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Hunting Acquires RTI Energy Systems

energy services group Hunting said it has acquired the business and assets of US-based riser technologies manufacturer RTI Energy Systems (RTIES) for a total cash consideration of $12.5 million, funded from existing cash resources.RTIES manufactures production riser technologies for deepwater applications within the offshore oil and gas industry, and according to Hunting, is unique within the industry as the only supplier of titanium stress joints. An operating subsidiary of lightweight metals engineering and manufacturing company Arconic, RTIES also performs fabrication and precision machining

Riser Image (Photo:Subsea 7)

Airborne, Subsea 7 Launch TCP Riser Program

in collaboration with Subsea 7, effective today, June 26, 2018.As a leader in the manufacturing of Thermoplastic Composite Pipe (TCP), Airborne Oil & Gas has developed The TCP Riser qualification program, aimed to provide a disruptive new riser pipe technology for operators with international deepwater applications.The TCP Riser design delivers the lowest cost solution for total installation in comparison to existing solutions, while offering maximum flexibility to operators in terms of subsea configuration and choice of installation vessel.“We believe that the TCP Riser can become a compelling

Saipem's new Innovator 2.0 ROV (Photo: Saipem)

Work Class ROVs

, and can be mobilized with minimal deck space. They have several offices including in Europe, the U.S. and Singapore.    Oceaneering  Oceaneering is a global oilfield provider of engineered services and products primarily to the offshore oil and gas industry, with a focus on deepwater applications. Through the use of its applied technology expertise, Oceaneering also serves the defense, entertainment and aerospace industries. Oceaneering’s business offerings include remotely operated vehicles, built-to-order specialty subsea hardware, deepwater intervention and manned diving

Subsea View of Inverted Helical Grooves on Drill Riser Buoyancy (Image: Trelleborg)

Revolutionizing Deepwater Drilling Riser Buoyancy

. Software analysis coupled with the advancement of riser drag reduction and VIV suppression technology, provides an integrated solution to progressing drilling riser buoyancy and opens the door for resource exploration in areas previously deemed inaccessible. Extended lengths of risers in ultra-deepwater applications are more susceptible to the complications arising from higher current velocities and the necessities of increased buoyancy uplift due to the increased weight of deployed steel riser joints. The inverted helical drill riser buoyancy module design combats both of these important issues without

Photo courtesy of Hydro Group

Exploring the Subsea Cable Market

the needs of industry and in response to significant customer demand, Hydro Group combined expertise to develop a new hydraulics hose product, offering lay-up and over-sheathing of hydraulic hoses for use in umbilical, topside, well intervention projects in the oil and gas industry and any deepwater applications or where there is a high differential pressure between the external and internal pressure of the hose.   The bundled hoses, which are available in ¼” to 2” size from Hydro Cable Systems, a Hydro Group company, integrate hydraulic components with electrical and fibre

The ExACT tool in the workshop at Expro’s Broussard facility

DST Toolstring Deployed in Gulf of Mexico

DST tool offering later this year. “The ExACT system can be deployed in any well type, however it is ideally suited for gas wells and deepwater markets. The fast-cycling tool can also provide a very high circulating rate, which is paramount in high cost operations such as those in deepwater applications.”  

courtesy Deep Blue Engineering

New Lift and Deployment System from Deep Blue Engineering

a joint venture with an umbilical manufacturer in order to fast track development through to commercialization of the technology for cable and umbilical deployment. "An umbilical manufacturer with exclusive access to this technology will be capable of offering lighter weight umbilicals for deepwater applications, and steel tube flying leads that are tens of kilometers in length, with the potential for simultaneous deployment and trenching,” said Webster. “This will provide them with a major differentiator and massive advantage within the global market,” he added. For those involved

Figure 3. Power-cabling system diagram [photo: TE Connectivity / DEUTSCH connectors]

Subsea Processing Boosting and Gas Compression

. Higher frequencies—up to 200 Hz—are found downstream of a variable-speed drive. For some long, step-out applications, low-frequency AC transmission or DC can come into play. •    Water Depth/Pressure: Connectors must withstand not only the pressures of deepwater applications, but also other harsh conditions. Today, subsea processing must withstand depths of up to 3000 meters, and the need to withstand even deeper depths is expected in the next decade. •    Temperature Rating: Seabed temperatures are usually rather low and very stable, but

Magnus McEwen-King, Chief Executive of OptaSense

OptaSense to Produce Marinized DAS System for Shell

. The technology is expected to have a significant impact on the rapidly growing international subsea oil and gas market which is forecast to double in size in the next five years to up to $70 billion per year. The Subsea-DAS system will provide acoustic data for a wide range of subsea and deepwater applications including pipeline surveillance and leak detection, geo-positioning, in-well monitoring, subsea assembly condition monitoring and permanent reservoir monitoring. The multi-application device will include functional and technical parameters configurable in software, thereby avoiding different

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