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OTC15: 3D printing under the spotlight

May 05, 2015

Lloyd’s Register Energy is inviting companies from America, Canada and Brazil to take part of a joint industry project (JIP) focusing on additive manufacturing at this week's Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston. Additive manufacturing…

OTC15: Technology guidance note launched

May 05, 2015

Lloyd’s Register Energy issued a new risk-based Technology Qualification Guidance Note to minimize risks and uncertainty of novel designs, concepts or applications not covered by existing rules, industry codes or best practice. Lloyd’s…

AspenTech unveils aspenONE

May 04, 2015

Aspen Technology, Inc. announced the general availability of aspenONE Engineering and aspenONEManufacturing and Supply Chain Version 8.8 software. Developed for firms in the oil, gas, chemicals, engineering and construction and other process industries…

OTC15: Lloyds, MaxGrip join forces

May 04, 2015

UK-based compliance, integrity and risk consultancy firm Lloyd’s Register Energy is forming a strategic alliance with MaxGrip.  The alliance, announced during this week's Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, will see the development…

OTC15: Tata unveils SAWL pipe milestone

May 04, 2015

Tata Steel says it has become the first company to manufacture a submerged arc welded longitudinal (SAWL) line pipe installed through reeling method in the North Sea. Manufactured at Tata Steel’s Hartlepool 42in. UOE mill, the pipe was…

Apollo joins marginal field initiative

May 03, 2015

ABT Oil & Gas (ABTOG) has signed a Collaboration Agreement Aberdeen based engineering firm Apollo Offshore Engineering on its marginal field delivery consortium. Apollo will join the Marginal Field Delivery Consortium providing expertise…

Looking further afield

May 01, 2015

Italian engineering companies could offer competitive engineering, procurement and construction services in the Mediterranean Sea, should activity pick up, but West Africa is currently the hot spot for contracts. Litchendjili…

Safety from a design consideration

May 01, 2015

Preventing corrosion is necessary to avoiding production failures. Leokadia Rucinski and Genesis’ Binder Singh provide details. Fig. 1: A collage of somewhat unusual corrosion phenomena, many of…

(Em)Bracing innovation

May 01, 2015

Installed in 65m water depth in 1998, the Siri platform was an innovation. Now, it has taken another innovation – taking onshore cable stay engineering design concepts for use subsea – to allow the platform to continue operation. Elaine Maslin reports…

Securing intelligent systems offshore

May 01, 2015

Often I am asked – what is classification? We get this question a good bit in the offshore industry where the role of class might not be as pronounced as it is in the marine industry. Watson. From ABS…

Taking the load

May 01, 2015

Calibrating the 64 load cells on the Snorre A tension leg platform was a lengthy arduous task, until a new solution, installed late 2014, was found. Elaine Maslin reports. The Snorre A tension leg platform…

Subsea Services Alliance in 15,000-psi intervention riser system

Apr 30, 2015

Subsea Services Alliance announces the first joint technology project between OneSubsea and Helix to engineer and manufacture a 15,000-psi intervention riser system. This jointly developed technology advances the alliance’s objectives…

Ravn heading for Danish sector

Apr 30, 2015

Wintershall's unmanned Ravn platform is being towed out to the Danish sector of the North Sea ready for installation. The platform, which will produce the Ravn field, in License 5/06, is due to start up by the end of this year. Ravn…

Kongsberg wins West African FPSO contract

Apr 29, 2015

Kongsberg Maritime entered into a US$26.5 million contract to supply a complete electrical, instrument and telecom solution, including e-house, for the new Yinson Genesis floating production storage offloading unit (FPSO). The FPSO contract…

McDermott forms Ghana JV

Apr 27, 2015

EPCI contractor McDermott International and Accra, Ghana-based Hydra Offshore Group have joined forces to create a new joint venture called, McDermott Marine Construction Ghana Limited (MMCGL), focused on opportunities offshore Ghana. McDermott's partner…

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