One of the five directors of Brazil's new National Petroleum Agency (ANP), Giovanni Toniatti, is a geologist with 35 years experience in various private and government positions...
The Sable Offshore Gas Project is the most recent example of significant challenges in HP/HT drilling. [39,453 bytes] High pressures and high temperatures (HP/HT) are a common...
The prospect of licensing for oil and gas exploitation in international waters is approaching. The advent of drilling in 10,000-ft water depths will almost assuredly speed the...
The route of the Europipe II trunk line from Norway to the German north coast. [18,631 bytes] Lasmo's "Tree" fields in UK block 16/12a. [43,315 bytes] Clarification of proposed...
The subsea production tree which KOP is developing for use in water depths down to 2,500 meters - the deepest in the world. [22,326 bytes] Kværner's expertise in subsea technology...
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. New deepwater action in the Gulf of Mexico: Tanzanite, Leo, and King. [93,071 bytes] Block PM-3 in the Malaysia/Vietnam Commercial Arrangement...
Networked production, processing, and transmission structures such as the above have countless numbers of limit-control microchips to calibrate and move production automatically...
Since 1996, Fluenta has been involved in a technological cooperation program with Petrobras to adapt its subsea multiphase metering technology to the oil company's requirements...
Seillean FPSO was chartered to speed the start of production at Roncador Field. Photo courtesy of RB Falcon. World's deepest Xmas tree: To be completed in a water depth of...
Hitec has bolstered its position in the Brazilian market by winning a substantial order for drilling equipment for the six Amethyst rigs under construction by Drillpetro. In the...
FPSO II- Marlim South Field. (Photo by Petrobas/Eliana Fernandes). P-XIX- Marlim Field (Photo by Petrobras/Eliana Fernandes [38,471 bytes] Many Campos Basin blocks are reserved...
Latin America's importance and influence is rising. Offshore oil activity continues strong even though regional economies are soft. Change continues to sweep Latin America...
A subsidiary of Enron Corporation - Enron Engineering & Construction Company (EE&CC) - has taken its integrated services and risk management expertise into the oil and gas marine...
Pemex's Cantarell installations. The Ta kuntah FSO. [32,988 bytes] Despite restrictions on Mexican oil production imposed by the Riyadh and Amsterdam agreements, the 5-year...
Multi-function production platforms such as this one in the North Sea have hundreds of microchips aboard to serve automated control and monitoring processes and communications...
The realignment of PDVSA will do away with Corpoven, Lagoven, and Maravin in favor of a more traditional corporate structure defined by operations rather than geography.[13,035...
VMW's HandiArm now makes it possible to safely perform maintenance work on the underside of a jackup rig's hull while drilling on location. The HandiArm provides greater...
The rules for offshore abandonment in northwest Europe have now been set, and dumping at sea is not part of them. Instead, steel installations are to be brought to shore with ...
Specially designed sponsons have been fitted to the barge to improve its resistance to habitual and severe winter ice loads. Computer-generated impression of the Mallard-operated...
PART II: This is the second of a four-part series dealing with the key issues of the Caspian Sea Basin. Part I dealt with Caspian geology and reserve potential. The series is ...
As deepwater fields are being developed, inventors use past experiences to invent newer aspects or variations in the existing concepts to reduce the cost of deepwater field development...
StrataLock is a formation-control-while-drilling product developed by Halliburton that may have applications in holding back shallow water flows. [16,744 bytes] Image B [19,145...
The development of drilling and completion fluids beyond the basic liquid pumped downhole reflects much of the petroleum industry's growth. At one time, drilling fluids were...
Vessel Specification [49,458 bytes] Combined floating drilling production storage and offloading (FDPSO) systems based on ships have been occasionally proposed by the offshore...
The artificial production and drilling "island." Location of the Mittelplate oilfield installation, just off the German northwest coastal town of Brunsbuettel. [13,400 bytes] ...
Antonio Carlos Agostini, Director of Exploration & Production for Petrobras [16,160 bytes]. Joel Mendes Renno, President of Petrobras [10,537 bytes]. Campos Basin fields. Roncador...
The cost of rig time, particularly in deepwater, increases the importance on operators to anticipate subsea excavation requirements and prepare adequate contingencies. Recognizing...
Oil tankers in transit complicate the supply/demand balance. Turning oil market First, the good news: Supply cutbacks of around 770,000 b/d are reflected in the latest IEA Monthly...
The Galileo barge is performing the first underbalanced drilling program on Lake Maracaibo. Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo is a very mature field. The lake is thick with wellheads...
Drilling Cost per well for offshore wells [35,453 bytes] Wells drilled and wells not completed [60,647 bytes] Estimated costs of drilling and equipping wells, by depth interval...
Petrobras's deep-water requirements have provided welcome opportunities for Kongsberg Offshore (KOS) to deploy its subsea expertise in Brazil. It is currently supplying Petrobras...
The Discoverer Enterprise was due to arrive at Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., in mid-August for the finishing phase of construction. The King, King's Peak, and Sunday...
The Transocean Amirante is breaking new ground in the offshore Trinidad theater drilling the first deepwater well in 1,800 ft of water, in Block 5a. Amoco has known about the ...
The Gorilla V being guided down the Mississippi River on its way to Sabine Pass for final outfitting. The MV Atlantic Horizon [22,617 bytes]. R&B Falcon's RBS-6 deep water...
This apparatus has been used to investigate pure compounds, binary mixtures and real fluids from the North Sea In the North Sea, production is scheduled from deep reservoirs at...
CorrOcean is moving to establish a more regular presence in Brazil, where it sees a good potential market for its pipeline integrity management and corrosion monitoring expertise...
The Flexconnect pull-in and connection system. By using new materials to lighten the product, we can reach deeper with flexible risers. For much deeper applications, the best ...
Geoservices' new RWD tool uses an EM wave communication system instead of mud transducers. Geoservices of France is having success in Venezuela with its new 4-3/4 in. OD Resistivity...
Drilling without a riser is the ultimate goal of the project, but it will not be demonstrated under Phase IV of the project. This phase will focus on the basis of design and procedures...
The Varg FPSO en route to Norway. The Varg FPSO has left the Keppel FELS Pioneer Yard in Singapore on its way for operations in Norway. The Varg is owned by Saga Petroleum and...
