Content Tagged: "offshore"

In this installment of Get To Know: Women In Energy, we are joined by Ginny Garriques, the Chief Engineer for Offshore and Infrastructure at ExxonMobil.

This presentation describes planning, designing, and arranging of equipment on offshore structures for the safe and efficient production of oil and gas. General criteria is provided for designing living quarters. This content also provides the project engineer with information for determining line size, wall thickness, and pressure rating class. Miscellaneous details to be considered in designing a piping system also are discussed.

The term "deepwater" has always been defined in terms of where offshore technology stood at a given moment. In the early 1960s, 500-foot water depths placed a practical limit on offshore drilling capabilities; by 2003, the water depth record had surpassed 10,000 feet. This Topic describes the equipment and technology that have made such advances possible. Starting with an overview of worldwide drilling activity, it looks at the characteristics of deepwater environments and the challenges they pose with respect to rig requirements and offshore project management. It goes on to discuss the systems, equipment and considerations involved in deepwater well planning, design and construction. It then examines some of the innovative solutions to deepwater drilling challenges, ranging from riserless drilling to dual activity operations. Finally, it presents several case studies to show how these solutions have been applied in the Gulf of Mexico, offshore eastern Canada and the North Sea.

This topic covers the engineering design and construction aspects of oil and gas pipelines. Discusses pipeline history, key design considerations (including hydraulic calculations and mechanical strength), onshore and offshore constructions practices, cost estimating, current operating practices and potential operating problems.

Starting with a broad look at the offshore oil and gas industry, including its history, current scope, trends, challenges and an overview of regulatory environments, this Topic examines the primary design considerations for offshore production facilities and identifies key drivers and decision factors in offshore project development. It goes on to describe the various types of platforms, surface components and subsea production facilities: their design features, equipment components operating considerations and areas of application. Included are discussions of offshore pipelines, production equipment and operations, and requirements for decommissioning and removal of offshore facilities. The presentation concludes with case studies of deepwater operations in West Africa and the Gulf of Mexico.

In this installment of Get To Know: Women In Energy, we are joined by Veronica Henrichsen, Assistant Driller at Odfjell Technology. In this episode, Veronica shares her insights working as an assistant driller, and reflects on how her childhood in Norway contributed to her love of the offshore lifestyle.

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All offshore platforms will need to be decommissioned at some point, bearing many millions of dollars of cost. A field-proven alternative is to conver

The energy business is progressively transforming to solve the energy trilemma. The world indeed needs an energy mix that offers a mix of secure and r

This Energy in 3 Video is from the Opening Plenary Session at the SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference.Speaker: Stuart Young, Honourable Minister of Energy and Energy Industries of Trinidad and Tobago

Opening Plenary Session at the SPE Latin America and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference 14 June 2023 Speaker: Stuart Young, Honourable Min

Satellites are revolutionizing how, where, and when we collect data. Despite being a long-established use case for satellite images to observe and tra

Satellites are revolutionizing how, where, and when we collect data. Despite being a long-established use case for satellite images to observe and tra

Traditionally gas hydrates avoidance has been pre-requisite in the design and operation of offshore gas production systems. Transformation towards a risk management paradigm requires collaboration between industry, government and academic research.

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