Wild Well Buys Capping Equipment from Shell
Well control and engineering services firm Wild Well Control, Inc. said it has purchased subsea capping equipment from Shell EP Wells Equipment Services B.V. The addition of this inventory enhances Wild Well’s current global equipment and response capabilities for the WellCONTAINED subsea containment systems and provides added capabilities for its 7Series Subsea Well Intervention group. The newly purchased equipment will be staged in Houston, Aberdeen, Singapore and elsewhere, as needed, for global deployment.
Changing the Landscape of LNG Production
installed on top of a hull that is longer than the Eiffel Tower is tall. The core of PFLNG Satu is a system that liquefies natural gas to minus 163 degrees Celsius using a new process that shrinks the LNG volume by up to 600 times. A two-row arrangement of eight membrane-type LNG cargo containment systems and two condensate storage tanks is located below deck. The tanks can store up to 177,000 cubic meters of LNG and 20,000 cubic meters of condensate with a total storage capacity equivalent to about 79 Olympic swimming pools. PFLNG Satu can accommodate LNG carriers between 130,000
DNV GL Okays New Floating Power Generation Concept
of gas turbines with heat recovery steam generators and steam turbine. The power is supplied to the onshore electricity grid by high voltage subsea power cables. The FLPS concept has been developed based on IHI’s long experience with onshore LNG receiving terminals and LNG containment systems, and JMU’s long experience with shipbuilding, offshore and SPB technology. After carrying out studies of the design, DNV GL has been able to issue an Approval in Principle for the concept. “We are pleased to be involved together with IHI in such a project,
Murray Metals Eyes Offshore Industry with New Acquisition
of plate and specialty metals, says it is set to revolutionise module construction in the oil and gas sector with a new support system following acquisition of Alphastrut. MM explains that the Alphastrut aluminium system is over 50% lighter than conventional steel support and cable containment systems and has already saved oil majors in the region of 100 tonnes of weight per project, resulting in seven figure cost savings. The weight and cost savings are already being noted within the oil and gas industry and Alphastrut has been installed successfully in a number of North Sea infrastructure
New Report Recommends Offshore Energy 'Arctic Standards'
to a worst-case oil spill. These are some of the changes that Pew recommends: Vessels, drilling rigs, and facilities should be built to withstand maximum ice forces and sea states that may be encountered. Equipment needed to control a spill, such as relief rigs and well-control containment systems, should be designed for and located in Alaska’s Arctic so they can be readily deployed. Spill response equipment should be located in Alaska’s Arctic and be sufficiently robust to remove oil caught in ice-infested waters and trapped under ice. Redundant systems&mda
Kiewit to Serve as MCV Shorebase for MWCC
Ingleside, Texas has been selected as the shorebase location to house equipment to outfit the company's modular capture vessels (MCVs) in the event of a deployment to a deepwater well control event. The equipment, which includes modular processing facilities for the MCVs and the centerpiece of the containment systems, the capping stacks, will be stored, maintained and tested at Kiewit's Ingleside facility near Corpus Christi. This MCV shorebase is one of two shorebase locations for MWCC. The selection of Kiewit and Ingleside as MWCC's MCV shorebase provider and location plays an important role in ensuring
February 2024
