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Peregrino Jacket Loaded Out

Oct 02, 2019

The 9,200-metric-ton jacket for the new Peregrino C platform has been loaded out at the Heerema fabrication yard in Vlissingen, the Netherlands, and is being fasted to a barge for sail away to the Equinor-operated Peregrino field offshore Brazil…

New Downhole ESP Safety Valve

Sep 30, 2019

Aberdeen-based oil and gas production technology business Pragma said it has developed an advanced downhole safety valve to create an improved well control solution for cable deployed Electric Submersible Pumps (ESPs) retrofitted to production wells…

Unlocking Production Optimization Insights

Aug 08, 2019

Oilfield services company Weatherford said it has integrated Microsoft's Power BI business analytics service into its ForeSite production optimization platform, in a move to enable customized, asset-level operational insight.The Power BI features…

Heerema Signs On Vineyard Wind Project

Jul 12, 2019

Dutch offshore contractor Heerema Marine Contractors said on Friday it has been assigned to help build the first and largest commercial offshore wind farm in the United States.Situated 14 miles off the coast of Massachusetts, the 800-megawatt…

DeepStar to Study Upwing Tech

May 14, 2019

Together, Upwing Energy, an artificial lift technology company, and industrial firm Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have been selected by global offshore research and development consortium DeepStar to perform a feasibility and conceptual…

Boosting Oil Recovery in the Gulf of Thailand

May 13, 2019

The Jasmine field, operated by Mubadala Petroleum, is located 200 kilometers south of Bangkok. This field has a sandstone reservoir and is highly complex and compartmentalized. Many good sands have a thickness of about 30 feet to 40 feet, reservoir pressure is supported by a strong aquifer…

Magnetic Drive Tech Overcomes Issues with ESPs

Apr 24, 2019

Upwing Energy, a technology firm in California, has developed a Magnetic Drive System (MDS) that aims to transform the century-old topology for electric submersible pumps (ESP).Upwing Energy is a spinoff of Calentix Technologies, a company in…

Weatherford Rolls Out ForeSite Optimization Platform

Jan 27, 2019

Irish-domiciled multinational oilfield services company Weatherford said it has made a major enhancement to its ForeSite production optimization platform, which combines physics-based models with advanced data analytics to improve performance across wells…

BOEM launches GoM marine species assessment

Jun 08, 2017

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is funding and participating in a federal research partnership that has launched an intensive three-year program to improve assessment studies of protected marine species in the Gulf of Mexico…

The lifting business

Mar 01, 2017

Audrey Leon chats with Schlumberger, Baker Hughes and Weatherford to learn about the latest technologies available for artificial lift. Dedicated Schlumberger surveillance engineers monitor alarms to prevent or mitigate adverse events…

Aramco, Baker Hughes complete rigless ESP deployment

Feb 09, 2017

Saudi Aramco and Baker Hughes (BHI) have completed the first installation of the TransCoil rigless-deployed electrical submersible pumping (ESP) system, which is designed to help operators bring wells on production faster and lower the costs associated with installing and replacing ESPs…

EnQuest’s Kraken arrives

Jan 24, 2017

EnQuest confirmed that its Kraken floating production and storage offloading unit (FPSO) arrived in the North Sea, set to deliver first oil in Q2 2017. Image of EnQuest. The US$2…

SBM awards Ampelmann FPSO maintenance contract

Jan 17, 2017

Ampelmann has been awarded a contract by SBM Offshore Contractors in support of an FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading) maintenance campaign in the Espírito Santo Basin, Brazil. Ampelmann will provide an E-type system in January 2017 with a scope that includes transport…

Vaalco back online at Avouma off Gabon

Jan 05, 2017

Houston-based Vaalco Energy restarted production at the Avouma 2-H well on the Avouma platform, offshore Gabon, after utilizing a hydraulic workover unit to replace a failed electric submersible pump (ESP) system.   Gabon drill floor operations…

Vaalco back online off Gabon

Dec 22, 2016

Houston's Vaalco Energy is back online at the South Tchibala 2-H well after utilizing a hydraulic workover unit to replace a failed electrical submersible pump (ESP) system, offshore Gabon.   Image from Vaalco…

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