Transocean's Offshore Drilling Rig to Drill Carbon Injection Well in Norway
Offshore oil and gas drilling firm Transocean said Tuesday that one of its drilling rigs would later this year be used for a not-so-typical project for an offshore oil rig.Namely, the Norwegian oil firm Equinor plans to use the Transocean Enabler semi-submersible drilling unit to drill a carbon injection well and a sidetrack for another carbon injection well drilled early 2020 in support of the Northern Lights Carbon Capture Storage Project.Northern Lights is a joint venture created by Equinor, Shell, and TotalEnergies. The project is designed to mitigate emissions and remove carbon dioxide from the
Global Underwater Hub Announces Appointments
industry in the UK, appointing a finance director and head of communications.Kirstin Gove has joined as head of communications. A former STV news anchor and broadcast journalist, Gove has nearly three decades of experience working across various sectors of the energy industry including oil and gas, drilling and decommissioning. She is also a seasoned industry event host and panel chair, having hosted two sessions at Subsea Live earlier in the year.Jacqui Taylor has been appointed as a finance director, a position in which she will be responsible for driving commercial strategy design, development
'Catastrophic' California Offshore Oil Spill Kills Fish, Damages Wetlands
a devastating 1969 oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara that dumped 80,000 barrels into the ocean. More recently another spill off Santa Barbara in 2015 sent as much as 2,400 barrels onto the shore and into the Pacific.Oceana, an ocean conservation group, also called for an end to offshore oil and gas drilling.Jacqueline Savitz, Oceana's chief policy officer, said in a statement: "This is just the latest tragedy of the oil industry. It's well past time to prevent future oil spills by permanently protecting our coasts from offshore drilling."The spill occurred in federal waters. Officials
The Case for 3D Printing Downhole Tools
deposition (DED), and other metal AM technologies are nothing new. They are, in fact, the same metal powders—albeit on a finer, more well-controlled scale—used in metal injection molding, a process that gained popularity after World War II and is itself used to make diamond-coated oil and gas drilling tips (which themselves present opportunities for the generative design and topology optimization capabilities of advanced computational engineering software).What’s most notable about all this is the game-changing potential of these new technologies. Cutting heads, heat exchangers, pumping
Scientists Discover First Methane Seep in Antarctic Sea Floor
is a more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Atmospheric levels of methane have been rising https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-methane/global-methane-emissions-rising-due-to-oil-and-gas-agriculture-studies-idUSKCN24F2X8 due to human activities including agriculture and oil and gas drilling.Thurber noted that the microbes found near the Antarctic seep actually help keep methane out of the atmosphere by consuming the gas before it can rise through the water into the air.That will not help mitigate human-caused emissions, which account for at least half the methane in the atmosphere
Video: New Robotic LARS Put to the Test
vehicle. Sea conditions during trials were as high as sea state 4, with gusting winds.The deployment of unmanned vessels across the maritime domain is escalating at a rapid pace. Unmanned vessels conduct a range of activities including research and surveys, secure marine assets, and supporting oil and gas drilling. However, the launches and recoveries of the unmanned vessels can be complicated, dangerous and limited in rough seas. This significantly degrades the effectiveness of the use of unmanned vessels as it involves considerable risk to the crews and potential damage to the launching platform.The manned
US Still Processing Atlantic Seismic Permits
seismic testing - a process that often uses powerful air guns to map resources below the ocean floor - arguing the surveys hurt marine life, such as the endangered North Atlantic right whale.Newly confirmed Interior Secretary David Bernhardt said last week the agency’s five-year plan for oil and gas drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) would be sidelined indefinitely after a March court ruling blocked drilling in the Arctic and part of the Atlantic Ocean.But Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, which is responsible for managing energy development on the OCS, continues to review
Government Shutdown: Atlantic Seismic Permitting Blocked by Judge
grant the stay, but said federal authorities cannot work on seismic permitting until the government re-opens and is funded.The Interior Department has recalled employees, including those at the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), to continue working on permitting for onshore and offshore oil and gas drilling and testing despite the shutdown, drawing criticism from Democrats and environmentalists."The Court hereby enjoins the federal defendants, BOEM, and any other federal agency or entity from taking action to promulgate permits, otherwise approve, or take any other official action regarding
Vryhof Reports New Contracts
2019 in offshore Indonesia, the North Sea, and Myanmar respectively, as well as a large-scale contract offshore Australia. Vryhof Anchors has been awarded an oil and gas contract in Malaysia with SOFEC and connector specialists Moorlink has won several niche contracts in the renewables and oil and gas drilling sectors.“While the past few years have come with significant market challenges to the offshore sector, the relentless hard work, customer-focused approach of all our teams and businesses, and continued diversification into the renewables and aquaculture sectors have ensured that we start
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