There is growing interest in 鈥榗old based' operations which dispense completely with the gases, ignition sources, flames and hot work associated with welding for piping repair construction, modification and tie-in work, especially on ageing offshore infrastructure鈥
Subsea hot tapping specialist TD Williamson has been called upon lately to assist with a number of Southeast Asian gas line tie-ins without recourse to costly and disruptive production shutdowns. TDW's Bancha Pitayagulsarn and Ray Foster discuss the planning and successful execution of these jobs鈥
Since it began addressing safety critical fire water deluge system integrity issues a year ago, Paradigm Flow Solutions has rapidly expanded its provision in this area. The company is now working on life-of-field solutions with two North Sea operators鈥
Oceaneering is acquiring IRM, subsea engineering and field operations services provider AGR Field Operations from Norway鈥檚 AGR Group in a $240 million transaction.
Marin Subsea was called out recently for an operation central to allowing Iraq 鈥 the world's fifth largest holder of crude oil reserves 鈥 to properly exploit its estimated 143 billion barrels. David Morgan looks at how the job was planned and painstakingly executed鈥
The accurate application of torque in both installation and maintenance of pipeline and wellhead assets is vital to ensuring equipment is fully operational in remote and hostile subsea locations. Norbar Torque Tools' technical manager Mark Woodward discusses recent advances in this sector鈥
In 2010, ShawCor picked up an OTC Spotlight on Technology award for its Thermotite Ultra pipe insulation coating system. That summer, two of the company's divisions, Bredero Shaw and Bredero Shaw FJS, put the technology to use on a reeled pipeline鈥
An important milestone in Apache's UK North Sea Bacchus field development was reached recently with installation of a 6.7km pipeline bundle. The job was overseen by Flexlife, whose operations director John Marsden here describes how it was planned and executed鈥
Three Alaskan Beaufort Sea developments 鈥 BP Exploration (Alaska)'s Northstar, Pioneer --Natural Resources' Oooguruk and now Eni Petroleum's Nikaitchuq 鈥 have helped establish baseline experience for future arctic frontier pipelines. As well as demonstrating technical strides鈥
The current state of development of methane hydrate resources 鈥 鈥榝rom Mallik to the Nankai Trough' 鈥 was examined by an international symposium in Japan late last year. Two of the participants, Professor Andrew Palmer and Simon Falser from the鈥
Operator Perenco and its key subcontractors on January's Welland 53/4A gas production platform removal 鈥 Scaldis SMC, Overdick, Hoondert and Proserv 云顶赌场老虎机 鈥 believe the project has set a new decommissioning performance benchmark for southern North Sea operators and service providers alike鈥
Pulse Structural Monitoring, a recent offshoot from 2H 云顶赌场老虎机, is gearing up post Macondo to provide what it claims is the most comprehensive drilling riser monitoring service on the market, as Bill Clewes reports.Despite its environmental impact鈥
Each time a hurricane sweeps through the Gulf of Mexico, operators hope for the best 鈥 that their infrastructure, from topsides to flowlines to wellheads, remains safe in the face of nature鈥檚 fury. Determined to protect its assets, Chevron sought鈥
Continuous registration of vessel traffic above pipelines via the proposed Automatic Identification System (AIS) represents a significant improvement on pipeline operators' emergency response to possible mechanical damage, says Jens Erik Thygesen鈥
Subsea trenching is not seen as one of the offshore industry's most glamorous or challenging activities 鈥 what could be more straightforward than digging in the dirt? In truth, however, it is far easier to lose money trenching than to make it鈥
