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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This paper describes an offshore hybrid power-generation concept incorporating a wind-turbine system in a low-wind area of Malaysia. -
This paper describes an effort to increase value creation in Troll Phase 3 by reducing the pressure drop along the value chain from the reservoir through the wells, subsea systems, pipeline, and tieback.
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The Pickerel-1 well encountered 90 ft of high-quality oil-bearing Miocene reservoir and will be tied back to the Tubular Bells production facilities.
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McDermott’s latest EPCI contract on Qatar’s North Field expansion focuses on subsea cabling and offshore/onshore pipelines to be fabricated locally.
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By initially ring-fencing Absheron’s gas for the domestic market, Azerbaijan will be able to export more of its overall gas production to Europe from across other projects.
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The component is part of a full subsea deepwater completion/intervention system being designed by Expro for use on the Chevron tieback.
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The project aims to power subsea equipment with wave power and subsea energy storage. The two technologies have been deployed in the seas off Orkney, Scotland, and have begun a test program where they will provide low-carbon power and communication to infrastructure.
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The supermajor redefined its Mad Dog II development in three key ways: a blank-sheet redesign to cut costs, altering the way it works as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and a digital twin offering unique access to the asset from anywhere in the world.
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Recent developments from Equinor and Murphy Oil Corp. offer hope that the industry is zeroing in the right approach to building megaprojects.
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The drilling of the Berling field will begin in the third quarter of 2026, with gas and condensate production expected in 2028.
