
subsea
To Find Oil, You Have to Drill Established in 1926, Schlumberger Limited (Schlumberger) has become since that time the world market leader of the oilfield services with more than 115,000 employees working in approximately 85 countries, listed in New York, Paris, London, Amsterdam and Switzerland Stock Exchanges. Based in Houston, Texas, USA, Schlumberger provides oil and […]
Cameron and Schlumberger go for integrated solutions Cameron and the leading oilfields services company Schlumberger have decided to create OneSubsea as a joint venture to merge their subsea activities in the oil and gas sector. Through OneSubsea, Cameron and Schlumberger intend to develop and manufacture new dedicated products, systems and services for the subsea applications. Headquartered […]
Take it further Headquartered in Paris, France, Technip is one of the largest engineering companies with more than 32,000 people covering all sectors of the oil and gas and petrochemical industry offshore and onshore, upstream, midstream and downstream. Established in 1958, Technip is today listed in NYSE Euronext Paris and USA through an American Depositary […]
Total align bidders for $3 billion Kaombo FPSOs. Modec, Saipem and SBM Offshore are expected to bid for the two converted FPSOs proposed by Total and its partners, ExxonMobil, Marathon, Sonangol and Galp for the development of the Kaombo offshore project in Angola. Angola, on the western coast of Africa, is one the strategic countries to support […]
Definition Continental Shelf (CS) refers to the part of the seabed sloping gently between the coast and the deep ocean. Geographically and legally the definition of the Continental Shelf is different from the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Comments The Continental Shelf is the sub-sea extension of the continent where the waters are still shallow, between 150 […]
Definition EEZ is the acronym of Exclusive Economic Zone EEZ defines the maritime area of 200 nautical miles distance (370 km) from the coast baseline where each state is entitled to empower its sovereign rights. Comments The legal definition of the EEZ was given in 1982 by the United Nation Convention on the Law of […]
PCIC Middle East Conference to take place with ADIPEC on Nov 12th & 13th 2012 Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC) organizes its 15th edition on November 11th to 14th 2012 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) in UAE. With more than 1,500 exhibitions and 45,000 attendees, ADIPEC is the largest exhibition in […]
Definition Pipelay Vessel or Pipe Laying Vessel refers to the vessel used by the offshore oil and gas industry to install subsea all the connecting infrastructures such as pipelines, umbilicals or electrical cables Comments These subsea infrastructures may be installed to connect floating units on the surface to the seabed, or from shore to floating […]