FMC Kongsberg rolls out new subsea technology
FMC Kongsberg Subsea (FKS) is rolling out new technology developed under the SmartFields initiative.
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Eurogif: Reaping benefits of real-time monitoring and control
Offshore, the pressure is always on – in real time. Deepwater wells, key to the energy industry's future, increasingly require new solutions and challenge the industry to perform at its best.
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Aug. 20--AUV, ROV combined for deepwater
Geoconsult will combine remotely operated vehicle and autonomous underwater vehicle technology for seabed mapping, ROV services, and subsea construction support services.
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Cast steel technique brings benefits to Nigerian seabed components
Cast steel components were found to offer the best solution in the manufacture of pipeline support porches in a project for the Nigerian Corrib field. Kohlswa Gjuteri has just completed an order for ABB Offshore Services to manufacture 25 units that will be used to carry power and communi-cations conduits to a seabed separation plant to be installed in 900 m of water offshore Nigeria.
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FRANCE: Next generation of riser towers for second Angola deepwater project
Kizomba A is the most ambitious develop-ment in progress offshore Angola, based around a tension leg wellhead platform and a 2 MMbbl storage floating produc-tion, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel.
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Brest’s growing offshore capabilities to be demonstrated at UDET
This June, the Ultra Deepwater Engin-eering and Technology Conference (UDET) makes its debut in the city of Brest, northwest France.
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Strong growth forecast in West African subsea activity
To date, the bulk of West African offshore production has been achieved through the "conventional" fixed platform/surface completion approach, but this is set to change in the near future.
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FRANCE: Steel hybrid riser extends flexibility in ultra-deepwater operations
Lowering stresses at critical points
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DEEPWATER E&P: Twin-screw and helico-axial pumps hold advantages in seabed multiphase boosting
Improved flow assurance, higher flow rates
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SUBSEA PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY: Umbilicals: The life support behind critical subsea systems
Greater depths require tough systems
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SUBSEA PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY - Umbulicals: The life support behind critical subsea systems
Greater depths require tough systems
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Accurate seabed core sampler aids Kuito suction pile design
Soil investigations for the recent Kuito development off Angola were conducted using an innovative piston corer designed by Geocean Solmarine.
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Acoustical positioning of noisy drilling rigs in deepwater
Acoustic positioning systems have long been acknowledged as the best way to keep dynamically positioned (DP) vessels accurately on station in shallow water and are widely used in the oil fields of the Pacific Rim.
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Subsea separation shortens cycle for deepwater, long offset production
Compact systems separate up to four phases
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515 field development projects underway worldwide
Low oil prices, budget cuts constrain numbers
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Shell-Saipem seafloor driller option on costly deepwater wells
Design could evaluate formations at least cost
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Zafiro example of use of hinge-over template
Figure 1 - Layout of Zafiro project. [5,545 bytes] Figure 2 - Kongsberg's guideline-less HOST template. [33,092 bytes] Figure 3 - Host control configuration. [26,818 bytes] Figure 4 - Global deep-water spending to 2002. [6,643 bytes] With economic conditions exerting pressure on industry costs across the board, field developers are increasingly attracted to ideas that offer fast-track solutions. This is particularly so in subsea production technology, where time equates to dayrates for
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Marginal specialist branches out from multiphase to subsea separation
Typical Framo multiphase flow meter [17,558 bytes]. Framo Engineering has emerged as a world leader in marginal field technology. The company is engaged in several major projects which offer significant potential for such developments, ranging from multiphase boosting and flow meters to swivel technology and subsea separation systems. With field developments moving to ever more remote locations, deeper waters and further from existing infrastructure, the need to add pressure energy to the
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Who needs appraisal wells?
For BP's Eugene Hughes, designing for minimum appraisal was another crucial consideration in deepest West Africa. "Like anyone else, we're trying to go to fast-track developments. These days if you want money from the BP board, you have to get your oil out quicker. If you ask them for four years, they'll give you three. We used to think five years was good."
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Deepwater template employs central guide post for seabed installation
In February the doors of the KOS Training Center in Bergen opened for the first time. Here the company will train new employees, in classes of 14 at a time, in the skills of the subsea service engineer. The course comprises 12 weeks of concentrated learning, theoretical and practical, accompanied by exams. The trainee engineers are then attached to one of KOS's offshore crews to gain on-the-job experience.
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Kongsberg eyes Arco multi-well subsea control system
With the development of the Hinge-Over Subsea Template, Kongsberg has reduced template costs by more than half.
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ROV Support HMB Subwork, Sub Sea Offshore team up as worldwide contractor
One of HMB's Trojan ROVs, currently on duty at BOL's Britannia Field supporting drilling operations from the platform template. Dresser Industries' takeover of North Sea Assets this spring has created a new supergroup in ROV inspection and support. It comes at a time when other groups are branching into ROV contracting.
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FRANCE Surface - sea bottom data link shuts out noise interference
The Elise 3 plough with ORCA's MATS modem on the starboard bow. Deepwater subsea developments are demanding installation of increasingly autonomous seabed structures. This trend was the basis for a new generation of underwater acoustic products from Brest-based ORCA Instrumen-tation. The latest of these, called MATS, is being offered as a reliable and cost-effective alternative to use of underwater cables.
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Agip using live wells for deepwater production, subsea equipment tests
Engineering R&D Group Agip Agip's subsea boosting and monitoring equipment sled is lowered to the seafloor for an endurance trial. Agip's research and development efforts in advanced offshore engineering technologies have steadily increased, mainly concentrated towards deep water systems. Agip has a long tradition and experience in offshore operations and since the early 1970s has been involved in the deep water challenge.
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