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- The Week in Review. // New Orleans CityBusiness (1994 to 2008);9/6/2004, Vol. 25 Issue 10, p25
This article presents some recent news from all over the world. Houma-based Gulf Island Fabrication, which makes offshore drilling platforms, ranked No. 99 on Fortune Magazine's September 6 list of the country's top 100 fastest-growing companies. In another news, a Metairie company that helps...
- Space Elevator. // ENR: Engineering News-Record;Dec2004 Construction Facts, Vol. 253, p49
This article informs that physicist Bradley C. Edwards, using a grant from the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts, led a two-year effort to produce an initial design for a space elevator, resulting in a report issued in 2003. It would be a refurbished oil-drilling platform. The Liftport's...
- Rig utilization stands at 100% around the globe. Smith, Justin // Offshore;Feb2007, Vol. 67 Issue 2, p38
The article reports on offshore drilling fleet utilization around the world. In the US Gulf of Mexico, offshore rig fleet utilization has been increasing toward 90% supply wherein 119 of the 139 available rigs have contracts but none of the idle units are available for immediate work resulting...
- Combining expandable sand screens with propped hydraulic fracturing technology. Abdul, Sakamrin; Ceng, Rahman; Lim, Derek; Jit Juan Lim; Kuo Chuan Ong // Offshore;Feb2007, Vol. 67 Issue 2, p60
The article focuses on the combination of expandable sand screens (ESS) and hydraulic fracturing technology in completing wells. Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP) and Halliburton Energy Services combined ESS and hydraulic fracturing technology for the completion of wells in Egret field, Brunei that...
- Riser concept designed to reduce platform loads. // Offshore;Oct2004, Vol. 64 Issue 10, p58
Reports that SEAL Engineering is developing a riser concept for ultra deepwater applications. Capability of the Hybrid S Riser system to reduce loads transmitted by the riser onto the floating production platform and to address fatigue incurred at the sag bend of steel catenary risers close to...
- Contractors must adapt to changing priorities for platform removal. Beckman, Jeremy // Offshore;Jun2006, Vol. 66 Issue 6, p90
The article reports on the study regarding platform removal by the Institute of Marine Contractors in Great Britain. According to the study, about 15-25 platform rigs a year will have to be removed in the country's sector alone. In such conditions, contractors must adapt to changing priorities...
- Sheerleg barge performs swift, cost-effective platform removal. Beckman, Jeremy // Offshore;Nov2005, Vol. 65 Issue 11, p75
The article reports that Dutch contractor Smit Marine Projects has completed the company's first drilling platform removal in the North Sea. The drilling platform operator Wintershall AG has awarded Smit the contract on the basis of competitive price and a novel turnkey solution. The...
- Newbuild jackup numbers hit all-time highs. Harding, Barry W. // Offshore;Jul2005, Vol. 65 Issue 7, p56
This article examines the condition of the newbuild jackup market. This market has reached record levels, and Singapore is raking in the profits. The country's two major yards, Keppel FELS Ltd. and PPL Shipyard Pte. Ltd., have captured a commanding lead in worldwide jackup construction, with a...
- Huge cylinders help "thread a needle" 10,000 ft under water. // Hydraulics & Pneumatics;May2008, Vol. 61 Issue 5, p34
The article reports that the device wire line riser-tensioner (WLRT) can be used in offshore oil well drilling rigs. The WLRT uses a hydraulic cylinder to adjust the distance between a pair of sheaves attached to the cylinder. By adjusting the distance between sheaves, the WLRT maintains...
