Determining accumulator best suited for an application depends on the environment in which it will operate, reliability, and maintenance cost. Accumulators are energy storage devices that have a variety of applications. Most notably, they can be used to store potential energy…
Polarcus Ltd. announce that the company has entered into a three-year agreement with ION Geophysical Corp. to jointly develop, execute, and market 3D marine multi-client projects to E&P companies worldwide. The agreement combines Polarcus'…
Irish independent Circle Oil Plc announced today that its subsidiary, Circle Oil Tunisia Ltd., has increased its stake in the offshore Mahdia license to 100%, after acquiring the remaining 30% working interest from Tethys Oil & Mining Inc…
BG Group has made another gas discovery on its latest exploration well offshore Tanzania, adding to the potential for LNG development in the country. The Mkizi-1 well in Block 1, was drilled by the Deepsea Metro I drillship in 1301m deep water…
Technip has been awarded a contract by Chevron North Sea for engineering, procurement, installation and construction (EPIC) on the Alder field, 200km north east of Aberdeen. Chevron is developing the central North Sea Alder field as a…
A new report shines a spotlight on the UK’s decommissioning supply-chain’s future needs. The latest estimate of future spending on decommissioning in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) is approximately £35billion by 2040. To date, fewer…
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has jurisdiction over decommissioning of “idle iron” wells and structures, pipelines, and the Rigs-to-Reefs program. According to BSEE, there were about 2,996 production platforms on the US Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)…
Shales are very fine-grained, clastic rocks that lose porosity through compaction. Sedimentary basins typically contain about 70% shale, Figure 1. Quantifying shale properties helps with predrill geologic and seismic interpretation, basin modeling…
Höegh FLNG Ltd., a fully owned subsidiary of Höegh LNG Holdings, has been awarded a pre-FEED study for a jetty-moored 2MM tonne/yr FLNG near-shore barge, FLNG solution for a North American LNG export project. The study will be executed in…
Petrobras awarded FMC Technologies a $40 million contract to supply three subsea boosting stations for the Parque das Baleias development, located offshore Brazil's Espirito Santo state in the Campos Basin. 'The Horizontal Boosting Station…
Tekmar Energy has announced ambitious plans to return to the oil and gas market, while maintaining its leading position in offshore renewables. As part of the firm’s blueprint for growth, it aims to generate £15million in turnover from…
Prospector Offshore Drilling has received a conditional letter of award from Total E&P UK for a drilling contract in the UK North Sea. This contract would be for Prospector's third jack-up rig, PROSPECTOR 5, under construction at the Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co…
Exploration firm Cluff Natural Resources (CNR) has been awarded rights to explore for offshore underground coal gasification prospects off the UK's coastline. The rights are through two conditional underground coal gasification (UCG) licences…
Technip has been awarded two contracts to supply flexible pipes for Total's Egina field offshore Nigeria. These contracts cover the qualification and supply of 12 dynamic flexible jumpers from 3.5' to 12.5' for oil production, gas lift…
Technology can be transferred from the Gulf of Mexico to new markets such as the North Sea and beyond. Scott Adams, sales manager of Decommissioning Services, and Caroline Grant, Operations Manager, provide insight from Gulfstream Services Inc…
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