Stuxnet ‘infected’ Chevron’s systems
According to the Wall Street Journal's CIO Journal blog, the virus infected Chevron's network that year after escaping from the intended target. The company told the Journal that the problem was contained and the company's operations were not affected. “We make every effort to protect our data systems from those
Aquatic Engineering & Construction Ltd names Smart as North America business development manager
Aquatic Engineering & Construction Ltd names Smart as North America business development managerAquatic Engineering & Construction Ltd, an Acteon company, is delighted to announce the appointment of Bill Smart as business development manager, North America.Prior to joining Aquatic, Smart served as the Vice President of Sales and Service for
Marcellus operators brace for monster storm
Marcellus operators did not anticipate much if any impact on gas production, however.Cabot Oil & Gas spokesman George Stark told Upstream that the company "fully expects and is making plans to lay down rigs"."The good thing is that from a production standpoint, the storm shouldn't have any impact,
BP caps leaking cofferdam
BP on Tuesday deployed remotely operated vehicles from the offshore construction vessel Skandi Neptune to the 86-tonne, 122-metre-tall steel containment dome, also known as a cofferdam. The ROVs installed a 340-kilogramme cap over the cofferdam's "stovepipe" and secured it in place with clamps, while also inserting plugs into four