Mooring Change-out for the Alba FSU
with three separate equipment mob/demobs which were managed and controlled through ChainCo’s quayside yard in Montrose, UK.The project was completed on schedule within all design tolerances and with no disruption to the FSU operation throughout.Discovered in 1984 in Block 16/26, the Alba heavy oil field field lies about 210 kilometers northeast of Aberdeen, in the UK Central North Sea. First oil was achieved in January 1994.In addition to the FSU (the first purpose-built for the UK sector of the North Sea), field facilities include a fixed steel platform, the Alba Northern Platform, and
Oil Recovered from Sunken Ship Thorco Cloud
More than 440 tons of heavy fuel oil was extracted from the tanks of the sunken general cargo vessel Thorco Cloud. The wreck lies in two sections 1,730 meters apart and 70 meters down in the middle of the eastbound traffic lane of the Singapore Strait following a collision in December 2015. The heavy oil in the fuel tanks and in trapped compartments was seen as a major pollution hazard. Both the bow and stern sections contained fuel tanks that required emptying, so the Thorco Cloud’s owner, Marship GmbH, supported by the P&I insurance company Standard Club, contracted Jaya Salvage
'Roomba' in the Arctic
RotoX is designed to macerate (soften or separate a mixture); in this case, large oil solids, into constituent elements, then recovering the slurry and pumping it out of the water. Company co-founder and principal, Nigel Bennett, explained that the system is designed to break up and recover ultra-heavy oil/sludge floating islands. Bennett said that his company became part of the Arctic West Summer 1701 expedition after Coast Guard staff from the Research & Development Center (RDC) viewed a video of the RotoX, operating in ultra-heavy oil. That video was presented at the International
Canada Seek to contain Oil Spill
communities along the coast. The city of North Battleford, which draws its drinking water in part from the North Saskatchewan River, shut its supply intake on Friday and switched to using ground water, provincial officials said in a telephone conference with reporters. Some 1,572 barrels of heavy oil and diluent leaked from Husky Energy Inc's Saskatchewan Gathering System pipeline on Thursday, flowing into the river. The Calgary-based company has shut the line, stopping the leak, and has been working to contain the spill. It has said it has alternatives ways to move oil and expects "
Ship Engine Emissions Adversely Affect Macrophages
the emitted particles both from the heavy fuel oil and from the diesel exhaust had similarly high toxic effects on the macrophages. Surprisingly, the toxic effects leading to cell death are even slightly lower in the heavy fuel oil emissions, although the concentrations of known toxic pollutants in the heavy oil emissions are much higher," Zimmermann added.
Pemex Sees Oil Output Boost from Looming Joint Ventures
to a presentation to investors published earlier this year. Pemex's press office said this week the forecast still stands. The forecast is banking on new oil output coming from mature onshore fields Rodador, Ogarrio and Cardenas Mora; mature offshore fields Bolontiku, Sinan and Ek; heavy oil offshore fields Ayatsil, Tekel and Utsil; as well as deep water natural gas fields Kunah and Piklis, a Pemex official said on Wednesday, asking not to be named because of company policy. The official added the forecast also assumes new production from joint ventures that will focus on
Kraken Oil Project Gets Custom Subsea Spreaders
Heavy lifting equipment and engineering specialist Modulift announced it has manufactured two custom subsea spreader beams for the subsea construction company currently conducting a large-scale engineering, procurement, installation and construction contract for EnQuest’s Kraken development, one of the largest subsea heavy-oil field projects under development in the U.K. sector of the North Sea. The below-the-hook equipment manufacturer delivered the 303t capacity, 6.8m span spreaders to its customer on site, where the scope of work includes template and manifold installation at three drill
SeaHow Skimmer System
New SeaHow skimmer systems – designed to collect both light and heavy oils efficiently – can be implemented to almost any workboat, starting with vessels only six meters long. SeaHow operates one of northern Europe’s largest fleets of oil spill response vessels, and its hands-on experience for more than 30 years was central to the three years in developing its own line of SeaHow skimmers. SeaHow skimmers are suitable to vessels from 6m long to the largest vessels used in off-shore OSR. Skimmers are designed to be easy to deploy and operate, making it possible to turn virtually
New Skimmer Systems for Coastal Oil Spill Response
Jari Partanen, CEO of SeaHow. “By using SeaHow skimmers you can utilize your existing vessel fleet and direct the investment funding to the OSR equipment itself.” According to SeaHow, most of the OSR equipment currently operated by OSR preparedness organizations only can collect heavy oil qualities. The EU Sulfur Directive, implemented from January 1, 2015 increases the use of light oils as vessel fuel in Northern Europe significantly, pressuring organizations to update their OSR equipment. SeaHow said its new products are among the first skimmer products that can truly
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