Iona Energy UK Ltd. finalized agreements with CNR International Ltd. for the off-take arrangements for the Orlando field development located in the UK northern North Sea. Map of the Orlando and Kells developments…
Yinka Folawiyo Petroleum and joint venture partners made the final investment decisions to develop the Aje Cenomanian oil reservoir in the OML 113 license in Nigeria. Map of the Aje field. From Panoro…
Shell began its first deepwater development in Malaysia with the Gumusut-Kakap floating platform. Shell's Gumusut-Kakap. From Shell. The Gumusut-Kakap field is off the coast of Malaysia…
DeepOcean UK completed work on the Liwan 3-2 development offshore China. The project is part of the Liwan gas project, located 300km southeast of the Hong Kong, and includes the Liuhua 34-2 and Liuhua 29-1 fields. All three fields share a subsea production system…
FMC Technologies' Norwegian subsidiary FMC Kongsberg Subsea has agreed a frame agreement deal with Germany's Wintershall to supply subsea equipment on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, starting with a US$280 million project on the Maria development…
Three ONS innovation awards were presented by Norwegian energy minister Tord Lien at this year’s ONS exhibition and conference, held in Stavanger in late August. Norwegian Energy Minister Tord…
Alan Thorpe examines the latest offshore construction vessels to enter the market. The two Island Offshore vessels in Lloyd Werft. Photo by Alan Thorpe. This Spring, Norway’s…
Technology is there for companies to use and take advantage of, but is it being used as much as it could be to gain insight into operations. Gregory Hale takes a look. With the digital oilfield…
Paul Ellerton business unit manager at Apollo discusses how to identify corrosion risk using multiphase flow assurance tools. CFD on a tubing hanger. Aging assets have a greater need for more routine maintenance inspections…
Active magnetic bearings (AMBs) are helping to make subsea gas compression possible. Joaquim Da Silva, François Carrere and Frédéric Ponson of SKF Magnetic Mechatronics, explain the engineering process involved to create the AMBs needed for this complex project…
GE launched its new technology center and a new deepwater vertical Xmas tree at this year’s ONS. Meg Chesshyre learned more. The inauguration of GE’s new technology solutions center, including a half-size model of its new deepwater Xmas tree…
UTEC Survey’s Australian business unit completed a major infield inspection covering 550km of pipelines and 20 infield structures, off northwestern Australia using its Gavia autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV). One of the AUVs in a sling…
Elaine Maslin reports on Subsea 7’s new autonomous inspection vehicle and an AUV specification that has been put out for tender by French major Total. Subsea 7’s AIV. Images from Subsea 7. Life-of-field autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV)…
The rapid expansion of oil and gas telecommunications systems in order to facilitate the development digital oilfields in increasingly remote locations, enhance safety, and maximize data use, was the theme of a conference on oil and gas telecommunications organized by SMi Group in London…
When the Varg A monotower offshore Norway required stabilization, IK came up with a novel, remote, subsea solution. Elaine Maslin found out more after hearing about the project at the Underwater Technology Conference in Bergen earlier this year…
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