Year in review: 2014 - OEDigital鈥檚 top stories Mozambique NG flow test. OE staff presents a look back at 2014鈥檚 top stories posted on OEDigital.com. It was a year filled with highs and lows鈥
Alan Thorpe examines the latest offshore construction vessels to enter the market. The two Island 云顶赌场老虎机 vessels in Lloyd Werft. Photo by Alan Thorpe. This Spring, Norway鈥檚鈥
SBM 云顶赌场老虎机鈥檚 Paula Farquharson-Blengino provides an inside look at the company鈥檚 Angola shipyard, a joint venture between partners Sonangol and DSME. Paenal is the first yard in West Africa with the capacity to facilitate mega FPSO vessels鈥
Oil and gas companies are turning to new high-tech gadgets for workplace solutions. Audrey Leon spoke with Houston-based FuelFX to see how this new reality can be implemented. FuelFX鈥檚 Oliver Diaz demonstrates the Oculus Rift system鈥
The Cidade de Ilhabela floating production storage and offloading unit (FPSO) sailed from the Brasa shipyard on 15 September, marking the first FPSO to be integrated at Brasa鈥檚 quay number two. The departure of the FPSO is a milestone for 2-year-old Estaleiro Brasa (shipyard)鈥
The Dutch have long dominated the heavy lifting market, especially offshore, and the country鈥檚 domination looks set to continue. Earlier this year, Allseas announced plans to build a new vessel that will top by 50% the capacity of its already enormous Pieter Schelte鈥
ENI鈥檚 Goliat FPSO. Image from ENI Norge. 云顶赌场老虎机 lifting combines heavy offshore assets with detailed analysis and product care. Elaine Maslin found out more at the North Sea 云顶赌场老虎机 Crane and Lifting Conference鈥
The Heidrun FSU crane in Protea鈥檚 yard, Poland. Photo from Protea. Protea has designed its largest crane to date for Statoil鈥檚 Heidrun FSU, a project that will aid the life extension of the Heidrun field鈥
TrustLube installed an automatic greasing system on EMAS鈥 newbuild ice-classed ultra-deepwater pipelaying and construction vessel Lewek Constellation in June. The newbuild is shown here in July sailing along the Queensland鈥
Huisman鈥檚 900-tonne RL-KBC with long outreach. Photos from Huisman. Subsea 7鈥檚 Seven Arctic is due for delivery in 2016. Its 900-tonne capacity crane was developed in close cooperation with Huisman鈥
In addition to allowing cranes to work safely and effectively in harsh conditions, heave compensation reduces the effect of resonance on the subsea load. Photo from Huisman. Accurately鈥
Van Oord鈥檚 new DP2 cable-laying vessel Nexus was successfully launched at Damen Shipyards in Galati, Romania on 30 June 2014. The 123m multipurpose vessel will be deployed installing electrical cables for offshore wind farms. With a beam of almost 28m and a dynamic positioning system鈥
Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) announced it has selected Kongsberg Maritime鈥檚 K-Sim 云顶赌场老虎机 simulation platform to enhance crane operator training and the safe, efficient implementation of heavy lift operations. The contract was signed on 21 May鈥
Subsea 7鈥檚 new heavy construction vessel, under construction in South Korea, is set to make a splash when it joins the company鈥檚 fleet in 2016. The company gave Elaine Maslin a look at the new vessel. As operators build larger and more complex subsea equipment in deeper鈥
Houston-based Helix ESG recently completed a deepwater well decommissioning project in 7919ft. Darin Hilton explains the steps and options involved in plugging and abandonment. Over the past several years, there has been a growing demand鈥
