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CHINESE CHALLENGE - As China's largest offshore development project, Peng Lai, entered its latest field installation phase, Terry Knott was invited by operator ConocoPhillips to check progress to-date on this challenging, world-class (USD)3.5 billion development. His comprehensive 10-page report focuses on China's ability to build and install large fixed platforms and one of the world's largest FPSOs to tap a Bohai Bay field which reportedly holds at least 500 million barrels of recoverable oil
Offshore engineer , 2006
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TOTAL TALLY - When it comes to talking oil and gas in West Africa, Total can lay just claim to holding the lion's share among international operators. Terry Knott checks out the French supermajor's regional record to-date
Offshore engineer , 2006
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LESS SQUEEZE, MORE COMMITMENT - Are margins in the supply sector being squeezed too far for companies to invest in technology development, and are operators playing too long a game in committing to new technology? Terry Knott gets both sides of the story in this interdependent relationship from leading contractor Aker Kvaerner and Norway's biggest operating company, Statoil
Offshore engineer , 2004
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ROCK OF AGES - The recent installation of the Avouma platform off West Africa demanded specialist large diameter and under-reaming drilling techniques to sink the platform's piles deep into the seabed rock
Offshore engineer , 2006
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GOLDENEYE LANDS - With the Outer Moray Firth now yielding its first supplies of natural gas from Shell's award-winning Goldeneye development, Terry Knott met with the project team to secure this first substantive account of the challenges involved and the technical firsts achieved in bringing home the latest of this North Sea operator's feathered friends
Offshore engineer , 2004
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ALBA ADVANCES - With Chevron's giant Alba Northern platform now moving into the offshore installation phase, Teny Knott reports from the project's Scottish and Dutch yards on the challenges met and advanced technologies used during fabrication
Offshore engineer , 1993
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FEAT OF CLAY - Excavating subsea highways for Norway's Ormen Lange project required an innovative and highly robust system to cut through some of the toughest seabed clays around
Offshore engineer , 2006
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FAREWELL TO FLARING - Extinguishing of the Gullfaks A gas flare last month was the beginning of the end for burning gas off Norway
Offshore engineer , 1994
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ALL BUOYED UP - With the hunt for lower cost marginal field development solutions topping oil company agendas, buoy-based production systems could soon be making their presence felt. Terry Knott reports
Offshore engineer , 1999
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ALL CHANGE - Norwegian contractor Aker Maritime has come to regard change as an everyday part of business life. Terry Knott talks to chief executive Sverre Skogen about the way ahead
Offshore engineer , 2001
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GUNDERSEN SETS SIGSTS - Recently taking the helm of ABB's oil and gas business, a quietly determined Gorm Gundersen tells Terry Knott how he has set his sights on finding the differentiating technology to stay ahead of the game
Offshore engineer , 1999
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NORWAY REVIEW - As the Norwegian offshore industry prepares itself for a more competitive global market, Terry Knott highlights some of the key companies and technologies lining up for a piece of the action
Offshore engineer , 1999
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CLAIR-ING THE WAY - A strong US Gulf influence has been incorporated into the development plan for BP's UK West of Shetland Clair field, now going ahead. Marshall DeLuca and Terry Knott report
Offshore engineer , 2001
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LIGHTHOUSE ALPHA - Shell Expro is adding ten years of extra life to one of the North Sea's longest serving platforms. Terry Knott visits Brent Alpha to find out at first hand how a key hub in the UK's offshore infrastructure is being converted to lighthouse operation
Offshore engineer , 2002
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INSPIRED BY SPIRALS - A new way to launch, transport and lay offshore pipelines has been developed in The Netherlands, promising to make pipeline installation easier and cheaper. Terry Knott takes a closer look
Offshore engineer , 2002
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WEST AFRICA OFFSHORE - Three TLP contractors have high hopes for the region. Marshall DeLuca and Terry Knott assess their systems' applicability
Offshore engineer , 2002
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COILED TUBING 2 - An innovative coiled tubing lift frame with standalone motion compensation promises to enhance safety in many of the operations undertaken by drilling rigs. Terry Knott talks to the system designer
Offshore engineer , 2002
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SUPPLYING CLAIR - Bringing lower cost Gulf of Mexico design and fabrication practice to the North Sea is not a new idea. Now, as Terry Knott reports, BP seems determined to make this pay for its Clair development
Offshore engineer , 2001
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BRENT'S MISSION IMPOSSIBLE - North Sea operator Shell Expro has installed a complete compressor train and associated process equipment on its Brent field. Terry Knott describes a record-breaking operation
Offshore engineer , 2001
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HANZE TO THE PUMP - First flow from The Netherlands'latest offshore development has ended a long dry spell for the Dutch oil sector. Terry Knott reports on Veba's Hanze field
Offshore engineer , 2001
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