Shell and Schlumberger join R&D forces to better understand earth’s subsurface
p style="margin-top: 0.49cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;">Shell and Schlumberger join R&D forces to better understand earth’s subsurfaceINTERNATIONAL OIL SERVICES, engineering and construction company Aker Solutions has decided to cultivate its core businesses by creating three separate companies. The new streamlined entities have a clear ambition to grow in their respective markets. The new strategic direction is the conclusion of a strategy process initiated by the Board in second quarter 2009.
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">INTERNATIONAL OIL SERVICES, engineering and construction company Aker Solutions has decided to cultivate its core businesses by creating three separate companies. The new streamlined entities have a clear ambition to grow in their respective markets. The new strategic direction is the conclusion of a strategy process initiated by the Board in second quarter 2009.Norwegian giant Statoil and Germanys Siemens have sealed a wide-ranging technology development co-operation deal.
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Norwegian giant Statoil and Germanys Siemens have sealed a wide-ranging technology development co-operation deal.Four of the best ‘brains’ in the industry challenged each other with a seemingly impossible task: to build an ultra-deepwater-equipped drillship with lower capital requirements, reduced operating costs, smaller crews, improved effeiciency, and impressive environmental credentials, while maintinaing most of the enhancements offered by larger designs. The result: the Noble Bully Drillship.
In an ever-changing cost environment, it is incumbent on the industry to address the challenges of marginal offshore fields. The Argus AZ-10 was designed to be the ideal, purpose-built solution for marginal field development in remote areas. Carl Aubrey, of Argus Subsea, explains.
