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Definition Tie-back in the offshore oil and gas upstream activities refer to the connection of additional risers to the floating vessel or platform. Comments Originally the offshore oil and gas industry used to focus on large fields that could be explored and produced in drilling strait below the floating vessel or the platform. But the high […]

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Statoil validated concept for $4 billion Dagny and Eirin oil and gas fields development       Partners and actual interests in Dagny are split between:  – Statoil 58.5%  – ExxonMobil 33%  – Total 6.5%  – Det norske oljeselskap 2%. The final distribution of ownership interests will be subject to negotiations in the period leading up to […]

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Definition A Riser is a pipe carrying up the subsea oil and gas from the wellheads on the seabed to the floating unit on the surface. The risers may be used for drilling or production purposes.    Comments Drilling risers are categorised into two types: – Marine drilling risers used with subsea blow out preventer (BOP) and generally used […]

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