Offshore/subsea systems
Shell became the first international company to operate producing fields offshore Brazil and the first to navigate the country’s complex and detailed decommissioning permitting process, which involved extensive environmental assessments, regulatory approvals, and coordinated stakeholder engagement.
North Sea tieback to the Troll C platform could begin production by the end of 2029.
The field, which holds the first production license on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, sent oil to the Jotun FPSO on 23 June.
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The authors determine that economical and environmentally responsible solutions exist for fluid disposal during well-testing operations. -
A two-armed autonomous underwater vehicle has been launched for complex inspection and maintenance tasks, embedded in a powerful IT infrastructure that enables both intuitive control and monitoring of the system and effective information flow with the plant operator.
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Design, construction specialist books new work in the Middle East, Australia, and Saudi Arabia.
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The plan includes the development and operation of a first-of-its-kind high-voltage, direct-current (HVDC-VSC) subsea transmission system in the Middle East and North Africa region.
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Helix Energy Solutions will start work on a five-well complete abandonment project in the offshore Tui field in late 2022.
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Egypt and Greece have clinched a deal to build the EU-backed EuroAfrica Interconnector subsea cable via Cyprus to bring renewable energy from North Africa to Europe and move Cairo closer to its goals of becoming an energy transmission hub for the East Med.
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Shell reported that most of its production was back online, but some facilities will remain shut-in until the end of the year.
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The authors write of an efficiency-optimization effort in the planning and construction of a West African breakwater for LNG service that resulted in increased financial and environmental benefits.
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The complete paper discusses structural assessments for gravity-based structures, a topic that the authors write is underrepresented in the literature.
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The paper focuses on a process developed to identify, evaluate, and eliminate interdependent bottlenecks on the Constitution platform and its flowline network.
