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Pipeline Buoyancy Control and Trenching Methods for Coastal and Wetland Crossings
Mechanical

Pipeline Buoyancy Control and Trenching Methods for Coastal and Wetland Crossings

How to control pipeline buoyancy in waterlogged and low-strength soils: concrete weight coating, anchors, depth of cover limits, and open-cut versus trenchless installation, with an illustrative coating-sizing calculation and a design checklist.

24 Oct 2026 · 10 min read

Crude Slate Planning When Supply Routes Change: Assays, Constraints and LP Modelling
Planning

Crude Slate Planning When Supply Routes Change: Assays, Constraints and LP Modelling

How refinery planners can re-optimise the crude slate after a supply route change: refreshing assays, challenging constraints, structuring the LP, and linking it to cargo selection and scheduling.

23 Oct 2026 · 9 min read

Offshore Emergency Shutdown Philosophy and Evacuation Analysis for Hurricane-Exposed Installations
HSE

Offshore Emergency Shutdown Philosophy and Evacuation Analysis for Hurricane-Exposed Installations

How to separate precautionary and emergency shutdown, define temporary refuge roles, and build evacuation timing studies that give a defensible margin before hurricane conditions close off helicopter and vessel options.

23 Oct 2026 · 10 min read

FPSO Turret and Mooring System Design for Harsh-Environment Deepwater Fields
Mechanical

FPSO Turret and Mooring System Design for Harsh-Environment Deepwater Fields

How turret position, bearing load paths and mooring line selection interact on new-build harsh-environment deepwater FPSOs, with a comparison of turret types, line options and a design decision checklist.

22 Oct 2026 · 10 min read

Refining Heavy, High-Sulfur Opportunity Crudes: Desalter Performance and Vacuum Unit Impacts
Refining and Petrochemicals

Refining Heavy, High-Sulfur Opportunity Crudes: Desalter Performance and Vacuum Unit Impacts

How heavy, high-sulfur opportunity crudes strain desalters, asphaltene stability and vacuum units, and how process engineers can evaluate a slate change with blend testing, monitoring and downstream checks.

21 Oct 2026 · 10 min read

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SLB Tops Q3 Profit Forecasts, Signals Middle East Recovery SLB reported a third-quarter profit that came in ahead of analyst expectations, according to results announced on Friday. The oilfield services company attributed the stronger-than-forecast performance primarily to strong oilfield activity across North America. Alongside the earnings beat, the compa DOF Group Agrees to Sell Subsea Vessel Skandi Implementer DOF Group ASA has agreed to sell the Skandi Implementer, a subsea construction vessel built in 2018, to an undisclosed buyer. The vessel is planned to be delivered to its new owner in the second quarter of 2027. Beyond the delivery window, the announcement gives no details on the purchaser or the co Eni reports 6 percent drop in quarterly LNG sales Eni has reported a decline in its liquefied natural gas sales for the third quarter of this year. The Italian energy company said its LNG sales fell 6 percent compared with the same period of 2025. The figure was disclosed in a short announcement that offered no further detail on the quarter. The p PV Gas seeks additional spot LNG cargo for November Petrovietnam Gas, the gas unit of state-owned Petrovietnam, is seeking another spot liquefied natural gas cargo. The company wants the shipment delivered in November to the Thi Vai LNG import terminal. The reference to another cargo indicates that the request comes on top of buying already under way Tamboran CEO Abbott Adds Managing Director Role Tamboran has expanded the role of its chief executive, Abbott, who now also serves as the company's managing director. The early-stage natural gas exploration and production company presented the appointment as a formal step rather than a change of personnel, noting that the role formalizes his exec

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Svc Operator II-Completions

Halliburton · TR, Ankara

Drilling

23 Oct 2026

Coord, HSE, Assoc

Halliburton · SA, Al-Khobar

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23 Oct 2026

Sales Senior Specialist - Completions & Well Intervention

Baker Hughes · US, Midland

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23 Oct 2026

Process Safety Engineer - TSI

BP · IN, India

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23 Oct 2026

Commercial Operations Development Program

Shell · NL, Rotterdam

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23 Oct 2026

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