WITH the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak impacting the lives of millions of employees, including many who are not equipped to work from home for long periods of time, employers are burdened with ensuring that the health and safety of employees is being addressed in their new environments. “Australians are being urged to work from home, in an effort to help limit the transmission of the disease, which is critical on all fronts,” said JESI CEO Joe Hoolahan. “However, it’s the impli...
By Steve Hunter, senior director, system engineering Asia Pacific & Japan, Forescout Since as early as the 1980s, the oil and gas industry has welcomed data, technology and digital innovation to help understand its resource and production potential, improve health
WITH the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak impacting the lives of millions of employees, including many who are not equipped to work from home for long periods of time, employers are burdened with ensuring that the health and safety of employees is
AS the oil and gas sector comes to terms with decade-low oil prices and global disruptions caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19), company costs and investments are being slashed with over US$50bn pledged to date and more on the horizon, says
THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) and China Gas Holdings Ltd. (CGH) today signed a US$20 million private sector loan agreement to support natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) deliveries to households, hospitals, industry, and services crucial to the ongoing
AUSTRALIAN Gas Networks (AGN) has expanded its national hydrogen push into Queensland. The move will see the establishment of AGN’s $4.2 million hydrogen plant in Gladstone, on the State’s central coast. AGN is part of the Australian Gas Infrastructure Group
LITHIUM Australia NL’s 100%- owned subsidiary VSPC has been awarded Federal Government funding as part of a $5 million programme to develop fast-charge lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries for use in new- generation trams. In partnership with national science organisation the CSIRO,
WEATHERFORD International plc has introduced Centro, a holistic approach to effectively managing complex wellsite operations digitally. By seamlessly integrating every element of an operator’s well data, team members from any global location can access, share, and store all vital project
HALLIBURTON Company has announced the release of the SPIDRlive Self-Powered Intelligent Data Retriever, an unconventional well testing and fracture interaction monitoring technology that acquires real-time well data without the need for intervention to reduce costs and improve fracture understanding for
OIL Search’s Board has confirmed that Dr Keiran Wulff’s appointment as managing director of Oil Search Limited is now effective. Dr Wulff succeeds Peter Botten, AC CBE, who has stepped down as CEO and from the Board and will depart
EXPERIENCED Perth Basin oil producer Triangle Energy has announced that Jason Peacock has resigned as a non-executive director. The Board of Directors thanked Mr Peacock for his contribution to the company over the period of his directorship and wishes him
TOTAL oil & gas industry M&A deals in December 2019 worth $11.22bn were announced in the US, according to GlobalData’s deals database. The value marked an increase of 179.2% over the previous month and a drop of 17.6% when compared
S&P Global Ratings says the declaration of force majeure on some LNG import cargoes by China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC, A+/Stable/–) will not affect the ratings on the company or Australian LNG exporters. CNOOC has declared force majeure on some LNG
NEW DNV GL research based on more than 1,000 failure cases has revealed that tubes and piping are the most failure-prone components in the oil and gas and maritime industries. Fatigue and corrosion are the most common failure types. The
AKER Solutions has entered a master agreement to provide umbilicals for Chevron-operated oil and gas fields in the US Gulf of Mexico. The company also secured the first work order under the new master agreement, to provide 24 km of
