Giant Pao de Acucar in Block BM-C-33 reaches FEED The giant discovery Pao de Acucar and its adjacent fields, Seat and Gavea, are reaching the front end engineering and design (FEED) stage to develop the prolific Block BM-C-33 pre-salt in the ultra deep water of the Campos Basin offshore Macae, in […]
Read moreTechnip and Heerema to build and install Malikai TLP With Malikai, Shell and its partners ConocoPhillips and Petronas are on the way to install the first tension leg platform (TLP) in Malaysia. Through the joint venture Sabah Shell Petroleum Company, Shell and its partners selected the TLP solution from the conceptual study because of the […]
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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 […]
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Definition: “TLP” is the acronym of Tension Leg Platform. This name is used for offshore platform designed to have buoyancy in excess to be balanced in connecting the platform to the sea bed with long steel tubular structure called tendons. These tendons guaranty the stability of the platform in all dimensions […]
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