Advanced Technology Valve designs and produces subsea valves and actuators that operate in water depths up to 3,000 m (9,842 ft), and other products for hydrocarbon processing on platforms.
Following extensive offshore trials, Co.L.Mar's acoustic leak detector has completed its first deployment from an autonomous underwater vehicle for inspection of pressurized pipelines.
Valvitalia is expanding its service to the upstream sector after acquiring Italy's two main firefighting systems specialists, Silvani and Eusebi.
Atos designs and manufactures ex-proof stainless steel valves, which can withstand severe corrosive environments and low ambient temperature up to -60°C (-76°F). Applications include use with water-based fluids and pure water.
Fincantieri Offshore is working on an alternative concept for a ship-shaped compressed natural gas carrier that could economically transport gas from stranded fields, compressed onboard to a pressure of 166 bar (2,407 psi), to a standard onshore unloading station or an existing regasification plant up to 1,500 mi (2,414 km) away.
Determining the potential for field life extension and platform re-use involves modeling and calculations based on a wide range of factors.
Oil and gas consultancy services provider Interholding is forming a new division in Houston called Inter-Nebest.
Saipem's crane vessel S7000 has installed the 7,000-metric ton OFQ living quarters platform for Total's Ofon Phase 2 project offshore Nigeria. Eiffel Nigeria Ltd. is completing hookup and commissioning of the facility, which will be bridge-linked to the new Ofon P2 wellhead platform.
Anti-wear coatings specialist Technogenia is working on new processes to improve the durability of drilling tools.
Doris Engineering has been working on a series of deepwater studies in West Africa, one of the world's most active regions.
Classifcation society Bureau Veritas has entered a technical and commercial cooperation agreement with French hydrodynamic specialist HydrOcean, which will provide computational fuid dynamics services to BV's offshore clients.
Prosernat, a subsidiary of Heurtey Petrochem and IFPEN, has long experience developing glycol-based regeneration systems for offshore and onshore projects such as Ormen Lange in the Norwegian Sea.
Factorig, a division of Paris-based well engineering services provider Dietswell, was formed in Abu Dhabi in 2006 to provide rig inspection and QHSE auditing services using proprietary software developed for a wide range of drilling equipment.
It may come as a surprise, but for some Port Fourchon companies one of the hottest markets in the Gulf of Mexico these days has nothing to do with drilling or production. Quite the contrary, actually.
