Integrity Management of Risers to Support Deepwater Drilling and Production...
Development of a reliable, cost-effective real-time, riser integrity management system by closing technology gaps that include: availability of historical riser data for assessment of long-term...
View ArticleVortex Induced Vibration Study for Deep Draft Column Stabilized Floaters
A vortex induced motion (VIM) study to determine the sensitivity of the VIM response to the geometric parameters of deep draft semisubmersibles, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis to...
View ArticleIntelligent BOP RAM Actuation Sensor Systems
Design and development of an instrumented BOP ram prototype and laboratory testing. The technology development will be conducted in five stage gates within two phases: A system feasibility...
View ArticleGas No Longer Escaping from Rig Off La. Coast
The flow of natural gas, water and sand has been stopped at a drilling rig off Louisiana’s coast, the operator and federal regulators said Saturday. More
View ArticleGrowing Science in Agricultural Wetlands
This month, eight papers coauthored by U.S. Geological Survey scientists are being highlighted in a special section of the journal Science of the Total Environment. More
View ArticleMarcellus Shale Gale Shifts Geography Of Natural Gas Supply And Demand
Natural gas production ticked up in the United States by about 1% last year, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. More
View ArticleDirector of Operations Position Opening, Ocean Energy Safety Institute
The Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center located on the Texas A&M University campus was selected to manage the Ocean Energy Safety Institute (OESI). They are currently seeking applications for...
View ArticleMassive Oil Ships Play ‘Chicken’ in the Houston Channel
All along this 52-mile (84-kilometer) shipping lane, there are signs of the energy resurgence that BP Plc says might enable the U.S. to meet all its own needs by 2035. More
View ArticleLinking U.S. and Canadian Border Waters
Seamless digital maps of surface waters completed along the Canada and United States International Boundary. More
View ArticleIndustry Urged to Change Hydraulic Fracturing ‘Conversation’
The oil and gas industry needs to change the conversation about hydraulic fracturing by engaging with the public to demystify the process and highlighting efforts to reduce the environmental footprints...
View ArticleEnergy Chief: Industry Arguments for Exporting US Oil are Unconvincing
The oil industry hasn’t made a convincing argument that the U.S. should lift its 39-year-old ban on exporting American crude, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said Wednesday. More
View ArticleWorkforce Housing in Oil, Gas as a Recruitment, Retention Strategy
As the search for natural resources takes the industry to remote locations and developing areas – while creating thousands of new jobs and rapid economic growth – the demand for quality workforce...
View ArticleLoss Of Production Tax Credits Brings Big Wind Chill To Cooling...
Unsurprisingly, President Obama didn’t let Congress’s decision to finally end Production Tax Credits let the air out of his breezy wind power subsidy agenda. More
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