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Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS) has been well established as an airborne service and on satellites.
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Oil offloading lines for the Girassol project (Total-Angola) required specialized flexible joints.
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Interview, Dominique Michel, Chairman, GEP
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Hardsurfacing—using the oxyacetylene welding process to apply a low-carbon steel tube filled with tungsten carbide—has proven efficient, but the process is limited.
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Deutsche Montan Technologie GmbH (DMT) recently introduced the second generation of its proprietary Corescan measurement system.
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Françoise Brucy and Thierry Romanet
A new device for the detection of deposits that build up at the wall of pipelines and flowlines during production underwent recent industrial development.
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In January 2006, the tanker Cape Bradley collided with a cargo vessel off the French coast.
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Vol. 227 No. 4 Technology from Europe: Italy Compression for the world’s largest nitrogen compression train With the Qatargas I LNG project already in operation, the focus has shifted
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Vol. 227 No. 4 Technology from Europe: Italy Demanding field project – demanding compressors Kashagan oil field lies in the shallow waters of the North Caspian Sea, off the coast of K
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Vol. 227 No. 4 Technology from Europe: Italy Heavy oil/ resid upgrading process benefits upstream and downstream With heavy oil, tar and bitumen resources in the trillions of barrels world
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Interview, Salvatore D'Andrea, Chairman, Hydrocarbons and Geothermal, Assomineraria
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Interview, Gert-Jan Kramer, Chairman, IRO
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Vol. 227 No. 4 Technology from Europe: Norway Indian and Norwegian entities cooperate on natural gas hydrate transport A long-term working relationship is underway between GAIL Lt
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Vol. 227 No. 4 Technology from Europe: Norway New tender rig design under construction Norwegian drilling contractor Smedvig recently contracted for the building of a newly designed tende
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Interview, Gunnar Berge, Director General, Norwegian Petroleum Directorate
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D. Hardy
Vol. 227 No. 4 Technology from Europe: Norway Tackling reservoir uncertainty improves project risk factors David Hardy, Roxar AS, Stavanger Reservoir uncertainty is
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This report includes selected technology developments and industry interviews representing several key countries.
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In times of high crude oil prices, even small improvements in measured accuracy represent large amounts of money.
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By ensuring valves and actuators are only operated by authorized individuals, the Anti-Tamper Lock (ATL) from Essex-based Smith Flow Control secures companies’ assets by reducing the risk of human error or deliberate tampering.
The ATL is very simple. The standard condition of the device in service is locked (key-free), with the handwheel free-rotating (the standard unit is available in two sizes to suit all lever- and handwheel-operated valves). Operation involves three steps:
1. A coded key from the control authority is inserted, engaging the drive.
2. The valve is operated to the desired position.
3. The key is removed and the valve is locked in the desired position.
Anti-Tamper Lock secures assets by reducing the risk of human error or deliberate tampering.
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For the first time, non-metallic valves have passed a rigorous test regime.
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Interview, Malcolm Wicks, Minister of State for Energy, DTI
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C. Nussbaum
Small to medium-sized enterprises with lots
of intellectual property now typify the sorts of companies bringing new
ideas
to the North Sea and elsewhere.
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Ferguson Modular recently provided Transocean with nine offshore accommodation modules for the Sedco 709, a deepwater semisubmersible.
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Time and cost can be saved by holding one or more leak-sealing repair clamps as a contingency against pipeline accidents.
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As drilling in HPHT conditions become routine worldwide, the need for precise pressure data is greater than ever.
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D. Clover
A new camera system for real-time downhole inspection deployable on wireline or coiled tubing (CT) is about to debut.