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Managing Spill and Ignition Risks in Ship-to-Ship Crude Transfer Operations
HSE

Managing Spill and Ignition Risks in Ship-to-Ship Crude Transfer Operations

How HSE and marine teams can control spill and ignition risk in crude STS transfers: POAC competence, hazard identification, fender and hose management, personnel transfer and emergency response, aligned with OCIMF and ISGOTT guidance.

19 Oct 2026 · 10 min read

Tank Bottom Corrosion and Inspection Intervals at High-Throughput Crude Terminals
Asset Integrity and Corrosion

Tank Bottom Corrosion and Inspection Intervals at High-Throughput Crude Terminals

How product-side and soil-side corrosion attack crude tank floors, why higher stock turnover undermines historic corrosion rates, and how to keep API 653 internal inspection intervals defensible using updated rate data and RBI.

19 Oct 2026 · 9 min read

Shifting refinery cut points and hydrocracker severity to lift diesel yield
Refining and Petrochemicals

Shifting refinery cut points and hydrocracker severity to lift diesel yield

How refinery process engineers rebalance cut points and hydrocracker severity toward diesel, and how hydrogen availability, product quality and catalyst run length limit each move.

18 Oct 2026 · 10 min read

Mooring and Turret Design Choices for Harsh-Environment FPSOs
Mechanical

Mooring and Turret Design Choices for Harsh-Environment FPSOs

A design-level guide to turret bearing loads, mooring layouts, and the disconnectable versus permanent weathervane decision for harsh offshore FPSO sites, with a checklist for mechanical and structural engineers.

18 Oct 2026 · 10 min read

Hydrate Control in Subsea Gas Flowlines: Methanol versus MEG Injection
Process Engineering

Hydrate Control in Subsea Gas Flowlines: Methanol versus MEG Injection

How to choose between methanol and MEG for subsea gas flowline hydrate control: inhibitor behaviour, injection rate mass balance, regeneration burden and a decision checklist for process engineers.

18 Oct 2026 · 9 min read

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Venezuela Expects Nearly $76 Billion in Oil, Gas Investment Venezuela expects close to $76 billion of investment in its oil and gas sector over the next five years, Acting President Delcy Rodriguez said on Saturday. The figure was presented as the government's expectation for the capital it anticipates entering the country's hydrocarbons industry over the pe Eidesvik Wins Equinor Extension for Viking Avant PSV Norwegian offshore vessel owner Eidesvik Offshore has secured a contract extension from Equinor for its platform supply vessel Viking Avant. The agreement prolongs the vessel's engagement with the operator, keeping the ship in chartered service rather than releasing it from the contract. The extensi UKMTO: LNG carrier and small skiff in incident off Yemen A liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier and a small skiff were involved in an incident off Yemen, according to a report received by the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) Center. The center's notice confirms the involvement of both craft in a single event, and stops at that point. The id CIMC SOE launches Avenir LNG bunkering vessel Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering (CIMC SOE) has launched a liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering and supply vessel for Avenir LNG. The launch marks a milestone in the newbuild's construction, as the hull leaves its building position and takes to the water at the Chinese shipyard. It s Bolivia Faces Fuel Shortage as Gas Reserves Dwindle Bolivia is confronting a severe fuel shortage as its natural gas reserves run dry, a situation the report ties to years of underinvestment in the country's gas industry. Energy prices, meanwhile, continue to climb, a trend the report attributes to the ongoing war in Iran. The shortages and the broad

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Technician, Electrical (Electrical & Instrumentation)

ADNOC · AE, Abu Dhabi

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19 Oct 2026

Senior Technical Prof. (Completions)

Halliburton · MY, Kuala Lumpur

Drilling

19 Oct 2026

Brazil - RJ - Macaé - Well Engineer

Halliburton · BR, Macae

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18 Oct 2026

Principal Battery Energy Storage System Engineer - Power Generation

Halliburton · US, Houston

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18 Oct 2026

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Halliburton · KW, Ahmadi

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18 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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