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End of life or afterlife?

May 01, 2017

Susan Gourvenec offers a down under outlook for decommissioning offshore oil and gas facilities. Operating pipelines provide habitat for marine life. Photos from Woodside. Australia’s…

Managing the pressure

May 01, 2017

AFGlobal sheds light on its launch of a key RGH component for deepwater MPD operations. For deepwater, subsea applications, the Active Control Device offers a significant departure from conventional RCDs with a purpose-built…

Simply electrifying

May 01, 2017

Ahead of the Underwater Technology Conference (UTC) in Bergen this June, Elaine Maslin spoke with program chairman Nils Arne Sølvik and Statoil’s Chief Engineer Subsea Technology & Operations, Rune Mode Ramberg, about some of the topics likely to come up…

Coming full circle

May 01, 2017

Elaine Maslin reports on a new joint industry project, led by Intecsea, which aims to apply lessons learned to reduce decommissioning costs by building them into the design phase. Decommissioning project team…

The robot race

May 01, 2017

A competition to develop an offshore autonomous robot has helped iron out some of the issues that will need resolving to take this technology offshore. Elaine Maslin reports. Foxiris in action…

Flexible to the core

May 01, 2017

Northeast England has a heritage when it comes to the shipping and offshore industries. Elaine Maslin reports on how JDR and GE Wellstream are keeping the tradition alive. The carcass line at GE Wellstream…

The pressure is on

May 01, 2017

Quietly, but surely, high-pressure, high-temperature expertise is being developed on the UK Continental Shelf. Elaine Maslin sets out the detail. Action on Alder. Photos from Airborne. The North Sea’s latest high-pressure…

VIDEO: Watch Pioneering Spirit do world's heaviest offshore lift

Apr 29, 2017

Allseas’ dynamically positioned single-lift installation and decommissioning and pipelay vessel Pioneering Spirit is on its way to northeast England after setting a world offshore heavy lifting record on Friday, with the removal of Shell’s 24…

US to increase OCS drilling

Apr 28, 2017

US President Donald Trump signed executive orders today (28 April) to increase domestic energy production in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Planning area including the Chukchi Sea, Beaufort Sea, Cook Inlet, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic…

Vallourec appoints chief digital officer

Apr 28, 2017

Vallourec, a provider of tubular solutions with six global research centers, has appointed Barthélémy Longueville to the position of chief digital officer (CDO). As the group puts its Transformation Plan into action, the CDO's task will be to steer Vallourec's digital strategy…

Pioneering Spirit completes record offshore lift - video

Apr 28, 2017

Allseas’ dynamically positioned single-lift installation and decommissioning and pipelay vessel Pioneering Spirit has set a world lifting record, with the removal of Shell’s 24,200-ton Brent Delta platform topside today. Located in the Brent field…

NPD awards AGR support agreement

Apr 28, 2017

AGR has been awarded a frame agreement to deliver well and drilling engineering advice to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) to support evaluation of drilling programs, well design and testing, completions and plugging and abandoning…

Kongsberg, Stress Engineering form offshore alliance

Apr 28, 2017

Kongsberg Maritime Inc., the North American division of Norway headquartered marine and offshore technology company Kongsberg Maritime, and Houston headquartered Stress Engineering Services have formed a strategic alliance to better serve…

Inpex CPF sets sail to Ichthys field

Apr 28, 2017

The Ichthys Explorer, the Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG project’s central processing facility (CPF), sailed away from its construction site in Geoje, South Korea in route to the Ichthys field offshore Western Australia, following the completion of shipyard commissioning and preparation work…

ABS approves ultra deepwater APS

Apr 28, 2017

ABS granted Approval in Principle (AIP) to Frontier Deepwater Appraisal Solutions for an ultra deepwater Appraisal Production System (APS) that will provide critical production data for reserves located in ultra deepwater areas. Intended for deployment early in the appraisal process…

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