Friday, May 18, 2012
Doing more with less is a priority for the vast majority of firms involved in the oil and gas sector. As such, the role of IT is more important than ever.
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Spencer Green
Chairman, GDS International
Chairman, GDS International
Sales and the 'Talent Magnet'
A lot is written about being a ‘Talent Magnet’, either as a company, or as President. It’s all good practice – listen, mentor, reward, provide clear goals and career maps. Good practice for the employer, but what about the employee?25 May 2011
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RBG Middle East Reinforces its Commitmen...
RBG, the leading provider of fabric maintenance, construction support and related services to the international oil, gas and petrochemical industries, has reinforced its...Read more
10/01/2011 10:48
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Total Plans Petrochemical Plant in Qatar
Total, the French oil giant has entered into talks with Qatar regarding a petrochemical plant a spokesman for Total said last week.Read more
13/12/2010 14:33
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European Debt Causes Oil Prices Down
Oil dropped below $90 a barrel this week due to Europe's debt crisis hurting fuel consumption, and after an industry report showed US gasoline supplies surged the most since...Read more
09/12/2010 09:43
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Saudi Arabia, Kuwait Aim to Increase Nat...
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait aim to reduce the amount of oil it uses to generate power by utilizing natural gas instead, according to two nations' state oil companies.Read more
02/12/2010 11:46
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Leading Figures Discuss Oil Uncertainty ...
With territorial ownership being put forward in all four corners of the globe, including Great Britain’s claim to the Falkland Islands and more recently Japan’s claim to the...Read more
23/11/2010 10:30
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Middle East Oil News Round-Up
In a report by Reuters, oil and natural gas companies are likely to eclipse $380 billion in investment in production projects. A consultant for Wood Mackenzie suggested that...Read more
12/11/2010 09:51
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Editor’s Choice
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Fuelling Bahrain's construction boom
Despite moves to diversify away from a dependence on hydrocarbons, the oil and gas sector remains key to the strength of the Bahraini economy. O&G speaks to HE Dr. Abdul Hussain...Read more -
Refinery and construction costs continue to rise
Downstream costs continue to march back to pre-recession levels as activity picks up, with revived projects benefitting from recession-driven cost declines.Read more -
Maturing nicely
With mature field operation an increasingly lucrative part of oil firms’ production portfolios, O&G speaks to Hamed Karim of Egypt’s PICO Petroleum to find out the key issues.Read more -
A new decade dawns for BP
Executives at the embattled oil major will probably want to forget 2010. However, new BP boss Bob Dudley sees the events of the past year as an important steppingstone to a...Read more -
Managing risk a top priority for BP
O&G talks to BP’s Middle East CIO Farhan Mazhar to find out his top priorities for 2011; unsurprisingly, they largely focus on risk reduction and the role of IT in improving...Read more -
Letting them down gently
With a surge in decommissioning activity taking place around the world, NG Oil and Gas speaks to OGP’s Technical Director John Campbell about the necessary considerations...Read more
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Oilfields of the future – today
Three industry experts debate the tangible benefits of digital oilfield technologies. The panel includes Rohde & Schwarz’s Eshwarahally S. Vikas, Matthew Owen of BT Global...Read more -
Energy evolution
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World-class procurement and the National...
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Black gold rush
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New technologies to achieve refinery mod...
Ambitech Engineering Corporation (Ambitech) has completed highly complex and logistically challenging refinery revamp, upgrade, and modernization projects at a large number of...Read more -
Emerging trends in intelligent safety-va...
The reliability of safety valves is crucial to process control. Their design has changed little in recent years and partial stroke testing (PST) has been the accepted method of...Read more
Executive Interviews
Complete control
Cansco CEO Mike Simpson provides an insight into the importance of well control.
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“We strive to be recognised as the best
Nasr Kamal, CEO of United Oil Inc., reveals how the company is focusing on client relationships based on trust and its passion for delivering projects on-time and exceeding expectations.
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Optimising operating efficiency in an African c...
Arvid Bertelsen of Fugro RUE provides some insight into how subsea processes can streamline production procedures and improve your bottom line.
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White Papers
Next Generation MENA Oil and Gas Summit
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