Offshore/subsea systems
New technical papers suggest advanced robotic systems may not be far away from broad adoption for a large share of offshore inspection and intervention.
This paper describes the successful deployment of flexible coiled tubing technology in an oil-producing well of the offshore Frade field in Brazil’s Campos Basin.
This paper describes the use of encapsulated polymer technology to address the issues of shear degradation and injectivity integrity faced in the application of polymer flooding in an offshore development context.
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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. -
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.
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The first two wells at Brava Energia’s Atlanta field are producing, with four more to be connected this year.
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In this paper, a dynamic multiphase-flow simulator is used to evaluate the effectiveness and suitability of using a subsea capping stack to respond to a CO₂ well blowout.
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This paper presents an overview of the operator’s Marlim and Voador fields revitalization project, highlighting features and main achievements in the context of Campos Basin redevelopment.
