Statoil, on behalf of Wintershall, signed a contract with Nexans for the supply of direct electrical heating (DEH) technology. The DEH riser will connect the Kristin and Maria fields in the Norwegian Sea with the Kristin platform, ensuring the constant flow through pipelines…
CNOOC Ltd. began production at its Panyu 34-1/35-1/35-2 project in the South China Sea. Image from CNOOC. Panyu 34-1/35-1/35-2 is located in the Pearl River Mouth basin in a water depth range of 195-338m…
Singapore-based KrisEnergy is about to recieve the Cendor mobile offshore production unit (MOPU) Marine Contracting moves it the from the Cendor field, offshore Malaysia to Batam, Indonesia for upgrade work. Marine Contracting moving the Cendor MOPU…
Late life production optimization is hard, but interesting, according to those tackling the issue. Elaine Maslin provides an overview of recent trends. As natural production rates wane and assets start to age, optimizing production rates offshore becomes a key challenge for operators…
Aker Solutions, FMC Technologies, and GE Oil & Gas set out where they see the future of subsea technologies going. Aker Solutions A vision for the future: advanced subsea production systems. Photo from Aker Solutions…
We asked production optimization specialists their views on the latest trends in the area. Skills comes high up the list. Elaine Maslin sets out the results of our survey. Topside activities are currently the biggest challenge to production optimization in the North Sea…
A new and exciting chapter has opened in the history of the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Meg Chesshyre reports. Fig. 1: Johan Sverdrup phase 1, comprised of four bridge-linked platforms. Image from Statoil…
Offshore oil and gas mega projects are increasing in scale and cost. Some 41% of ExxonMobil’s 2015 capital spending for projects under construction in 2015 is likely to be directed to one project alone. Neda Djahansouzi, Energy Researcher…
The global fleets are growing – not least in order to cater for new deep water challenges. Fred Tholen takes a look. Subsea 7’s new heavy construction vessel, under construction in South Korea…
Deepwater is a big play for Chevron – one which comes with challenges that the super major is working hard to overcome. Transocean’s drillship Discoverer Deep Seas, which drilled at Chevron’s Tahiti prospect…
Scientific drilling confirmed the presence of natural gas hydrates on the North and Central American continental shelves in late 1970s and early 1980s, but it was only recently that researchers began to seriously assess methane hydrate development…
Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) installed the CA-Litoral-A production processing and compression platform in the Tsimin-Xux development project in the Bay of Campeche, Gulf of Mexico (GoM). Image from Pemex…
Russia's Gazprom Neft and state-owned PetroVietnam have begun exclusive talks to potentially cooperate in the development of the Dolginskoye field, located about 75km off the Russian coast in the Pechora Sea. Gazprom Neft said in a statement…
According to the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA), there is untapped potential of offshore energy located in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico (GoM) that could greatly benefit the US. That is, if the Eastern GoM were opened to offshore oil and natural gas development…
China National Offshore Oil Co. (CNOOC) has begun production from the Huizhou 25-8 oilfield and Xijiang 24-3 oilfield in the South China Sea, known as the Xijiang 24-1 District joint development project. Xijiang 24-3 facility…