Offshore Tests Prove Thunderstorm Detector’s Efficiency
Thunderstorm Detection equipment. The detector can be used across multiple industries and has proved to be a particularly effective device for offshore operations as confirmed by the results of a North Sea application, the developer said. Biral supplied the BTD-300 to Cofely Fabricom – GDF Suez to install the system on a substation for the C-Power Thorntonbank wind farm 33 kilometers off the Belgian Coast. Due to the location of the windfarm, it is considered an extremely challenging and potentially dangerous place to live and work because of its exposure to prevailing weather conditions
GTT Board Adds Two Directors
of Economy, Finance and Industry and Legal Associate to the Treasury. She joined Gaz de France in February 2005 as Deputy Vice President of the Strategy Division, in charge of Public Affairs. She was appointed General Counsel at Gaz de France in 2007, then Corporate General Counsel of Engie (formerly GDF SUEZ). Benoît Mignard, civil engineer graduate of the Ecole des Mines de Paris. After having held various positions at the Research Development division of EDF, Benoît Mignard joined Gaz de France in 1992 and took the head of the Trading Office and of the Budget. In 1999, he is in
World’s First Decommissioning Collaboration Tool
collaboration, allowing operators to work closely with contractors and third parties around the globe. iVISION has been developed by Exceed, and is being used successfully across global well management projects by its performance improvement division for clients such as Engie (previously GDF Suez), Tullow Oil and a major operator in South East Asia. The decommissioning edition of iVISION is now being launched to the decommissioning market to address the collaboration challenges outlined by the Oil & Gas Authority (OGA). The OGA recognized through its Call to Action, published in February
GDF Suez to Boost Focus on Marine Energy
French utility GDF Suez aims to double its power generation capacity from renewable energy in Europe between 2015 and 2025 and will focus in particular on marine energies, the company said on Tuesday. GDF Suez, with Spain's Iberdrola and Italy's Enel , is one of the industry leaders in renewable energy investment and has made Europe's energy transition the key plank of its European investment strategy. In 2009 it had aimed to boost its renewables capacity by 50 percent by 2015 - a target it says it will achieve - but now it wants to accelerate its renewables investment drive.
DNV GL: New RP for Integrity Management of Subsea Production Systems
are operating way beyond their original design life,” said Bente Helen Leinum, DNV GL business development leader subsea. The RP (DNV GL-RP-0002 ‘Management of Subsea Production Systems') is the result of a two year joint industry project (JIP) involving DONG Energy, FMC Technologies, GDF Suez, Norske Shell, Statoil, Talisman, Petroleum Safety Authority and Norwegian Oil and Gas. The JIP work explored the typical failures of existing subsea equipment and how the integrity of subsea equipment could be controlled. Failures in subsea production systems can for example arise from inadequate
The Road to Standardization
quality. This will be implemented in Statoil through updates of our technical requirements.” And many other companies are on board as well, demonstrating the wide range of support across the sector. JIP partners include: Aker Subsea AS, Centrica Energi, Det Norske Oljeselskap ASA, FMC TI, GDF SUEZ E&P Norge AS, Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies AS, Lundin Norway AS, Norwegian Oil and Gas Association, OneSubsea, RWE Dea Norge AS, Statoil Petroleum AS, Subsea7 and Subsea Valley. Aker Solutions’ Document Manager Julia M. Henriksen, said, “This JIP addresses the contractor&rsquo
Marconi-Vorlich Exploration Well Successful
UK exploration well 30/1f-13 and sidetrack 30/1f-13Y have encountered hydrocarbons in the Marconi-Vorlich prospect. The find in Paleocene Sandstones has been flow tested at a maximum rate of 5,350 barrels of oil equivalent per day. RWE Dea is part of the consortium operated by GDF SUEZ. The Marconi-Vorlich 30/1f-13A,Z exploration well and subsequent geological side-track 30/1f-13Y was drilled by GDF SUEZ under a Joint Well Agreement between the P1588 (Block 30/1f) and P363 (Block 30/1c) Licensees. The 30/1f-13Z geological side-track has confirmed a westerly extension to the initial discovery.
New Oil Field Found in British North Sea
GDF SUEZ E&P UK Ltd and BP today announced a new exploration discovery in the UK Central North Sea. The discovery, which spans GDF SUEZ operated block 30/1f (licence P1588) and BP operated block 30/1c (licence P363) was flow tested at a maximum rate of 5,350 barrels of oil equivalent per day. The discovery, referred to as ‘Marconi’ by GDF SUEZ and ‘Vorlich’ by BP, is located in the Central North Sea. Ruud Zoon, Managing Director of GDF SUEZ E&P UK Ltd said: “This is an encouraging exploration discovery in a part of the Central North Sea that needs
MTR 100: Royal Dutch Shell
plant. It’s PFLNG 1 is expected to be the first such facility in operation, beating Prelude by two years. It will be 365 meters long, about 60 meters wide, weigh approximately 125,000t when fully loaded and is expected to produce 1.5 million tonnes of LNG per year. • GDF Suez of France and Santos, which are looking to put an FLNG plant in the the Bonaparte project off northern Australia. Before Shell can hope to reap FLNG’s many anticipated advantages, it must first surmount some very big challenges, not the least of which is force-fitting an entire LNG processing
February 2024
