Emerging digital technology will transform asset integrity management systems, reducing the volume of inspection and the cost and downtime incurred during regular offshore maintenance, according to Matthieu de Tugny, Head of Offshore, Bureau Veritas.
IFP Energies Nouvelles (IFPEN) is working on improvements to its Clip-Riser connector for deepwater drilling. The technology was first developed in the mid-1980s, with Creusot Loire manufacturing the initial systems.
Total is taking remedial action at the Yadana gas field in the Andaman Sea offshore Myanmar to withstand future earthquakes in the Asia/Pacific region following studies performed by Doris Engineering. These examined the impact on the offshore structures and of subsidence of the seabed around the Yadana production complex.
Lyon-based NFM Technologies has delivered the Glen Lyon FPSO turret installation winch to SBM Offshore for BP's Quad 204 redevelopment project west of Shetland. The equipment was installed on the vessel at Hyundai Heavy Industries yard in Ulsan, South Korea, at the end of last year.
France's oil and gas engineering sector has a solid track record in technological innovation. Gérard Momplot, general manager of GEP-AFTP, explains how his association is helping its members maintain the focus on R&D and the recruitment drive for the next generation of engineers.
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.
Gerard Momplot, general manager of French suppliers' council GEPAFTP, spoke to Offshore about the opportunities and challenges the member companies face, and what the association can do to help.
Nigeria's most 'home-made' living quarters platform to date should sail out later this year to Total's Ofon field.
Statoil is due to install the world's first subsea gas compression station in 2015 on the Åsgard field in the Norwegian Sea.
