Flow visualization in horizontal wells is being improved thanks to carbon composite rods. Elaine Maslin takes a look. The yellow wireline mast suspends the top sheave and the pressure control equipment…
Introducing a new FPSO into a brownfield while overhauling the subsea infrastructure led to a complex multi-year SIMOPS campaign for Technip. Elaine Maslin reports. A GIS image (above) shows the complexity of the SIMOPS at Quad 204…
An approach to modeling and simulation combining subsea electrical and fluid systems can facilitate a better understanding of the interaction of long-distance tiebacks supplied by step-outs. ABS’ Milton Korn explains. Subsea pipeline…
Understanding your asset is vital before making the big decision. Clarus Subsea’s Vinayak Patil and John MacDonald explain the key challenges of subsea integrity management in the Gulf of Mexico. Figure…
Jeannie Stell speaks with classification organizations ABS and DNV GL to discuss today’s trends in new pipelay vessels. Mike Sano Bigger is better, when the object of discussion is offshore pipelay vessels…
Equalizer International, a designer and developer of flange maintenance tools for the energy sector, will launch its newest range of tools at Offshore Europe 2015. The NutSplitter range, designed specifically for pipe-line bolted flange joints…
A move to start up the world's first subsea wet gas compressor has been given final approval by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate as it moves close to coming on stream. Statoil's Gullfaks Sør project is one of two subsea gas compression projects being developed in Norway…
FMC Technologies has been chosen as the first winner of the OTC Brasil 2015 Spotlight on New Technology Award. The award recognizes FMC Technologies’ shape memory alloy fittings in subsea equipment, which was developed to replace orbital welding processes used to connect hydraulic tubing…
Statoil’s Johan Sverdrup has received the official green light for phase one of its plan for development and operation (PDO) by the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. Johan Sverdrup field center…
Image: Hoover horizontal offshore acid tank/Hoover Container Solutions Hoover Container Solutions, a global provider of chemical tanks, cargo carrying units and related products and services…
Precision Polymer Engineering (PPE), a manufacturer of molded elastomer seals, has announced that SECC Oil and Gas, a supplier of couplings and connectors to the oil and gas industry, has installed its Perlast G75LT and G90LT O-rings in a…
UK supermajor Shell awarded OneSubsea a contract to supply subsea services for the Stones ultra deepwater development project in the Gulf of Mexico. An artist's impression of the Stones FPSO. From SBM Offshore…
North Sea independent EnQuest expects to reach first oil on its Alma/Galia development within a few weeks, the firm announced this morning. The development, a subsea project tied back to the EnQuest Producer floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel…
Aquatic Engineering and Construction Ltd. has been awarded a multimillion dollar contract on the US$10 billion Moho Nord subsea project, 75 km off the coast of the Republic of Congo, West Africa. The contract was awarded by a UK-based subcontractor working for Total E&P Congo…
The Society for Underwater Technology (SUT) will host two deepwater technical sessions at Offshore Europe, providing a platform for organizations to demonstrate innovations that are pushing boundaries at new depths. The first session…