Showing papers in "Offshore engineer in 2006"
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TL;DR: ABS last month joined DNV and other major classification bodies in issuing rules which limit the permissible total harmonic voltage distortion for all newbuilds to 5%, providing a timely reminder for the marine and offshore industries - where the voltage distortion can be up to six times the new limit.
Abstract: ABS last month joined DNV and the other major classification bodies in issuing rules which limit the permissible total harmonic voltage distortion for all newbuilds to 5%, providing a timely reminder for the marine and offshore industries - where the voltage distortion can be up to six times the new limit - of the potential seriousness of this problem. Ian Evans of Harmonic Solutions, UK, and Tony Hoevenaars, of Mirus International, Canada, discuss the marine harmonic mitigation methods they employed to ensure a cable-layer complied with DNV's requirements.
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TL;DR: With increasing water depths, sound decisions on how, when or whether to complete high-risk wells have become ever more critical to operators' economic health, so service providers are planning to deliver the goods.
Abstract: With increasing water depths, sound decisions on how, when or whether to complete high-risk wells have become ever more critical to operators' economic health. In recent years, with their constant refinement, wireline formation pressure testing and sampling tools have become nearly indispensable in that decision process. US Editor Rick von Flatern spoke with service providers about how they plan to deliver the goods.
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TL;DR: In this article, von Flatern looks at some of the solutions evolving for deepwater pipeline repair work in extreme water depths and shows that today's extreme water depth has added another dimension to the practice.
Abstract: The offshore industry has been repairing submerged pipelines for nearly as long as it has existed. But today's extreme water depths have added another dimension to the practice. Rick von Flatern looks at some of the solutions evolving for deepwater pipeline repair work.
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TL;DR: With subsea pumps heading for their deepest and longest step-out distance yet, Terry Knott charts the breakthrough of the MultiBooster pump, leading to its current operating success in the North Sea's Lyell field and imminent installation in the King field in the Gulf of Mexico as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: With subsea pumps heading for their deepest and longest step-out distance yet, Terry Knott charts the breakthrough of the MultiBooster pump, leading to its current operating success in the North Sea's Lyell field and imminent installation in the King field in the Gulf of Mexico.
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TL;DR: Von Flatern et al. as mentioned in this paper paid a call on some Pemex engineers at a facility that leans heavily towards the latter and would seem to make a strong case for company-wide change.
Abstract: Mexico's upstream oil industry has reached a technological crossroads at which it must make a choice between tradition and innovation. US editor Rick von Flatern pays a call on some Pemex engineers at a facility that leans heavily towards the latter and would seem to make a strong case for company-wide change.
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