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The journey from Tupi to Lula

May 01, 2017

Jerry Lee profiles the development of Brazil’s giant Lula field, offshore Rio de Janeiro. The FPSO Cidade de São Vicente was brought in to perform extended well tests on a Lula NE well in 2011…

E-luminating the deeps

May 01, 2017

Eelume has made a splash with its snake-like underwater robot, despite its lithe form not initially having been destined for a life subsea. Elaine Maslin sets out the detail. Eelume (a shortening of electric and luminaire…

Delta day arrives

May 01, 2017

Final preparations are being made for what will be the heaviest ever offshore lift and the first of the once prolific Brent field platforms removals using Allseas’ mega-vessel, the Pioneering Spirit. Elaine Maslin reports.  Allseas’…

Sticky business

May 01, 2017

Offshore enhanced oil recovery pilots in the North Sea are paving the way towards helping to get more heavy oil out of the ground. Elaine Maslin reports. Biopolymer containers on Heidrun’s deck…

Ready to start

May 01, 2017

Decommissioning in Western Europe is set to boom after numerous false starts, says Douglas Westwood’s Ben Wilby. The Troll A platform. Photo: Statoil/Øyvind Hagen. Decommissioning…

Churning around?

May 01, 2017

Prospects are looking up in the US Gulf of Mexico as operators make final investment decisions. EIC’s Jake Gillian outlines activity in the area.   The US Gulf of Mexico (GoM) has seen somewhat…

Separation simple

May 01, 2017

Norway’s Seabed Separation says simple is the best way to go by exploiting an understanding of the well stream. Elaine Maslin reports. Image from iStock. Seabed Separation’s technology is a dual pipe separator (DPS) system…

E&P goes green

May 01, 2017

Elaine Maslin looks at efforts to breathe new life into old oil and gas platforms, such as refitting for renewable energy, while also cutting CO2 emissions and cost. An illustration of the Win Win (wind-powered water injection) project…

Flexible to the core

May 01, 2017

Northeast England has a heritage when it comes to the shipping and offshore industries. Elaine Maslin reports on how JDR and GE Wellstream are keeping the tradition alive. The carcass line at GE Wellstream…

Simply electrifying

May 01, 2017

Ahead of the Underwater Technology Conference (UTC) in Bergen this June, Elaine Maslin spoke with program chairman Nils Arne Sølvik and Statoil’s Chief Engineer Subsea Technology & Operations, Rune Mode Ramberg, about some of the topics likely to come up…

Teaching machines to speak drilling

May 01, 2017

Maana’s Jeff Dalgliesh discusses a recent project with Chevron aimed at training a machine to understand how drillers describe problems encountered during operations. Image from iStock. Typically…

The pressure is on

May 01, 2017

Quietly, but surely, high-pressure, high-temperature expertise is being developed on the UK Continental Shelf. Elaine Maslin sets out the detail. Action on Alder. Photos from Airborne. The North Sea’s latest high-pressure…

VIDEO: Watch Pioneering Spirit do world's heaviest offshore lift

Apr 29, 2017

Allseas’ dynamically positioned single-lift installation and decommissioning and pipelay vessel Pioneering Spirit is on its way to northeast England after setting a world offshore heavy lifting record on Friday, with the removal of Shell’s 24…

US to increase OCS drilling

Apr 28, 2017

US President Donald Trump signed executive orders today (28 April) to increase domestic energy production in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Planning area including the Chukchi Sea, Beaufort Sea, Cook Inlet, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic…

NPD awards AGR support agreement

Apr 28, 2017

AGR has been awarded a frame agreement to deliver well and drilling engineering advice to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) to support evaluation of drilling programs, well design and testing, completions and plugging and abandoning…

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