All articles by Adam Leach

Maximising Marginal Fields with normally unmanned installations

To actively seek out a marginal field for exploration and production is a rarity. Even in times of a high…
Power up: Statoil to tap onshore power for ‘gigantic’ Johan Sverdrup field

Norway is keen to curb its carbon emissions. Under the Kyoto protocol period 2013-2020 it is committed to reducing carbon…
US offshore fracking: damning documents?

Is the presence of nonylphenol in the wastewater that is released back into the ocean off the coast of California…
90s revival: will Shell BG bring back mega merger mania?

Against a backdrop of cost-cutting and endless impact stories on the low-oil price environment, a major deal of the like…
Swimming upstream: processors and traders eye exploration

Times are tough for those in the offshore oil and gas industry. The oil price per barrel was cut by…

Out of Africa: Securewest’s Warren Bloomer talks offshore security strategy

In the early hours of 16 January 2013, terrorists affiliated to al-Oaeda attacked the Tigantourine gas facility near In Amenas,…
Sky’s the limit: offshore workers lose home comforts as oil price pinches pockets

For the vast majority of the UK, a drop in the price of oil is cheered. From the pennies dropping…
Icahn-oclast: The eco-activist investors taking big oil to task on climate change

As the world's most renowned corporate raider and its 31st wealthiest citizen, with an estimated personal fortune of $22.5 billion,…
The future of Norway: the world’s largest oil fund highlights climate change concern

From becoming the first NATO member and European country to invite women into its armed forces to declining EU membership…
Well integrity benchmarking: how do you measure up to your competitors?

For years, offshore oil companies large and small have been using the iWIT software package to analyse and assess the…