deep water
With Leviathan Noble turns Israel into gas exporter In 2009, Israel’s exploration partner Noble Energy discovered the Tamar field in the Levantine Basin, some 50 miles west of Israel’s port of Haifa and with an estimated 8.3 tcf (trillion cubic feet) of highest-quality natural gas. Tamar was the world’s largest gas discovery in 2009. Then, […]
Aramco to develop deep water exploration and production Saudi Aramco plans to produce natural gas this decade off the Red Sea coast to increase domestic supplies to power generation and water desalination plants rising 7 percent a year. The program is designed to ensure to have ample spare capacity to meet underestimated energy demand. Saudi Aramco […]
Definition FSO is the acronym of Floating Storage and Offloading used to describe the offshore operation between the oil and gas processing and the export to the shore by pipeline or shuttle tankers. Comments Originally, all the offshore platforms used to sit on the seabed, but as exploration and production moved to deeper waters and more […]
Statoil, ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips rename Luva project into Aasta Hansteen During the concept selection Statoil estimated the development capital expenditure in the Aasta Hansteen field (formerly named Luva) at some $5.6 billion (NOK 34 billion). With a total hull weight of 45,000 ton, a length of 193 meters and a draught of 170 meters, the Aasta […]
Definition SPAR is the acronym for Single Point Anchor Reservoir (SPAR). This descriptive definition refers to a floating system with infield flow lines and associated subsea infrastructure to connect the subsea production and injection wells. Comments From design perspective a SPAR is a cylindrical, partially submerged offshore drilling and production platform that is particularly well-adapted […]
Mad Dog: BP’s second giant field in Gulf of Mexico In September 2011, BP announced the drilling of a successful appraisal well in a previously untested northern segment of the Mad Dog field in the US Gulf of Mexico. The well results confirm a significant resource extension for the Mad Dog Field complex, which includes […]
A good option for ExxonMobil/BHP and Woodside ExxonMobil‘s affiliate Esso Australia Resources Pty Ltd is the operator of the Scarborough gas field, a 50/50 joint venture with BHP Billiton. The Scarborough field is one of the most remote of the Carnarvon Basin gas resources and the development remains challenging due to location in 900 metres […]
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC), India and ConocoPhillips, USA, have signed on March 30th a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to co-operate and develop the shale gas resources in India, North America and elsewhere besides deep water opportunities in Eastern offshore India. The unprecedented growth of shale gas in the USA has generated new hopes […]
