Seeks Approval for 32-Mile Florida Gas Pipeline SpaceX is seeking regulatory approval to build a 32.4-mile natural gas pipeline in Florida that would supply the company's expanding launch operations at Cape Canaveral. The application was filed by Coastal Connect Services, a SpaceX subsidiary, which has requested approval of a tariff from the Flor 08 Oct Depleted Oil Stocks Lift Price Floor as Iran War Drags On Global oil inventories have been drawn down to the point where they offer little protection against further disruption, according to senior industry executives who spoke this week. With the Iran war now in its eighth month, the stock draw has left the market with few buffers to absorb a supply shock 08 Oct Tariffs Put South Korea at Center of Alaska LNG Financing Alaska LNG, a project debated for decades and long held back by its cost and technical complexity, may have found the ingredient its economics have lacked: a prospective investor. Washington's tariff pressure is now doing what the project's commercial case alone has not, drawing foreign interest in 07 Oct API Estimates US Crude Stocks Fell 2.09 Million Barrels The American Petroleum Institute estimated that US crude oil inventories declined by 2.09 million barrels in the week ending October 2, according to data cited by Oilprice. The weekly figures from the API are closely followed by market participants as an early indicator of the direction of American 07 Oct US LNG exporters gain as Hormuz standoff drags on A March Iranian strike on Qatar's Ras Laffan complex took 17% of the country's LNG export capacity offline, and nearly seven months into the war the Strait of Hormuz remains difficult to transit. An Oilprice analysis argues the market response initially looked straightforward: buy shares in American

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