Securing an oil or gas pipeline is a complex strategic operation which requires thorough preparation and planning in order to be effective.
ANALYSIS
Brain drain
The petrochemicals sector is losing skilled project managers due to outdated corporate structures.
Into the ether
Flanker Kuo, senior engineer at Moxa, examines uses of industrial ethernet in the upstream industry.
Raising the alarm
Effective communication and coordination between governments and industry is essential if oil spills are to be both prevented and remedied.
Reactor time
Doubts over the availability of gas for power generation, growing demand for electricity, environmental concerns and the need to power desalination plants mean that many countries in the region are now planning to introduce nuclear into the energy mix.
Cyber watch
Utilities are looking to install software to protect key infrastructure from threats to network security.
Lighting the way
Arzanah College’s female recruits look to become the oil and gas industry’s leaders of the future.
Pakistan in focus
Yawyar Mian reports from Lahore that dwindling reserves are pushing a search for new oil in Pakistan.
Petite producers
Smaller producers may be minnows to the Middle Eastern giants, but exciting developments are afoot in the world’s more modest upstream developers.