Mixed Messages - One year on from his election victory, President Obama's policies on offshore drilling remain unclear.
Wireless Communications in the Oil & Gas Sector
Most of us can appreciate the correlation between knowledge and success. The ability to become well-informed enables us to make stronger decisions. It can then be inferred that increasing the rate in which we receive information will lead to improvements in production. In the Oil and Gas sector, more than ever, we see the urgency of being able to remotely control and monitor our sites. The question then arises? How do can we improve communication to remote sites? Is it true that more throughputs will equal less time? Is Ethernet really the magic cure-all communication protocol? The purpose of this article is to show the myths, truths, advantages and disadvantages of both Ethernet and Serial communications and to illustrate the most effective way of implementing them.
Expanding the Limits of Wireless Field Automation
Paul Gregory reveals how wireless field automation can improve efficiency and safety on location.
Pipeline Integrity management
Lynsay Bensman and Patrick H. Vieth of CC Technologies, Inc. and the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE), take a look at how to manage and maintain pipeline integrity, with a special focus on internal corrosion.
Achieving Energy and Climate Security
In an industry not famed for its eco-credentials, ConocoPhillips CEO Jim Mulva is something of a paradox: an oil industry executive who's a champion of carbon controls and the climate change challenge. But can climate change be reconciled with energy security?
Oilfields of the future – Today
O&G speaks to Ross Philo, Director, Global Energy Solutions at Cisco Systems, to unearth the tangible benefits of digital oilfields and how oil companies can get the most out of these technologies.
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