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  • Volume 82, Issue 6, November-December 2022

    • Volume 82, Issue 6, November-December 2022

    Offshore solutions to the European gas crisis
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    Geopolitics
    Home

    Major geopolitical events bring change, opportunity to industry

    Dec. 19, 2022
    Major events can often change the pace and trajectory of industry growth, and a big one this past year was no exception.
    Courtesy Gasunie
    The FSRUs Golar Igloo and the renamed Eemshaven LNG arrived at the port of Eemshaven in early September, and they received their first LNG cargo on Sept. 8. The first natural gas started to flow into Gasunie’s gas network on September 19.
    North Sea & Europe

    Offshore solutions may help alleviate European gas crisis

    Dec. 19, 2022
    Europe has secured 12 FSRUs, plans to deploy an additional nine.
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    Production

    Electrification emerging as key component of ESG, efficiency goals

    Dec. 19, 2022
    Significant progress made offshore Norway, but challenges remain in UK North Sea.
    All images courtesy Saudi Aramco
    Production platform future module 3-D model.
    Production

    Modular approach minimizes brownfield impact on live platforms

    Dec. 19, 2022
    Strategy reduces costs, limits production shutdown, enhances worker safety.
    Courtesy TVO
    This rendering shows how the Hercules tethering system connects to a floater. As deployed on Walter's project in the GoM, the system provides the necessary station-keeping capacity for a DP semisubmersible in shallow water.
    Subsea

    Subsea tethering system enables DP semi to drill in shallow-water GoM

    Dec. 19, 2022
    Innovative design provides wellhead control, helps keep rig on station.

    More content from Volume 82, Issue 6, November-December 2022

    Courtesy Port of Aberdeen
    Subsea 7’s Seaway Phoenix berthed on Dunnottar Quay and the operational Crathes and Castlegate (East) quaysides.
    Decommissioning

    UK ports, contractors respond to surge in North Sea decommissioning

    Dec. 19, 2022
    Facility upgrades to accommodate all sizes of offshore structures.
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    US & Gulf of Mexico

    New research illuminates P&A cost trends in the shallow-water GoM

    Dec. 19, 2022
    For completed wells, average cost ranges from $500,000 to $900,000/well.
    (Courtesy Odfjell Drilling)
    The Deepsea Mira (formerly the West Mira) is one of the semisubmersible rigs equipped with an ESS system from Siemens.
    Rigs

    Drilling rig contractors deploying latest emissions reductions technologies

    Dec. 19, 2022
    New tools can help drillers target improved efficiency, reduced waste, lower emissions.
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    Offshore Rig Shipyard Dreamstime L 27891353
    Vessels

    Rig construction market remains quiet but with room for long-term possibilities

    Dec. 19, 2022
    Some 32 units now being built are on standby, with many of these ostensibly complete.
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    Offshore Oil And Gas Special Report
    Special Reports

    2022 Offshore Oil and Gas Executive Perspectives Special Report

    Dec. 19, 2022
    Insights and commentary on ESG and next steps for the energy transformation
    Courtesy Talos Energy
    Talos Energy is the joint lessor and operator of 40,000-plus acres offshore Jefferson County, Texas, which it will be using for CCS project development (Bayou Bend CCS). Talos will have facilities along the beach to boost the CO2 offshore in the future and will incorporate environmental and community investments in areas where its projects are established.
    Courtesy McKinsey & Co.
    FIGURE 1. Emissions intensity fluctuates across regions and asset types.
    Deepwater

    Deepwater oil basins can help fuel the energy transition

    Dec. 19, 2022
    Every ton of avoided emissions is critical to a successful energy transition.
    Courtesy TGS
    Geosciences Tgs
    Geosciences

    Geoscience expertise helping industry reach net-zero targets

    Dec. 19, 2022
    The industry’s upstream technology and expertise is well suited to tackle the geophysics-related challenges in the path to net zero.
    Courtesy Baker Hughes
    The CICM log with the yellow indicates solids, and the blue indicates free pipe.
    Deepwater

    Case study: New methods of acquiring and transmitting data

    Dec. 19, 2022
    Challenging the operational status quo in the deepwater environment
    Courtesy Aquaterra Energy
    Modular, lightweight platforms can be rapidly manufactured, transported and assembled with small yards and minimal facilities.
    Equipment Engineering

    Energy crisis: Intelligently engineering solutions

    Dec. 19, 2022
    The complexity of new projects may exceed the local manufacturing, logistics and installation capabilities in regions with less oil and gas heritage.
    Courtesy Transocean
    The Deepwater Atlas performed sea trials earlier this year.
    Drilling & Completion

    Transocean CEO details emissions reduction efforts

    Dec. 19, 2022
    Industry expert Jeremy Thigpen reveals the company’s plans for the ‘energy expansion’ era.
    Courtesy Xodus
    Offshore Decommissioning
    Decommissioning

    Decommissioning: It’s all in the planning

    Dec. 19, 2022
    This case study highlights how an energy consultancy helped an international energy company with its North Sea decommissioning activities.
    Courtesy SLB
    All-electric offshore technologies will be key to the diverse energy ecosystem of the future.
    Production

    Enabling a cost-competitive, low-carbon energy future

    Dec. 19, 2022
    Electrification of the entire production chain (wells, subsea and topside) is a major technology leap that is now coming to maturity.
    Source: Rystad Energy UCube
    Global liquids supply split by supply segment
    Vessels

    Data Briefs

    Dec. 19, 2022
    At-a-glance statistics and analysis on the offshore energy industry
    Courtesy Eni
    The Coral Sul FLNG vessel has delivered the first consignment of LNG from the Coral South development offshore Mozambique.
    Home

    Global E&P Briefs

    Dec. 19, 2022
    Exploration and production updates from around the world
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    Floating Wind Farm
    Subsea

    Industry responds to floating wind growth, technology's move into deeper water

    Dec. 19, 2022
    The challenges of deepwater floating wind projects
    Courtesy C-Innovation
    C-Innovation LLC says that it has signed a multi-year contract with a major operator in the Gulf of Mexico which calls for the C-Constructor vessel (pictured) to support a new well delivery program and the Holiday vessel to provide inspection, repair and maintenance services.
    US & Gulf of Mexico

    Gulf E&P gains back some momentum

    Dec. 19, 2022
    A recent string of announcements from producers and developers indicates that E&P activities in the Gulf of Mexico may finally be back on an upswing.
    Courtesy Ocean Sun
    The first notable offshore combined solar/wind energy system was commissioned in early November, off the coast of Haiyang, in eastern China.
    Renewable Energy

    Offshore Wind Energy Briefs

    Dec. 19, 2022
    Offshore wind energy developers are increasingly looking to solar technologies to bolster and enhance the reliability of their renewable energy projects.
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    Business Briefs
    Business Briefs

    Business Briefs

    Dec. 19, 2022
    The latest company news and personnel moves from the offshore industry.
    Beyond The Horizon
    North Sea & Europe

    Eastern Mediterranean producers face field development choices to access European markets

    Dec. 19, 2022
    Europe has realized by now how difficult its energy supply and demand equation has become, while still being partially in denial about how likely it is that next winter may be...