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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…

Thunder (Horse) rolls

May 01, 2017

Audrey Leon profiles the Thunder Horse field, speaking with project manager Steve Raymer about the BP-operated field’s most recent expansion project, which came in 11 months ahead of schedule and $150 million under budget. Loading…

Managing risers using data

May 01, 2017

Himanshu Maheshwari and Bulent Mercan, of 2H Offshore, discuss how a well-designed integrity monitoring program provides data for riser digital operations. Fig 1: Large gap between predictive analysis and reality…

Let’s get SubCool

May 01, 2017

Dehydration on the seafloor could help build a business case for stranded gas deposits. Elaine Maslin reports. Australia’s SubCool has developed a hybrid solution for stranded gas deposits. The concept would fully process the gas at the…

Materia expands Proxima manufacturing facility

Apr 27, 2017

Materia, a developer and manufacturer of catalysts and advanced polymers, is supporting growth in its Proxima thermoset resins by expanding its manufacturing capacity fivefold in Huntsville, Texas. The expanded facility will complement Materia’s…

BP ups Atlantis ante

Apr 27, 2017

BP says it has made “a major breakthrough” in seismic imaging that has identified more than 200 MMbbl of additional resources at its Atlantis field in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Atlantis. Image from BP…

Hydratight, CSS diverless clamp repairs WA pipeline

Apr 24, 2017

Engineering teams from UK-based subsea connector specialists Hydratight and Norwegian technologists Connector Subsea Solutions (CSS) have completed a milestone deepwater pipeline repair in Western Australia.  A 4in MEG line, owned by a major national oil company (NOC)…

Interventek develops 20K in-riser valve

Apr 20, 2017

Aberdeen-based well intervention technology specialists, Interventek Subsea Engineering, has developed an ultra-high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) version of their Revolution safety valve for in-riser landing string systems, the 20K in-riser Revolution valve…

First detailed deepwater Argentina seismic shoot

Apr 20, 2017

Geoscience firm Spectrum has started a 35,000km multi-client 2D seismic survey covering 435,000km offshore Argentina, in deepwater, in cooperation with YPF and with the authorization of the Ministry of Energy and Minerals.  This survey…

Skandi Búzios PLSV starts Petrobras charter

Apr 19, 2017

TechnipFMC and DOF Subsea's jointly owned Skandi Búzios pipelay support vessel (PLSV) has started its 8-year charter with Petrobras. Skandi Búzios is the sistership of the Skandi Açu, which started its charter contract almost exactly a year ago…

African Petroleum to get Senegal, Gambia partner

Apr 18, 2017

African Petroleum signed nonbinding heads of terms and a binding exclusivity agreement with a “well-funded, listed oil and gas company with a strong track record in offshore deepwater drilling,” for a drilling campaign offshore Senegal and The Gambia…

EnerMech get Caspian contracts

Apr 03, 2017

Mechanical services group EnerMech has strengthened its market position in the Caspian region by securing contracts with major operators valued at more than US$49.8 million (£40 million). The contracts involve a number of EnerMech service lines including cranes and lifting…

Interventek launches open water well control valve

Apr 03, 2017

Aberdeen’s Interventek Subsea Engineering is launching a new Open Water Well Control Valve designed for light well intervention (LWI) and workover operations, including large bore, deepwater and HPHT applications. Image…

Preparing for a new (low oil price) world

Apr 01, 2017

Melissa Sustaita provides an overview of activities slated for this year’s Offshore Technology Conference. An overview of OTC 2016’s exhibition hall. Photo from Offshore Technology Conference (OTC)…

Fighting fatigue

Apr 01, 2017

Intecsea’s Kirsten Oliver discusses a new flexible riser inspection tool created in partnership with UK-based Innospection. Figure 1: A typical flexible riser composition. Images from Intecsea…

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