INDUSTRY NEWS
PRE-MONSOON RIG MOVE COMPLETED
Energy and marine consultancy ABL has successfully assisted India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) with moving 36 off shore drilling rigs to new locations in advance of the monsoon season. ABL has assisted as tow master and marine warranty service (MWS) provider on the rig moves, which equals the record of 36 pre- monsoon rig moves from 2021. The moves were conducted using ABL’s specialist team of mariners supported by structural and geotechnical engineers, in close cooperation with ONGC’s in-house rig move cell.
Each of the 36 rigs were placed
at their respective monsoon locations before the onset of the seasonal adverse weather conditions. The combined total distance travelled for all rigs was 3,680 nautical miles.
Electrical system automation for FPSO facility
ABB has won a large order from Sembcorp Marine to deliver the complete electrical system automation for a fl oating production storage and offl oading (FPSO) facility for Brazilian oil and gas producer Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras). The P-82 FPSO will be one of the largest vessels to be deployed in the Búzios fi eld, an ultra-deepwater oil and gas fi eld covering an area of 853 square kilometres in the Santos Basin, around 180km off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
ABB is supplying both the topside and hullside electrical systems for P-82, providing seamless project integration. The topside systems will be installed in an ABB eHouse solution – a prefabricated, modular
Valves and seats for drilling pump applications GD Energy Products (GDEP) has
proven during fi eld trials that its new Extreme Duty drilling valves and seats deliver supreme performance and reliability in ultra-high temperature drilling pump applications. Designed for optimal
fl ow effi ciency and maximum sealing, the Extreme Duty drilling valves and seats feature a high-endurance urethane, fi eld-
proven to perform in temperatures up to 350°F. The valves and seats,
rated for pressures up to 7,500 PSI, are also compatible with both oil and water-based drilling muds. Due to their innovative design, the valves and seats off er a longer running life in which enhanced safety is delivered
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through decreasing the rate of changeouts as well as cost-saving benefi ts.
While operating under the most diffi cult conditions, the valves
have shown an increased performance life of 40% over GDEP’s Heavy Duty drilling
valves and seats. During a one-month trial in the Delaware Basin, the new
products provided a reduction in maintenance levels as well as lower inventory and
consumption rates. In the Eagle Ford Shale under the harshest
environment of temperatures and mud properties, the valves and seats achieved 800 hours running life – a 25% increase in performance over a leading competitor.
substation that reduces costs, risk exposure and on-site work because all components are wired, tested and commissioned before shipment to the yard.
Once operational, the facility –
which receives fl uids from a subsea reservoir before separating them into crude oil, natural gas and water within topside facilities onboard – will have the capacity to produce 225,000 barrels of oil per day and process 12 million m2
of gas per day.
MILLION-DOLLAR SEISMIC DEAL
Stryde has been awarded a contract worth over US$1 million for the supply of 10,000 seismic receiver nodes and its Nimble node receiver system in Nigeria. The seismic sensor technology will be used on an upcoming 3D seismic survey conducted by Nigerian geoscience solutions provider, ATO Geophysical as part of an onshore oil and gas exploration project in the region. The seismic survey will be the
fi rst commercial deployment of the Nimble system in the country. Stryde will enable ATO to deliver high-density seismic data for the exploration of new reservoir locations in the grasslands and marshlands of Nigeria.
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