BP and Enpro Subsea have executed a Global Frame Agreement aimed at providing an enhanced subsea architecture and smart standardization using Flow Access Module (FAM) technology to enable fast track, capital efficient subsea tiebacks.Enpro said…
Italy's Eni said it ha struck a new oil discovery in the Afoxé exploration prospect located in Block 15/06, offshore Angola.The discovery, estimated to contain between 170 and 200 million barrels of light oil in place, was made in the Afoxé-1 NFW well located in the southeast area of Block 15/06…
Enpro Subsea & Kosmos Energy commit to subsea ‘smart standardization’ in Gulf of MexicoEnpro Subsea reached a Master Services Agreement (MSA) with Kosmos Energy (formerly Deep Gulf Energy) aimed at providing enhanced subsea architecture and…
DNV GL is now starting phase II of a Joint Industry Project (JIP) on single phase flow meters in phase-contaminated oil flow. Phase II of this JIP will focus on the influence of the oil fluid properties. This will involve testing different single…
The University of Western Australia (UWA) is leading a joint industry project (JIP), supported by the Industry Technology Facilitator (ITF), to provide industry with a better understanding of the mechanism of hydrate growth and blockages…
Aker Solutions (stand 5C100) is launching its MultiBooster, a new, up to 6MW subsea multiphase pump to help operators maximize production from existing oil and gas fields, at SPE Offshore Europe this week. Aker Solutions says the now qualified…
Subsea boosting is helping to push otherwise uneconomic subsea projects over the line. Elaine Maslin reports on two tiebacks benefiting from a bit of boost – including the industry’s longest deepwater subsea multiphase boosting tieback. Murphy…
NEL’s Damian Krakowiak examines the potential of virtual flow metering technology and how better testing could enable its adoption. Validation needed. Photo from NEL. With the…
TAQA has awarded OneSubsea an engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) contract for a subsea multiphase boosting system for the Otter field in the UK North Sea. Through the EPCIC contract, Schlumberger’s…
Michael Reader-Harris, of NEL, outlines the risk that absent multiphase flow measurement standards pose to industry. Michael Reader-Harris While accurately measuring a complex mixture of oil…
A new US$19.9 million (£16 million) Center of Excellence (CoE) for subsea development is to be established in East Kilbride, Scotland and will be led by TÜV SÜD Ltd. (NEL), a provider of research and development, consultancy and testing to the international oil and gas industry…
Oilfield services giant Schlumberger and Subsea 7 have won contracts on BP's Mad Dog 2 deepwater development in the US Gulf of Mexico. Subsea 7 and Schlumberger, under the Subsea Production Systems alliance with OneSubsea, have been awarded a subsea production systems contract…
NEL, the flow measurement research and development specialist, has been selected to lead the development of a new multiphase flow measurement standard for the oil and gas industry. Despite the growing use of multiphase meters to cope…
The Subsea Integration Alliance (a collaboration between Schlumberger, OneSubsea, and Subsea 7) has been awarded a deepwater integrated subsea engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) multiphase boosting…
More and more heavy oil is coming into production pipelines. Measuring it, in a multiphase flow, is a challenge, says NEL’s David Millington. Heavy Oil. Photos from NEL. Cost…
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