Required reading for the Global Oil & Gas Industry since 1975
E P I C
Transport 3 2
S U B S E A
Technologies 4 0
DRILLING
Efficiency 5 2
F E A T U R E F O C U S
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E P I C
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North Sea awe
T h e a w e i n s p i r e d d u r i n g t h e e a r l y d a y s o f t h e N o r t h Sea i n d u s t r y w a s b a c k a n d i n f u l l f o r c e f o r t h e w o r l d ' s h e a v i e s t o f f s h o r e l i f t . E l a i n e M a s l i n r e p o r t s .
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A monster facility
E l a i n e M a s l i n r e v i e w s Statoil's p r o g r e s s o n t h e m a s s i v e J o h a n S v e r d r u p d e v e l o p m e n t .38
Breaking records
F a c i l i t i e s t r a n s p o r t r e c o r d s h a v e b e e n b r o k e n a n d b r o k e n a g a i n b y D u t c h m a r i n e c o n t r a c t o r B o s k a l i s ' D o c k w i s e b u s i n e s s . E l a i n e M a s l i n r e p o r t s .SUBSEA
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Advancing e-ROVs
P e r m a n e n t l y s t a t i o n e d u n d e r w a t e r v e h i c l e s are a l m o s t a r e a l i t y — i n N o r w a y , at least. E l a i n e M a s l i n r e p o r t s .42
A Norwegian Cinderella
It t o o k N o r w e g i a n f a i r y t a l e c h a r a c t e r T r e s t a k k a f e w t i m e s to w i n h e r p r i n c e . L i k e w i s e , h e r o i l f i e l d n a m e s a k e h a d to be p u t h a c k o n t h e s h e l f a f e w t i m e s b e f o r e i t c o u l d m a k e t h e d e v e l o p m e n t grade. E l a i n e M a s l i n r e p o r t s .44
Tapping into AUVs' potential
T h e t r u e p o t e n t i a l o f A U V c a p a b i l i t i e s h a v e n o t b e e n f u l l y r e a l i z e d , a c c o r d i n g to a session at t h i s year's O f f s h o r e T e c h n o l o g y c o n f e r e n c e . K a r e n B o m a n r e p o r t s .
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The Tao of subsea
O c e a n f l o o r m a p p i n g is b e i n g c o m p l e t e l y r e - t h o u g h t w i t h t h e h e l p o f d r o n e s , s w a r m s o f u n d e r w a t e r v e h i c l e s a n d u n m a n n e d s u r f a c e v e h i c l e s . E l a i n e M a s l i n r e p o r t s .
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Engaging with the subsea industry
Pat O a k l e y , o f U M F , h i g h l i g h t s i n i t i a t i v e s b r o u g h t f o r t h f r o m a r e c e n t w o r k s h o p w i t h o p e r a t o r s .
Offshore
Technology Outlook
20 The digital revolution is now
Elaine
Maslin and Audrey
Leon look
at
how digitalization stands to make a big
splash in the offshore industry.
26 Moving toward all-electric
Elaine Maslin dives deeper into the
all-electric subsea equation.
28 Un-breaking barriers
Materials development is pushing the
boundaries of how things are currently
done in oil and gas. Elaine Maslin looks
at some of the research underway.
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Detecting corrosion through data
M a t t f o n e s a n d J i m S o k o l o w s k i , o f Tessella, s h o w h o w d a t a a n a l y t i c s c a n g i v e i n s i g h t i n t o c o r r o s i o n rates to r e d u c e r i s k a n d m a i n t e n a n c e costs.
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Multiphase gaps
M i c h a e l R e a d e r - H a r r i s , o f N E L , o u t l i n e s the r i s k t h a t absent m u l t i p h a s e f l o w m e a s u r e m e n t s t a n d a r d s pose to i n d u s t r y .DRILLING
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Managing stick-slip
M a t s A n d e r s e n , S t e p h e n Forrester, a n d A n d r e w C r e e g a n , o f N O V , d i s c u s s h o w to o v e r c o m e p o t e n t i a l l y d a m a g i n g s t i c k - s l i p issues a n d i m p r o v e d r i l l i n g p e r f o r m a n c e rates.REGIONAL OVERVIEW: MEDITERRANEAN & N AFRICA
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Hot air
H i g h h o p e s are p i n n e d o n gas as a t r a n s i t i o n f u e l a n d t h e r e b e i n g m a r k e t s to s e l l i t to i n t h e g a s - r i c h M e d i t e r r a n e a n . E l a i n e M a s l i n r e p o r t s .58
Collaborazione
E l a i n e M a s l i n t a l k s to a n a l l - I t a l i a n t e a m h o p i n g t o o f f e r s m a r t e r , m o r e e f f i c i e n t s o l u t i o n s t h r o u g h c o l l a b o r a t i o n .59
Ready for prime time
T h e M e d i t e r r a n e a n c o u l d g r o w i n t o a gas e x p o r t h u h - i f t h e c o u n t r i e s i n t h e r e g i o n c a n cooperate, says EIC's A n d r e w Scutter.
ON T H E COVER
A l e a p f o r w a r d . T h i s m o n t h ' s c o v e r i l l u s t r a t e s s o m e o f t h e t e c h n o l o g y ( r o b o t i c s , 3D p r i n t i n g , a u t o m a t i o n ) s o o n to b e e m -b r a c e d -b y t h e o f f s h o r e i n d u s t y . See page 20 f o r m o r e . Mainimage from iStock. Inset im-ages: Total, iStock, andRDS.
