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Towards fully autonomous oil and gas platforms

Self-operating offshore platforms may be as much a part of the future as self-driving cars.

The industry is moving towards autonomous operations and within 5–10 years we should have full automation, writes Håvard Devold at ABB’s Oil, Gas & Chemical Business

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Towards the ion age

Energy storage technology and its continuing evolution will enable significant improvements in many critical areas of life.

The race to build the next innovative battery is heating up. Sofiane Boukhalfa and Navneeta Kaul at PreScouter look at the disruptive battery technologies that could revolutionise energy storage in the next five decades

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Making the one Gulf dream a reality

Ever since Mexico’s historic energy reform in 2013, the idea of being able to approach the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) as ‘one Gulf’ has been a tantalising prospect for the governments, operators and cont

Looking to explore new opportunities on both sides of the Gulf of Mexico? Make the EIC stand in Hall D at OTC 2019 the first stop on your international business journey

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What’s next for the energy workforce?

Energy Focus talks with Janette Marx, CEO of Airswift – a global workforce solutions provider and EIC member company – about the workforce of the future

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Q&A: View from the top: Gordon Birrell

What role are oil and natural gas likely to play as energy markets transition to a lower-carbon energy system?

BP’s Upstream Chief Operating Officer for Production, Transformation and Carbon

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Carbon management and storage: The future of oil and gas

The oil and gas industry achieved global supremacy in the supply of convenient and portable energy from the early 1900s.

Carbon capture and storage offers a lifeline to the UK oil and gas industry, writes Professor Stuart Haszeldine at the University of Edinburgh

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The rig of the future

Nicholas Newman drills down into next generation rigs

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Artificial intelligence powers up

In 50 years’ time, many energy sector jobs could be made quicker and more efficient thanks to upcoming technology.

Lucy Woods looks at how artificial intelligence and other advanced digital technologies will reshape the energy sector

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Where will oil and gas be in 50 years?

Oil majors remain bullish about the prospects for the oil and gas sector going forward, despite rising concern about oil demand growth in the mid-to-longer term.

Oil and gas will remain very important for the next five decades, writes Jeremy Bowden, especially in developing nations, with petrochemicals, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and clean fuels of particular interest

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Big Question: What does the future hold for the offshore oil and gas industry?

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