Plans by StatoilHydro to extend the life of its Statfjord platforms in the North Sea to 2019 are well underway.  Plans by StatoilHydro to extend the life of its Statfjord platforms in the North Sea to 2019 are well underway. The latest phase in the Late Life project involves replacement of drilling equipment on the Statfjord B platform.

First to take delivery of the new Seaeye Panther XT generation of smart and...  

It will give them finger-tip manoeuvrability in strong cross currents for the delicate recovery of artefactsand holding steady whilst filming. A special low-pressure water jet is also fitted to gently uncover valuable items without damage.

Innovative thruster design lies at the heart of this new class of underwater vehicle. Saab Seaeye engineers have cleverly doubled the thruster power whilst cutting the number of thrusters on board from ten to six.

This spring, Lamor Group and Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO) formed a 50:50 Joint Venture...  

The joint venture allows Lamor and SPO the opportunity to unite their core expertise into a single bonded global enterprise that will provide the oil and gas sector with the most cost effective and contemporary solutions to oil spill preparedness and response available anywhere on the market.

LSES will define a new era in seamless TierI(local)/TierII

Both units will operate alternatively to support testing and commissioning of a two train LNG processing plant; with each train having a capacity of 3.8 million tonnes per annum (MTPA).

With both compressors installed in March 2008 commissioning of the train is expected to take up to 12 months.

Supporting the rental award Atlas Copco Specialty Rental has also supplied three operators to operate and maintain the rental units 24/7 to ensure trouble-free operation and total customer satisfaction.

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In the case of many items of equipmentthe scheme of examination specified will invariably focus on the internal inspection requirements which are usually undertaken during the periodic shutdowns of the facility; and usually at considerable cost to the business in terms of engineering work and lost production.

Many organisations today seek continuous improvement in the undertaking of integrity and reliability of the operating plant and their corresponding cost-effectiveness.

The Grane platformoperated by StatoilHydrois located in the Norwegian Sea off the coast of Bergen in Norway. It has successfully installed Emerson Process Management’s wireless self-organising mesh field network to monitor wellhead annual pressure and heat exchanger pressures – despite the crowded metal wellhead environment there (Fig.1).

Satellite services have long been an established part of the communications mix for oil...  

At permanent installationsVSAT (very small aperture terminal) satellite systems are a popular way of providing voice and data services for remote installations. Howeverthey have several widely recognised drawbacks.

Formed in 2007, the International Consortium for Clean Energy (ICFCE) began business with a meeting between scientists from China and their US counterparts to advance the science needed to use coal – the number one domestic energy resource for each country – cleanly and more economically.

with a combined capacity of 55bcm a year.

Historicallytransformers played a significant role in platform functionalityespecially with motor-driven applications. Offshore platformsfor exampletypically require 20 medium-voltage drives (sometimes up to 40 or more) to control pump motors on downhole wellsand each drive requires a multi-ton transformer. Associated weightenergy and maintenance costs can quickly

Oil-water separation is an important step in oil processing – both for removing water...  

SINTEF Energy Research is running a project on this topicaimed at investigating the fundamental mechanisms in electrocoalescence in heavy crude oils. In an earlier project on model systems electro-hydrodynamic instability between drops was identified as the main mechanism behind water drop coalescence.

Historicallyoil-water separation has been done in large sedimentation tanks.

climate changeattributed to the greenhouse effectimposes demands for cleaner and alternative energy sources combined with enhanced thermal management.

which can contain huge numbers of componentsmany at very low concentrations. This kind of gas analysis is a critical part of the manufacture of any gas or petrochemical product and is carried out at every stage of the production process.

Mounting and diverging pressures in exploration and production are being faced by the oil and gas industry. Organisations have to maximise the yield from each well, increase throughput and efficiency, and lower costs, all while maintaining regulatory compliance.

Grupa LOTOS holding group is vertically integrated oil concern, which main activities are: crude...  

The company among others provides market with such goods as: high quality lead-free petrol, diesel oil, heating oil, aviation fuel, lubricating oil, asphalt, paraffin wax and LPG. It sells and distributes its products in the local markets in Poland, as well as exports them to international customers in global markets.

And the latest figures (2006/7) from the offshore division of the UK’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) give an interesting insight into offshore safety-related issues in that part of the world.

The figures show an overall decrease in fatal and minor injuries from 75 in 1998/99 to 42 in 2006/7.

no less than 300 vessels went down annually during the period 1966 to 1985.

according to a team of researchers from Iowa State University and the University of Hawaii. " Growing a fungus in some of the leftovers from ethanol production can save energy,...  

"The process could change ethanol production in dry-grind plants so much that energy costs can be reduced by as much as one-third" said Hans van Leeuwenan Iowa State professor of civilconstruction and environmental engineering and the leader of the research project.

Meters form part of a chemical injection metering skid system to be installed in drilling and production platform located offshore Angola

Allegro Microsystems Europe is launching a new low-voltage driver for use with either one bipolar stepper motor or two dc motors