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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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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 05 Oct G7 to Release Up to 100 Million Barrels of Diesel and Crude The G7 and its partner governments have committed to releasing as many as 100 million barrels of emergency diesel and crude stocks into the market over the next four months. French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that the release would be coordinated through the International Energy Agency, 04 Oct US Sends Patriot Batteries to Guard Saudi Oil, Qatari Gas The United States last month sent two additional Patriot missile batteries to protect energy infrastructure in Saudi Arabia and Qatar, according to U.S. officials and a Persian Gulf regional source. The deployments are meant to shield key oil and gas sites from potential Iranian strikes should the w 04 Oct G7 to Release Up to 100 Million Barrels of Diesel, Crude Governments in the G7 and its partner countries have agreed to release up to 100 million barrels of diesel and crude from emergency stockpiles over the coming four months. They would enter a fuel market where refinery output has fallen short for months. French President Emmanuel Macron said on Frida

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