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  • Volume 74, Issue 3

    • Volume 74, Issue 3

    Regional Reports

    New life for North Sea fields under new management

    March 10, 2014
    Who are the natural owners of maturing offshore assets in the UK North Sea? It has become an increasingly pertinent question, and one that is central to helping to create a sustainable...
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    People on the move

    People

    March 10, 2014
    Elisse B. Walter, former chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, has been elected to Occidental Petroleum Corp.'s board of directors.
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    Subsea

    Subsea processing retains innovation, moves toward standardization

    March 10, 2014
    This issue of Offshore contains the 2014 Worldwide Survey of Subsea Processing Systems, the seventh installment of this industry resource, a joint effort between INTECSEA and ...
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    Production

    Compact coiled tubing unit makes small completion interventions feasible

    March 10, 2014
    As the number of offshore installations increases globally and others mature, there is a growing industry requirement for more cost-effective intervention methods.
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    Drilling & Completion

    Advances in dual gradient drilling will facilitate deepwater development

    March 10, 2014
    When drilling conventionally, the column of wellbore annulus returns (mud and cuttings) presents a single depth versus pressure gradient.

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    Drilling & Completion

    Seismic LWD reduces time, risk in remote ultra-deepwater well

    March 10, 2014
    Exploratory wells in ultra-deepwater hold great promise, but are inherently risky and expensive.
    Geosciences

    Worldwide Seismic Vessel Survey

    March 10, 2014
    Get the latest comprehensive listing of the capabilities and features of the worldwide seismic vessel feet.
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    Vessels

    Seismic vessel survey is expanded to include additional vessel types

    March 10, 2014
    The 2014 Worldwide Seismic Vessel Survey lists 179 vessels. This is an increase if directly compared to the 2013 tally, but that is deceiving.
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    Drilling & Completion

    Innovation keeps Keppel at the forefront of rig design

    March 10, 2014
    Singapore rig builder Keppel continues to take on the challenges of operating in a high-risk offshore oil and gas sector by using innovative designs, efficiency-driven capabilities...
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    Vessels

    Sembcorp to integrate Singapore yards at new 'mega' shipyard

    March 10, 2014
    Sembcorp Marine has set up a mega-shipyard in Singapore to service the global oil and gas and marine sectors, and to maintain a competitive edge in the construction of exploration...
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    Drilling & Completion

    Proposed offshore seismic rules appear to lack scientific rigor

    March 10, 2014
    No one knows for certain what will turn up when a drill bit reaches target depth, but seismic data allow robust estimates of the probability of success.
    Equipment Engineering

    Turning data into actions

    March 10, 2014
    All of us are aware that we are being inundated with data at an ever increasing rate.
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    Geosciences

    3D seismic survey underway off Namibia

    March 10, 2014
    A 3D seismic survey has commenced in license area EL 0037 offshore Namibia, says Pancontinental Oil & Gas.
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    Drilling & Completion

    How deep can the industry go?

    March 10, 2014
    Over the last several months, the offshore industry has taken delivery of quite a few drilling units rated for 12,000-ft (3,659-m) water depth.
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    Vessels

    Fecon taps Keppel for first jackups

    March 10, 2014
    Keppel FELS has won contracts worth $650 million to build three high-specification jackups for startup Fecon International Corp.
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    Subsea

    Asgard gets power distribution units

    March 10, 2014
    Schneider Electric has delivered to Aker Solutions three control power distribution units (CPDU) for the Asgard subsea compression station project.
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    Regional Reports

    BOEM outlines Gulf of Mexico lease sale offer

    March 10, 2014
    The US Department of the Interior will offer more than 40 million acres for oil and gas exploration and development in the Gulf of Mexico in March lease sales.
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    Regional Reports

    Phased approach for Johan Sverdrup

    March 10, 2014
    Statoil and its partners have agreed on a development concept for Johan Sverdrup in the central Norwegian North Sea.
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    Regional Reports

    Americas

    March 10, 2014
    Statoil has opted to exit a license agreement offshore the Bahamas that started in May 2009.
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    Regional Reports

    GLOBAL DATA

    March 10, 2014
    Asia/Pacific is one of the most diverse regions in the world; stretching from Pakistan and India in the west to South Korea and Russia's Sakhalin Island in the far east and north...
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    Subsea

    Setting the standard for subsea processing

    March 10, 2014
    The possible benefits of subsea processing and boosting are well known, yet the industry has been slow to adopt the technology.