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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 […]
Total lowers Carbon Footprint with Power from Shore Previously called Hild, the Martin Linge development belongs to Total E&P Norge AS (51%), the operator, Petoro AS (30%) and Statoil Petroleum AS (19%). End of March, the Norwegian Government approved the development plan for the Martin Linge oil and gas field. Total capital expenditure is estimated to $4.2 […]
Saipem submitted $600 million change order to Saudi Aramco The Wasit Gas Development Program represents $4.6 billion capital expenditure to build an onshore grass-roots Central Processing Facility (CPF) to process 2.5 billion cf/d of gas from the Arabiyah & Hasbah offshore fields and produce approximately 1.75 billion cf/d of sales gas. Offshore gas wellhead production […]
$1.5 billion Dorra offshore packages for bid next quarter The Dorra gas field is located in the so called Divided Zone between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. According to the agreement signed in 1965 between the two countries, this Divided Zone results from the ex Neutral Zone, 300 km Northeast Dammam in Saudi Arabia and 130 […]
Shah Deniz consortium decided to commence Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) Shah Deniz Stage 2, or Full Field Development (FFD), is a giant project that will bring gas from Azerbaijan to Europe and Turkey. This will increase gas supply and energy security to European markets through the opening of the new Southern Gas Corridor. […]
The Johan Sverdrup giant oil field is the largest oil field discovery in 2011 in the World and the fifth biggest ever in Norway. It is located 140 km west of Stavanger and sitting by 110 m water depth and about 2000 m deep below the sea level. Statoil and Lundin from Sweden are the main owners of this field, […]
Definition: “Subsea Electrical System” refers to all the solutions to transport and distribute electrical power from the land or an Offshore operating unit, such as platform or FPSO, to supply seabed operating units like compressors, pumps, valves, etc… Comments: Normally electricity and water do not fit too well together, so it may look strange to consider such […]
The Johan Sverdrup giant oil field is the largest oil field discovery in 2011 in the World and the fifth biggest ever in Norway. It is located 140 kM west of Stavanger and sitting by 110 M water depth and about 2000 m deep below the sea level. The Swedish Lundin and Statoil were exploring […]