Artificial seabed becoming a reality - Statoil issues contract for the exploration version of the Atlantis artificial buoyant seabed for the North Sea. (English)
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Title:Artificial seabed becoming a reality - Statoil issues contract for the exploration version of the Atlantis artificial buoyant seabed for the North Sea.
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Table of contents – Volume 19980
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- 8
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Comment
- 10
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International Focus
- 12
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Global E&P Briefs
- 22
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Offshore Europe
- 24
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Asia-Pacific
- 26
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West Africa
- 30
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Gulf of Mexico
- 32
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Drilling-Production
- 34
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GLOBAL FIELD DEVELOPMENT Hub option helps lower deepwater costs - The concept of hub development is gaining attention from deepwater producers in the US Gulf, West Africa, and elsewhere.
- 34
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Geosciences
- 36
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EEX's Llano - next deepwater giant? - The greater Llano area in the US Gulf of Mexico is projected to contain oil reserves in excess of one billion bbl.
- 38
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New Vessels, Rigs, Upgrades
- 40
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Deepwater giants list keeps growing - Billlion bbl fields in water depths greater than 1,500 ft are off West Africa, Brazil, and now maybe US Gulf.
- 42
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Worldwide field development rate dropping - Survey shows 390 fields in development or planning for future development, a 24% drop from last year.
- 68
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Western Ireland gas prospects revive - Enterprise's appraisal of the Corrib North gas discovery could generate new development for the first time in years.
- 71
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HEAVY LIFT-OFFSHORE INSTALLATION Barge-truss system aims at 20,000-ton lift - Major alternative to conventional crane vessel lifts, the Versatruss system, can lift 20,000 tons in one operation.
- 78
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Genesis Spar assembled, positioned offshore - Topsides decks for the largest spar platform were loaded out and installed on the floating base in the US Gulf of Mexico.
- 81
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PART I: Heavy Lift Vessels & Contractors - Pull-out poster shows results of 1998 US Gulf survey; contractors expending niches in heavy lift market.
- 101
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PART II: Focus on deepwater, abandonment Conskuction-heavy lift contractors in the US Gulf shift capabilities as water depths increase, fields mature.
- 106
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Balderupgrading for 6,500-fl deep King New capabilities planned for heavy lift vessel that will allow it to operate in 10,000-ft water depths.
- 107
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Salvaged structures offer advantage - Turnkey contracting, including the salvage of used structures, fills important market niche for US Gulf fabricator.
- 109
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Skid-on, floatover, and sand jacking - J. Ray McDermott developing heavy lift alterantives for installing decks on floating and fixed structures.
- 110
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8,000-ton deck floatover planned for Gulf - Saipem will mate and deck and base on an unidentified field in the year 2000, using the firm's Anteo floatover system.
- 112
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PLATFORM-STRUCTURES RECYCLING - Existing plafforms sales: history and future - Buying and selling of existing platforms has become an increasingly important segment of the industry.
- 116
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Facilities re-use maximizes value - Platform re-use fast becoming part of original design, allowing operators to minimize decommissioning costs.
- 120
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FLOATING TECHNOLOGY FPSO fleet growing at a 34% annual rate - Without those in planning, the floating production vessel fleet will expand to 71 vessels by the year 2001.
- 122
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Handling of steel mooring cables - Permanent deepwater cable installation and operations influenced by greater loads and weight imposed steel.
- 124
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Quick developmenl with leased floalers - Floating FPSO vessels have fallen out of favor in the North Sea, due to a series of late deliveries, contractual disputes.
- 125
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Challenges for pull-in flowline conneclors - SubSea completes 150th flexible flowline tie-in on Schiehallion, but the environmental conditions are getting tougher.
- 128
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GEOSCIENCES Charting Australia's geological margins - Converted seismic vessel deployed by the Australian Geological Survey Organization for historical surveys.
- 132
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DRILLING TECHNOLOGY State-of-the-art options for lateral sections - Manufacturers develop array of window cutting configurations to meet varying demands and project limits.
- 134
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Drilling technology life cycles shortening - Manufacturers scramble to keep up, as product life cycles for drilling applications shrink to five years.
- 135
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Seabed drilling fluid diverter - Seabed device for deepwater sub-seabed water and sand flows moving from planning into construction stage.
- 136
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DRILLING TRENDS US drilling rebound possible at end-1999 - Forecast predicts continued softness in US drilling activity, with the next available rebound 12 months out.
- 138
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Disruptions, losses on rig deliveries - Business getting rough for rig contractors waiting on deepwater drilling rigs under construction or conversion.
- 140
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Best practices in deepwater well control - Task Force identifying major deepwater issues in well control and compiling the best industry practices.
- 142
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COMPLETION-WORKOVER TECHNOLOGY First level 5 multilateral from a floater - TAML Level 5 multilateral completion was successfully installed in deepwater off Brazil for Petrobras.
- 147
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Multiphase flow meters paradigm shift - New developments in the size, price, and reliability of multiphase flow meters could make them standard issue.
- 148
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Drilling barges, liftboats for Maracaibo - Six new generation vessels to head up drilling operations and workover program on Lake Maracaibo fields.
- 150
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PRODUCTION ENGINEERING Automated downhole, subsea controls - The next step for automation is downhole and subsea controls, which translates into major savings offshore.
- 152
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PART III: Phase behavior and asphaltines - Last of three-part series on waxes and asphaltine deposition focuses on the asphaltine deposition envelope.
- 158
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NORTH SEA An E & P revival in Moray Firth - Canada's Frontier Atlantic shows there is still plenty of near-term potential in the more accessible Central North Sea.
- 162
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CASPIAN BASIN PART IV: Pipeline options and politics - Spider-web of pipeline outlet options from Caspian Basin produce many alliances and political deals.
- 166
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MANAGEMENT ISSUES Data room moves to CD-ROM - Next step in acquisition and divestiture, prospect sales, property divestments, joint ventures, trades go digital.
- 170
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EQUIPMENT-ENGINEERING Acoustic LWD for slimholes Seismic time-to-depth correlation, abnormal pore pressure prediction, and acoustic porosity computation now possible.
- 173
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Artificial seabed becoming a reality - Statoil issues contract for the exploration version of the Atlantis artificial buoyant seabed for the North Sea.
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Offloading meters for harsh environments - New metering systems aid accurate offloading in harsh weather aboard BP's Schiehallion FPSO vessel.
- 175
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ASIA-PACIFIC Asian E&P, leasing ignore upheavel - Asian oil and gas producers are cautious, but see opportunities in licensing, exploration drilling, and development.
- 178
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Duma deliberations delay Sakhalin - Modest development going forward with eye on oil prices, but gas projects may gain higher priority.
- 179
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Cryogenic loading for LNG - Statoil's new concept for offshore LNG loading brings industry closer to producing stranded gas reserves.
- 180
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Drilling expanding off eastern Indonesia - Frontier exploration is getting underway in moderate depth waters offshore Seram Island in eastern Indonesia.
- 182
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Malampaya GBS, pipeline contracts awarded - Gravity base structure, long pipeline are beginning of contracts for Shell's deepwater Philippines project.
- 184
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Shell Brunei orders second tender semi - Smedvig extending capabilities in tender drilling in the Far East with the construction of rig at Keppel.
- 185
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More gas development for Brunei - South Korea's need for sustained LNG supplies driving more development and expansion of gas reserves.
- 198
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NORWAY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA Lufeng development Norwegian showplace - Navion Munin production ship for Statoil's South China Sea field is a reference for floating capabilities.
- 204
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Aker sees potential in deepwater shift - Australian and Asian shift toward deepwater exploration may provide opportunities for Aker Maritime.
- 208
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Subsea pumping and power distribution - Development of an integrated subsea power distribution system with subsea pumping simplifies management.
- 214
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BRITAIN IN SOUTHEAST ASIA Field development strong despite downturn - Southeast Asia still regarded as a prime area for utilization of equipment and services produced by Britain.
- 222
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Corrosion protection with bi-metal line pipe - Bi-metal line pipe improves protection for HT-HP, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen sulfide conditions in Far East.
- 227
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Business Briefs
- 231
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New Products & Services
- 232
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Calendar
- 235
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Advertisers' Index
- 236
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