The offshore boom took on ironic significance on April Fools Day when an American Exploration well being drilled on East Cameron 328 blew out. The crew of 42 was evacuated and...
Schematic shows modifications to the Bongkot riser platform as part of the phase IIIa production expansion program. Gas production from Thailand's Bongkot complex will shortly...
Freefall lifeboat arrangement for a NAM satellite platform. The fleet of floating production systems is steadily increasing worldwide, whether monohull or semisubmersible, in ...
As field developments in the western hemisphere plunge ever deeper, ETPM International is remolding itself as an all-round deepwater contractor. Conversions or newbuild additions...
Close to 190 people have been rescued from North West Europe drilling rigs and production platforms over the past decade by the North Sea standby vessel fleet. This is one of ...
Another function of NOIA is to acquaint the national press with drilling operations offshore. Here, members of the media receive a briefing from NOIA and BP Exploration on board...
Schematic of Seamet International/Chantiers de l'Atlantique's multipurpose column-stabilized vessel for completion/workover duties. This is one of several new concepts...
US GULF OF MEXICO - Drilling in the US Gulf of Mexico is at a frantic pace, breaking decade-old records, with rig utilization effectively at 100%. Led by an exciting, extraordinary...
The reconstitution of Royal Dutch Shell The graybeards grouped around the table in the inter sanctum of Royal Dutch Shell in the Hague have apparently finally gotten the word...
The international offshore petroleum industry has - finally - come full circle. After just over a decade of doldrums and slow, ever so slow recovery, a renaissance has occurred...
Egypt remains the Mediterranean's most prolific outpost for new discoveries. However, 34 of the undeveloped finds are marginal fields totaling 470MM bbl, which are still considered...
Vietnam's Block 15-2 discovery. Australia's dynamic Northwest Shelf. China and Southeast Asia are among the chief destinations for international oil and gas operators....
Azerbaijan's Caspian aquatory. THE CASPIAN - The littoral nations of the Caspian, though sometimes classified as European, are geographically, culturally, and ethnically Middle...
1945 - Louisiana holds first offshore lease sale. 1945 - US government claims all offshore water bottoms. 1945 - World War II ends. 1946 - First independent platform offshore ...
The latest mobile drilling rig design is the spar, shown above in production mode. The deep hull restricts mobility, but it can be tethered or spread moored in water depths beyond...
The offshore hydrocarbons industry in the year 2047 could be largely unrecognizable, if the past 50 years is any indication. Also, other resource industries may be operating offshore...
Africa's largest offshore field, Elf's Girassol lays in Angola's deepwater Block 17. Congo's productive Haute Mer province. For a second year in a row, the handsdown...
Trinidad and Tobago aquatory with concession blocks. The Falklands aquatory. At least until after the beginning of the next millennium, Latin America will continue to be an onshore...
EGYPT - Egypt has suddenly burst on the world stage as a major gas producer. Its ever-expanding Mediterranean gas province centered on the Nile Delta has propelled the once energy...
Using a combination of large-scale experiments and computational fluid dynamics modeling, Shell Research in the UK is investigating hazards from jet fires in a wide range of scenarios...
On 13 March, the Yetagun Gas Sales Agreement was signed by the MOGE, Texaco, Premier, Nippon, PTTEP, and Thai state oil company PTT, which is the purchaser of the gas. PTT has...
Wells drilled to date offshore Montenegro or close to shore. Hydraulic design issues for deepwater field developments (source: BP). Energy needs across the northern Mediterranean...
Deepwater and high temperature production are two of the big challenges facing France's oil and gas service sector. The Institut Francais du Petrole (IFP) intends to address...
Computer-generated image of the Elgin Field TPG 500. The centerpiece of Britain's largest new HT/HP project will be a TPG 500 jack-up platform. Elf and its partners confirmed...
Key principles of Proser's gas dehydration and glycol regeneration technique. Over the next five years, Proser's strategy will be oriented very much towards floating production...
Alabama Shipyard and Atlantic Marine share combined facilities on Pinto, a private island covering 650 acres. The shipyards cover 150 acres. Pinto accommodates shipbuilding and...
Three vessels for a marginal field may lack a certain ring of logic, but that is the solution Conoco UK has chosen for its Banff oilfield development, basing production around...
Kvaerner is involved in the upgrade of SOCAR's Shelf V semisub drilling rig. Leading contractors, including Kvaerner, Aker, Smedvig and Stolt Comex Seaway, are among the Norwegian...
FPSO Petrojarl 1. FPSO Nanhai Shengkai. * (Require Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0) FPSO Survey, part 1* FPSO Survey, part 2* FPSO Survey, part 3* FPSO Survey, part 4* A total of 137...
To stay on top of developments in the White House, in the Congress, in the executive agencies, and to be a part of the national dialogue in the news media, would require a company...
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 development...
Single-pass, two-step processing is key to the economic viability of new GTL technology (courtesy Syntroleum). Rick Von Flatern Technology Editor About 2,500 tcf of proved natural...
These two SCADA monitor images from the Bonito Pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico show the status of a mass balance system to determine pipeline leakage. A process of installing expandable...
Elf's Oil & Gas division executive vice-president, F. Isoard, said his own company had signed an accord with Libya last year which could lead to development of two Libyan ...
Saga is proposing a dedicated condensate pipeline for Mid-Norway. The line would carry light oil not only from Saga's recent Kristin and Lavrans discoveries, but also from...
The government of Equatorial Guinea is in the final stages of licensing talks with several major oil companies for prospects on offer off the coast of Rio Muni and Bioki Island...
Field layout for Roncador, Petrobras' newest record-breaking development in over 1,800m of water in Brazil's Campos Basin. Metocean conditions in the deepwater region ...
Aquila Field development concept. Italy's first deepwater FPSO is close to first oil, following a 15-year wait. A short time ago, M.Ciprigno and C.Chimisso of Agip revealed...
With the proliferation of high-angle and horizontal wells that expose longs sections of producing formation to the bit, has come increased concern over near-wellbore damage. The...
Since its inception in 1972, NOIA has had as its primary mission, gaining access to federal acreage offshore. Since the first moratorium was legislated in 1982, NOIA has experienced...
