Oceaneering successful with SILS in Gulf of Mexico
2008.02.28 -
Technology
Oceaneering International, Inc. and alliance partner Superior Energy Services used the Subsea Intervention Lubricator System (SILS) for Gulf of Mexico well intervention in late 2007. The system successfully closed and isolated a depleted lower zone and opened a productive upper zone in a subsea well for an independent operator. The SILS is designed to perform cost-effective, safe, deepwater wireline based subsea well interventions, including plug and abandonment (P/A) operations, in water depths to 10,000 fsw without the need for a drilling rig and workover riser.
Plans for a 2008 SILS campaign combining P/As and other well intervention work are in progress. The campaign will create scheduling synergies and reduce costs for individual operators with project work of this type to perform.
Thanks to its thinner and lightweight polyurethane sheath, the BUFLEX X’PREM reeling cable reduces weight and increases abrasion resistance enhancing productivity of crane operators and OEMs.
NanoDynamics Inc. announced the recent formation of a joint venture with Shell Technology Ventures Fund 1 B.V. to develop new materials and products expected to improve exploration and production efforts in the international oil and gas industry. The joint venture, Epik Energy Solutions, L.L.C., capitalizes on NanoDynamics’ capabilities in nanomaterial synthesis and product engineering, in applications ranging from solar energy conversion, energy storage, lightweight wear-resistant materials and water purification to enhanced down-hole and construction materials and taggants.
Roxar, a leading technology solutions provider to the oil and gas industry, today announced the release of Tempest™ 6.4, its software suite for advanced reservoir simulation.
"We believe in further breakthroughs on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS)," says Ole J Martinsen, StatoilHydro's vice president for exploration research, in his presentation at the company's energy seminar in Bergen on 6 November.
AGR Group Announced today the introduction of the AGR Neptune, a new pipeline inspection tool that operates externally with small inspection class ROV’s.
