Offshore/subsea systems

Since the late 1930s, the offshore industry has advanced from the first platform in 14 ft of water to the ultradeepwater 20K era. Driven by seismic, drilling, and development breakthroughs, the industry has pushed into deeper waters, high-pressure reservoirs, and new frontiers like Guyana, continually expanding the limits of offshore exploration.

Chevron looks into using remotely operated vehicles to scrub marine growth from subsea structures.

At peak, annual production from the two fields offshore Italy is expected to reach 1.5 Bcm.

The authors examine the elements that contribute to a technically optimized and economically efficient subsea control system for offshore carbon capture and storage developments.

This paper describes the operator’s culture of circular decommissioning, with the main goal to improve environmental performance by implementing circular-economy principles during the engineering and execution of decommissioning projects.

The paper details subsea system development for the Mero field and how operation of Mero’s early production system influenced the final configuration for all Mero projects.

This work chronicles a series of operational activities in hydrate-blockage detection, modeling assessment, and safe and successful plug-remediation efforts in a Norwegian gas condensate subsea asset.

First oil is expected in 2029 from the development, which has a budget under $5 billion.

Phase 2 of the fast-track project expected to quadruple output to 60,000 BOPD by year-end.

The 12-well campaign is expected to accelerate global adoption of electric subsea technology and reduce emissions from subsea operations.