VIDEO: Well-Safe Solutions Installs Saturation Diving System on Well-Safe Guardian Rig
onboard will unlock even higher levels of operational efficiency, further minimising our environmental footprint and reducing operational risk on behalf of our clients.Following further systems integration and testing, the Well-Safe Guardian will mobilize in early summer 2023, returning to Repsol Sinopec Resources UK's Buchan field to plug and abandon nine wells using the saturation dive system, the Trident well intervention system, and the blow out preventer.UK-based RockSalt Subsea will support Well-Safe Solutions with diving services and personnel during all saturated diving operations
USVs Eye Offshore Wind Opportunities
startup Tidewise has been making in-roads into USV-based operations. Co-founded in 2019, by a naval architect and a robotics specialist, it launched its first USV, the 4.95 m Tupan, the same year.It initially developed a UAV-hosting capability, primarily for oil spill detection, for Repsol Sinopec. But this year, for Belgium’s Elia, it demonstrated visual inspection capability for offshore wind substations, alongside mulitibeam data collection, to assess the subsea cables, and lidar, to create a point cloud of the structure.In Tidewise’s sights is foundation and turbine base
Xodus Group Adds Subsea Staff
Glasgow and has worked across the oil and gas industry in subsea disciplines, including rigid pipeline design and installation, risers, subsea pipeline asset integrity and project management.Overton also joins as a principal consultant, following seven years as senior pipeline integrity engineer at Repsol Sinopec. With a BSc in Mechanical Engineering, Overton has previously undertaken roles at DNV GL, Lloyds Register, Oceaneering and Wood.The new recruits join a team of 20 engineers who provide Xodus’ subsea integrity services, including support with pipelines, risers, subsea structures, umbilicals
Boskalis Nets $126 Mln Subsea Contracts
Boskalis Subsea Services said it has secured several contracts in the North Sea over the last six months that are worth more than £100 million ($126 million) combined. These include the Total Tyra redevelopment project, an inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) campaign for Repsol Sinopec, a decommissioning contract with Spirit Energy, a scale squeeze scope for Premier Oil’s Huntington field.As a result of these contracts, the Aberdeen-headquartered company has created around 30 new jobs since February, bringing its total workforce in the Granite City up to more than 80. The team has
TechnipFMC Wins Subsea Contract off Brazil
.The field will be connected to the floating production storage and offloading unit (FPSO) Cidade de Caraguatatuba, already in operation.The deal was awarded by Total E&P do Brasil Ltda., on behalf of the Lapa Field Consortium, comprised of Total (35%), Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda. (30%), Repsol Sinopec Brasil S.A. (25%) and Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (10%), and is worth between $75 million and $250 million, TechnipFMC said.Arnaud Piéton, President Subsea at TechnipFMC, commented: “We are honored to be selected to execute the Lapa pre-salt field project in Brazil
Decom North Sea Names Warrender as Chief Executive
advisor to the industry, applying his specific expertise in corporate governance and performance improvement, Warrender spent over 20 years with ConocoPhillips in a range of technical and leadership positions, latterly as General Manager, Upstream Gas Assets in the UKCS, before joining the Board of Repsol Sinopec as MD for Sinopec’s UK subsidiary during a critical transformative phase for that company. He also served on the OGA Regional Development and Infrastructure Board and is currently a member of the Asset Stewardship Task Force
Petrobras Starts production in Santos Basin
m, and has capacity to process 100,000 barrels of oil and compress 5 million m3 of gas per day. It is connected to production well 7-LPA-1D. The Lapa field is located in the BM-S- 9 concession, run by Petrobras (45%), in partnership with Royal Dutch Shell subsidiary BG E&P Brasil (30%) and Repsol Sinopec Brasil (25%). Pre-salt output on the up and up The Lapa field is starting production at a time of significant growth in pre-salt output. Petrobras now runs pre-salt facilities that already produce over 1.2 million barrels a day and in November output peaked to over a billion barrels of pre-salt
BG Group Starts up Sixth FPSO in the Santos Basin
.6 million barrels of oil. BG Group has a 25 percent interest in Block BM-S-11 (Petróleo Brasileiro S.A., operator, 65 percent and Petrogal Brasil S.A., 10 percent). BG Group also has a 30 percent interest in Block BM-S-9 (Petróleo Brasileiro S.A., operator, 45 percent and Repsol Sinopec Brasil 25 percent). FPSO Cidade de Itaguaí information: Oil processing: 150,000 barrels/day Gas treatment and compression: 8 million m³/day Injection water treatment: 264,000 barrels/day Storage capacity: 1.6 million barrels of oil Water
Petrobras Deploys Pre-salt Subsea Equipment Technique
operating costs and times. Petrobras has now chartered a second SESV, which is being adapted for depths of up to 2,500 meters and which should start operating in the second half of 2016. Sapinhoá field is operated by Petrobras (45%), in partnership with BG E&P Brasil Ltda (30%) and Repsol Sinopec Brasil S.A. (25%)
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