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Timing Compression for Late-Life Gas Fields: Decline Forecasting and Tail-End Planning
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Timing Compression for Late-Life Gas Fields: Decline Forecasting and Tail-End Planning

How production planners and reservoir engineers can combine decline analysis, p/z material balance and deliverability modelling to decide when, where and how much compression a depleting gas field needs.

30 Oct 2026 · 10 min read

Sizing Antisurge Valves and Tuning Control Lines for Centrifugal Compressors
Turbo Machinery

Sizing Antisurge Valves and Tuning Control Lines for Centrifugal Compressors

A practical guide to recycle valve sizing, response-time limits and surge-line mapping for centrifugal compressor trains, balancing emergency capacity against low-flow controllability, with a design-review checklist.

29 Oct 2026 · 10 min read

Brownfield Revamp Planning: Prioritising Capital in Ageing Gas Processing Plants
Planning

Brownfield Revamp Planning: Prioritising Capital in Ageing Gas Processing Plants

A structured screening method for planning engineers: find the real constraint, overlay integrity data, classify items as monitor, repair, debottleneck or replace, and build a capital queue driven by condition and risk.

28 Oct 2026 · 9 min read

Topsides Process Design for Floating Gas Production Platforms: Compact Separation and Slug Handling
Process Engineering

Topsides Process Design for Floating Gas Production Platforms: Compact Separation and Slug Handling

How vessel motion degrades separator performance, how to choose compact separation for limited deck space, and how to size slug-handling volume on floating gas units by balancing catcher volume against downstream drain rate.

28 Oct 2026 · 9 min read

Hazardous Area Classification for Gas Processing Facilities: Zone Delineation from the Source of Release
Ex Inspection

Hazardous Area Classification for Gas Processing Facilities: Zone Delineation from the Source of Release

How to apply the source-of-release method in gas plants: grading releases, assessing ventilation, assigning zones, and linking the result to Ex inspection, with an illustrative pig launcher and compressor shelter example.

27 Oct 2026 · 10 min read

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Touchstone brings PS-623 onstream, shifts rig to next WD-4 w Touchstone Exploration has brought PS-623 onstream, completing the first well of a two-well development campaign on the WD-4 block in Trinidad. With the first well now producing, the company has moved the rig to the second location in the programme, keeping the campaign on a sequential footing. The Indonesia Energy spuds deeper WK-5 well at Kruh Block in Sum Indonesia Energy has started drilling its WK-5 well at the Kruh Block in Sumatra, Indonesia, with operations commencing on 21 October 2026. The new well is the latest drilling campaign at the block and is planned to reach a total depth of about 5,200 ft. That target places WK-5 substantially deeper Shell Approves $5 Billion Buyback on Record Refining Margins Shell has approved a $5 billion share buyback, one of the highest in the company's history, the company announced. The decision follows a period of surging profits driven by the oil-refining business, where margins have reached record levels. According to the announcement, the exceptional refining TotalEnergies Posts $9.1 Billion Q3 Profit, Sees Tailwinds TotalEnergies reported adjusted net profit of $9.1 billion for the third quarter, equivalent to $4.03 per diluted share once nonrecurring items are excluded. The company paired the result with a confident reading of the conditions behind it, saying it expects high liquefied natural gas prices and re German Hydrogen Pipeline Network to Reach Nearly 1,500 km by Germany's hydrogen pipeline backbone is expected to grow to nearly 1,500 kilometers of active infrastructure by the end of 2027, according to FNB Gas, the national association of gas transmission system operators. The expansion will add 900 kilometers of new and converted pipelines to the existing 5

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Technician, Mechanical (Mech Maintenance Section-P5-OHB)

ADNOC · AE, Abu Dhabi

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30 Oct 2026

Senior Engineer, Rotating Equipment (Eng Serv TM- Rota Equip TM-Gas Ops

ADNOC · AE, Abu Dhabi

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30 Oct 2026

Service Specialist III- Managed Pressure Drilling

Halliburton · SA, Al-Khobar

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29 Oct 2026

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PDF ATEX / IECEx Compliance Checklist A 289-point field checklist for hazardous-area equipment inspections. PDF Anti-surge Design Checklist 277 design decisions for a centrifugal compressor anti-surge system. XLSX SIL Verification Worksheet PFDavg, RRF and achieved SIL for a safety instrumented function. XLSX Offshore RCM Starter Template Criticality screening, RCM worksheet and failure-finding interval in one workbook. XLSX Turnaround Scope Planner Scope register, crew loading, long-lead orders and gate timeline for a turnaround. XLSX Cause & Effect Matrix Builder An ESD / F&G cause & effect matrix that checks itself (15 checks). XLSX Relief Scenario Matrix 18 overpressure scenarios per item, the governing case and the API 521 fire case. XLSX Alarm Rationalisation Worksheet Master alarm database, priority matrix and ISA-18.2 alarm KPIs.

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