Pioneering Spirit Completes Infield Pipelay Work at BP’s LNG Scheme
Allseas’ construction vessel Pioneering Spirit has completed the infield pipelay scope for BP’s ultra-deepwater Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) liquified natural gas project offshore Mauritania and Senegal.Two months after arriving in the field, production crew welded, scanned and field joint coated the final piece of pipe for the second 16-inch export gas line.Safely landed in a 2-metre target box at 2400-meter water depth, the pipeline will be recovered in J-mode configuration to install the termination assembly.To make this happen, the vessel aft has been fitted with a bespoke J-mode frame
Frozen Methane Under the Seabed is Thawing – And It's Worse Than We Thought
hydrate reservoirs has been linked to some of the severest and most rapid climate changes in the Earth’s history. There is even evidence that the process has started again near the east coast of the US.I have worked on hydrates for over a decade, mainly looking at the methane hydrate offshore of Mauritania, West Africa. Recently I have taken 3D seismic data intended to reveal oil and gas and repurposed it to map out the hydrates under the ocean floor. Ultimately, I wanted to work out if climate change is causing methane to bubble to the surface.3D seismic is the geologist’s equivalent of the
UK Firm's Decommissioning Tech Cuts Through Congo Offshore Project
by ROV with hot stab capability and using a Tungsten Carbon Tip blade with an average cutting time of 1 hour 15 minutes.©Decom Engineering"The Congo project follows other successful workscopes on behalf of major oil and gas operators and contractors, including workscopes in the North Sea, Mauritania, Norway, and Gulf of Thailand," the company said, with bases in Aberdeen and Belfast, said.The C-1 chop saw range is certified for use in water depths of up to 2,000 meters, has multiple buoyancy options, hot stab integration, blade reverse capability, and bespoke customization capabilities
Havfram Bags Senegalese Mooring Pre-Lay Contract from MODEC
the African continent”.Havfram’s project management and engineering team will be based in Havfram’s Stavanger office in Norway and the Aberdeen office in the UK . Havfram is also currently contracted for similar critical start up processes for the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim FPSO offshore Mauritania and the Johan Castberg and Jotun FPSO on the Norwegian Continental Shelf
New UAE JV Offers Surveys and Subsea Services
operated vehicles, and unmanned inspections vessels, along with the provision of customized, cost effective and innovative solutions tailored for offshore operations related to the oil and gas and renewable energy sectors.Trgeted global markets will include Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Taiwan, Sudan, Iraq, Mauritania, Mauritius, Guinea, Pakistan, and Western India
Fugro Supports Saipem's Construction Work at BP's Greater Tortue Ahmeyim Project
Italian energy industry services firm Saipem has awarded Fugro a monitoring contract to support the construction of an LNG jetty for BP’s Greater Tortue Ahmeyim field offshore Senegal/Mauritania.Starting in December, Fugro will deploy its InclinoCam vision technology to install more than 190 piles with centimeter precision over a period of approximately 6 months, working from a jack-up barge. Fugro said its InclinoCam will acquire Geo-data to position the monopiles at the exact location on the earth’s surface, delivering to Saipem’s tight installation tolerances and providing
Expro Completes P&A Work for Petronas in Mauritania
Oilfield services firm Expro has completed an integrated Plug and Abandonment (P&A) contract for Petronas in Mauritania.The well intervention scope of the P&A project used Expro’s integrated Open Water Intervention Riser System (OWIRS) for intervention and barrier placement on 15 wells for PCMPL’s Chinguetti Field Phase II works. "The system’s compact nature provided considerable time savings by retrieving the subsea trees without an additional run. This was further enhanced by the efficient parallel deployment of the OWIRS and rig blow-out preventer from the
Shearwater GeoServices Bags Gambia 3D Gig
been awarded a 3D Isometrix seismic acquisition project by FAR Gambia Ltd (FAR).According to a press release from the 50/50 joint venture between GC Rieber Shipping ASA and Rasmussengruppen AS, The one-month survey will cover parts of block A5 offshore Gambia in the rapidly emerging and prolific Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Conakry (MSGBC) Basin.The offshore survey service provider will be acquired by the SW Amundsen and provide new seismic over a shallow-water area and connect with existing seismic to provide full coverage of the A5 Block.“We are excited to be working offshore
Orca-1 is Largest Gas Discovery of the Year
On 28 October 2019 oil giant BP announced a major gas discovery, Orca-1, exploration well in the BirAllah area off the coast of Mauritania.“The deepest and largest discovery so far this year, Rystad Energy estimates Orca-1 holds around 1.3 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) of recoverable resources,” says Palzor Shenga, a senior analyst on Rystad Energy’s upstream team.Offshore continues to dominate exploration in 2019, both in terms of the number of discoveries and the volume of resources unearthed. Boosted by the find, Mauritania now ties Guyana for the second most discovered
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