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 Editor’s note

PROTECTING PIPELINES FROM integrity threats, ranging from corrosion to hot-tapping, is a top priority for oil and gas companies. Combining a DAS monitoring system with integrated UAV technology can create a powerful detection and response system (p28). Our pipeline technology feature also covers a new solution to detect clogs in subsea pipelines and a system to retrieve cleaning devices stuck in pipelines.

Sustainability and emissions reduction are critical concerns now for oil and gas companies, many of which have set ambitious net zero targets. Digitalisation offers the potential to gain actionable insights into assets and processes, enabling better decision making for sustainable operations, as Martin Piesker, head of digitalisation at Siemens Energy, explains (p24). Elsewhere, we cover the latest compressor developments (p26), Bahrain’s energy transformation (p14) and the benefits of knowledge automation (p32).

 Contents

Calendar

4 Executives’ calendar

Listings of events, and a report of the International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC)

News

8 Developments

A round-up of the latest news from around the region

Bahrain

14 Bahrain’s energy transformation

Bahrain’s energy infrastructure is being upgraded and modernised as the country transitions to a new era, where production and environmental performance get equal billing

Energy Transition

16 Fuelling the energy transition

What midstream operators can do to support the energy transition

18 High hopes for hydrogen

Prospects for Engie in the green hydrogen space

Power

20 The benefits of cogeneration

Cogeneration technologies can play an important role in combatting climate change

Digitalisation

22 Unlocking the value in digital information

How to speed up the implementation of a digital twin with a trustworthy asset information system

24 Achieving net-zero goals with digitalisation

Digitalisation can help companies achieve both their sustainability and their business objectives, says Martin Piesker, head of digitalisation at Siemens Energy

Pipeline Technology

27 Detecting clogs in subsea pipelines

Studies conducted at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have found a new neutron-based method to detect clogs in subsea pipelines

28 Rapid response pipeline protection

Integrating DAS and UAV technology offers an effective solution to protect pipelines

31 Corrosion protection in pipelines

How GPT Industries has addressed the weak links in monolithic isolation joints

Oilfield Communications

34 Managing latency and congestion for improved performance

How oil and gas companies can overcome the negative impact of latency and congestion

Well Intervention

36 Driving down intervention costs

How GMS is facilitating more efficient heavy well intervention operations to save time and costs

Arabic

4 Analysis

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