China Puts First ‘Home-Made’ Subsea Xmas Tree Into Operation
Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has put into operation the first domestically developed subsea Xmas tree.CNOOC’s subsea Xmas tree is 3.5 meters long, 3.2 meters wide and 3 meters high, with an overall weight of nearly 22 tons.It is a piece of equipment used in subsea production systems in the offshore oil industry, can efficiently increase oil output of oilfields. The Xmas tree is able to pump seawater with a maximum pressure of about 17 MPa into the reservoir, to increase the overall oil production.To remind, CNOOC recently started production from its Suizhong 36-1/Luda 5-2 discovery, located in Liaodong
What Did Scientists Learn from Deepwater Horizon?
April 20, 2020, marks the tenth anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion, the offshore oil industry's biggest environmental disaster.Eleven people died, 17 others were injured, Transocean's drilling rig sank, and an incident caused more than four million barrels of oil to spill into the U.S. Gulf of Mexico from the BP-operated Macondo well which spewed oil into the ocean for 87 days before it was finally capped.In a review paper published in the journal Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) geochemists Elizabeth Kujawinski and Christopher
Vessel Chartered to Support Titanic Dive
and operational objectives of the mission, but it will also play a critical role in our ability to deliver an exceptional experience to our mission specialists, researchers and expedition crew.”Reach Subsea has a long history of providing quality solutions for deep-sea research and the offshore oil industry. The Norwegian company operates a fleet of 13 vessels specializing in providing world-class engineering and state of the art remotely operated underwater vessels.“Reach Subsea is pleased to support the 2019 Titanic Survey Expedition. We believe that our global experience in multi-purpose
Teledyne: Custom ROV for Saudi Aramco
on global commercialization of new technologies developed within Saudi Arabia.“We are pleased to have entered into this cooperation agreement with RPDC,” said Mike Read, President of Teledyne Marine. “It formalizes our support of new technology and collaboration in the offshore oil industry with the belief that it will facilitate new and innovative solutions.”A first success under this agreement is the award of a development contract, which will integrate a unique sensor design developed by Saudi Aramco. Under a Memorandum of Understanding signed today at the Offshore
2015 MATE International ROV Competition
held June 25-27, 2015 at the Marine Institute (MI) of Memorial University and the National Research Council's Ocean, Coastal, and River Engineering (OCRE) facility in St. John's, NL, Canada. This year's competition focuses on the role that ROVs play in scientific research and the offshore oil industry in the extreme environment of the Arctic. The underwater mission tasks include piloting under an ice sheet to sample organisms and deploy instrumentation and battling current, waves, and wind to inspect pipelines and test oilfield equipment. This year's complex missions are made
MacDermid Paris-based Sales Director Appointed
and customer support experience to our team,” stated Steve Racca, Vice President Business Development. “His skills are an ideal fit for the company and we look forward to his long term contributions.” MacDermid Offshore Solutions provides products and services for the offshore oil industry, worldwide. Its market leading Oceanic and Erifon water-based fluids are used for hydraulic control of valves in offshore drilling and production systems.
Piriou's Vietnam Shipyard, SEAS, Delivers FPSV 'Bourbon Norte'
after characteristics: • Improved lightship and loaded speeds with constant consumption • Improved economy regime consumption • Improved passenger comfort with a "business class" cabin as a possible option These versatile aluminium ships are to be used for the offshore oil industry and allow the transport of personnel and freight on the deck. Pascal Piriou said "After 9 months of operation, our 53m FPSV prototype has lived up to its ambitions. It is economical both in terms of purchase and operating costs, ergonomic and has a remarkable, attractive design. The
Teekay Offshore Partners Sign FSO Contract
and financial resources to provide an FSO solution to Statoil while re-purposing an existing shuttle tanker asset to generate distributable cash flow accretion." Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. is an international provider of marine transportation, oil production and storage services to the offshore oil industry focusing on the fast-growing, deepwater offshore oil regions of the North Sea and Brazil.
Deepwater Seabed Minerals Exploration Project
by the International Seabed Authority (ISA) established under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. While harvesting polymetallic nodules from the ocean floor at depths of several kilometers has previously been considered uneconomic, the development of new technologies for the offshore oil industry and aerospace industry over the past decade has changed this dynamic. Nodules can be brought to the surface using a combination of remotely operated or autonomous underwater vehicles, pumps and riser pipes.
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