Offshore news

Norway’s largest and longest pipeline, laid by the vessel Saipem Castorone, has reached the Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea.

The contracts will see the company delivering a range of specialist services to support exploration and production operations in Trinidad and Tobago and the Gulf of Mexico.

Block Energy Plc has announced the execution of a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (‘MOU’) with Georgia-based drilling contractor, JSC Norio Oil Company (‘NOC’), for the provision of a drilling and a workover rig.

Under the contract, PG Flow Solutions will supply a total of six pump skids, including pump skids for scale inhibitor injection, drag reducer injection, emulsion breaker and MEG injection.

In this collaborative effort, field data from four deepwater steel catenary risers (SCR) and one lazy-wave riser were used to provide a measurement-based foundation for riser modelling.

Mark Sørheim, HydraWell, Norway, examines plugging offshore wells without the support of a drilling rig as a cost-saving solution.

The fabrication yard delivered to the aggressive schedule and fabricated the 4000 t, 4-deck topsides in less than 12 months with no follow-on work.

On 2 September the Visund Nord IOR (improved oil recovery) project came on stream, two months ahead of schedule. The project has further been delivered with no serious HSE incidents and well below budget.

The J2 Subsea 4 Port Tool Changer enables ROVs to connect with tools subsea with zero leakages.

Chris Burke, Emerson Automation Solutions, UK, explores how continuous, real-time corrosion monitoring has extended the life of a mature natural gas field in the North Sea.