Issue: April 2003

Vol. 224 No. 4 Technology from Europe EC technology round-up Jonathan Shackleton, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen Oil and gas will continue to provide more than half of Europe’s energy requirements well into th

Vol. 224 No. 4 Technology from Europe: France Comments from IFP’s Panorama 2003 On February 6, 2003, more than 200 people attended Panorama 2003, the 8th international colloquium devoted to the current state of world energy, or

Vol. 224 No. 4 Technology from Europe: France Thermal insulation of deep-sea flowlines The thermal behavior of fluid transport pipelines must be increasingly taken into account in new field developments, to prevent production of waxe

Vol. 224 No. 4 Technology from Europe: France Trimaran oil recovery vessel Preliminary design work on the Oil Sea Harvester (OSH), a new anti-pollution trimaran capable of storing 6,000 t of oil, has recently been carried out by Les

Vol. 224 No. 4 Technology from Europe: France Successful revamp of turbo-expander NGL recovery process ConocoPhillips is operating a turbo-expander NGL recovery process on its 2/4 J platform in Ekofisk field, offshore Norway. This NGL reco

Vol. 224 No. 4 Technology from Europe: France ROV/AUV concept cuts subsea IRM costs Traditionally, inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) of deepwater fields is performed using work ROVs deployed from DP ROV support vessels. These

Vol. 224 No. 4 Technology from Europe: France Latest sea trials for new AUV with payload The French company, ECA, specializes in design and manufacture of underwater robotics. The company’s affiliate, HYTEC, specializes in desig

Vol. 224 No. 4 Technology from Europe: Italy The King Kong Project: A challenging subsea tieback in the Gulf of Mexico F. Paone, W. Dooley and D. Beesley, Agip Petroleum Co. The King Kong gas field is located in 3,900-ft water in Green Ca

Vol. 224 No. 4 Technology from Europe: Italy Recent developments in exploration/ characterization of marine environments F. Gasparoni and D. Calore, Tecnomare SpA Technology, and technology innovation in particular, introduces new capabil

Vol. 224 No. 4 Technology from Europe: Italy Innovative hydraulic drilling rigs P. Alfieri, Soilmec S.p.A. In the last 30 years, the oil industry has extended its operations in more difficult areas and environments. Starting in the 1970s

Vol. 224 No. 4 Technology from Europe: The Netherlands Active year for Dutch shipyard The Rotterdam-based maritime contractor Keppel Verolme (KV) is one of the oldest participants at the OTC, in Houston. The company recently became

Vol. 224 No. 4 Technology from Europe: The Netherlands Heave compensation system minimizes offshore installation downtime The Dutch company IHC Gusto Engineering BV (IHCGE), a member of the IHC Caland Group, announced successful delivery

Vol. 224 No. 4 Technology from Europe: The Netherlands Kizomba A wellhead platform load-outs The Kizomba A project represents the first development phase of four oil reservoirs in Block 15 offshore Angola, West Africa. This development

Vol. 224 No. 4 Technology from Europe: The Netherlands Pilings for world’s largest windmill park Hydrohammer used to install 80 foundation piles for windmill park off Denmark.

Vol. 224 No. 4 Technology from Europe: The Netherlands Special winch for handling personnel Winching people onboard offshore platforms can still be, and regularly is, a cause of dangerous conditions despite observance of all applicable

Vol. 224 No. 4 Technology from Europe: The Netherlands Suction-pile technology simplifies platform installation Suction Pile Technology bv (SPT), a subsidiary of the Volker Wessels Stevin group NV, has successfully installed the Cal

Vol. 224 No. 4 Technology from Europe: Norway/Sweden Field evaluation shows rotating separator may be an alternative to shale shakers Environmental requirements for operations on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), when drilling with o

Vol. 224 No. 4 Technology from Europe: Norway/Sweden First Arctic SAL, shuttle tanker combo operates in Pechora Sea MSCO’s SAL system has a mooring/fluid swivel that allows the

Vol. 224 No. 4 Technology from Europe: Norway/Sweden Multiphase flowmeter maximizes output, assists reservoir management BHP Billiton’s Keith oil field was discovered in the 1980s, but its development was pushed into the late 1990s b

Vol. 224 No. 4 Technology from Europe: Norway/Sweden Scale inhibitor squeeze life extended through bridging Norway’s Heidrun field is 175 km (109 mi) offshore the coast in the Haltenbanken area, and has produced oil from a TLP since 1

Vol. 224 No. 4 Technology from Europe: Norway/Sweden Single-arm davit, accommodation containers improve offshore safety and living This single- armed davit system is available in mode

Vol. 224 No. 4 Technology from Europe: Norway/Sweden Well intervention, service vessel concept based on proven semisubmersible structure A well intervention and service vessel concept for benign environmental waters has been designed by GV

Vol. 224 No. 4 Technology from Europe: United Kingdom Complete subsea hydrocarbon processing system Considerable progress has been made during the past year in building an autonomous subsea hydrocarbon processing system. As part of a 10-y

Vol. 224 No. 4 Technology from Europe: United Kingdom BHP Billiton found new centralizers beneficial Unique simulation software proved to be an important factor in the success of BHP Billiton’s casing operation in Lennox field in the

Vol. 224 No. 4 Technology from Europe: United Kingdom TTRD successfully applied in North Sea well In June 2002, Shell re-entered one of its North Sea wells using Through Tubing Rotary Drilling (TTRD) to drill a 412-in. drain hole into the