Offshore petroleum development in Japan.

Working hours in the offshore petroleum industry

Three-dimensional electromagnetic holographic imaging in offshore petroleum exploration

Off-shore petroleum exploration nowadays routinely uses the marine controlled-source (MCSEM) survey, which consists of a set of sea-bottom receivers and a moving electrical bipole transmitter. We show that the MCSEM survey with its dense system of transmitters and receivers, is extremely well suited for application of the holography/migration method. The combined EM signal in the receivers form...

Work-related musculoskeletal disorders in Norway's offshore petroleum industry.

BACKGROUND Since 1992, physicians have reported work-related diseases among workers in Norway's offshore petroleum industry to the Petroleum Safety Authority, as required by law. AIMS To analyse the number of reported work-related musculoskeletal disorders and risk factors (occupation and reported exposure) from 1992 to 2003. METHODS Data from the Petroleum Safety Authority's registry of wo...

Co-materialization: Digital Innovation Dynamics in the Offshore Petroleum Industry

This paper empirically explores the concept of co-materialization to explain the digital innovation dynamics in offshore petroleum production. The central insight developed is that the very nature of subsurface processes and phenomena that may be monitored and controlled is transformed as offshore petroleum production is digitalized. The paper shows how digital technologies are intrinsic to thi...

Medical and psychological challenges in the offshore petroleum industry.

The offshore oil industry is an important industry employing a huge number of employees, involving a huge amount of money, having a huge influence on national and international economies, and thereby representing a huge political impact and influence. Despite being a huge industry, it has many characteristics of a small family. The number of operators, service-companies, and contractors is rela...