Offshore/subsea systems
Shell has demonstrated drone-in-a-box operations from its Mars floating production unit, becoming the first operator in the region to secure FAA approval for self-approved offshore beyond-visual-line-of-sight flights. JPT Senior Technology Editor Jennifer Pallanich visited Shell Technology Center Houston to see the system in action.
This paper explores the application of a modular, high-temperature gas-cooled nuclear reactor to a Very Large Crude Carrier-class floating production, storage, and offloading vessel.
This paper describes the potential of combined-cycle technology (use of a gas turbine and a steam turbine together to turn fuel into electricity) in offshore carbon-capture applications.
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The Louisiana contractor is buying Kystdesign for an undisclosed sum, expanding its underwater vehicle business. -
The agreement aims to bring the efforts of both companies together to advance digital-enabled carbon-free floating power generation.
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The Halten East project in the Norwegian Sea involves fields that if developed independently would be considered too marginal to be economically attractive.
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The production unit for the Balder field in the North Sea is expected to go on-stream in the second quarter of 2025 following the staged tow-out of the FPSO.
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Technology and partnerships play a pivotal role in how the oil industry finds and produces energy from frontier regions and brownfields, both now and in the future.
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Updates about global exploration and production activities and developments.
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Discovered in 2010, the Búzios field offshore Brazil achieved a new milestone with the installation of its sixth production facility.
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At peak, 100,000 BOE/D is expected to flow to the Whale production semisumbersible, which largely replicates the Vito semi.
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The acquisition, expected to close in early 2025, will bring Optime Subsea’s umbilical-less technology into Halliburton’s Testing and Subsea division.
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After overcoming the challenges of a new offshore frontier, BP has begun first gas flow at its ultradeep project offshore Mauritania and Senegal.
