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World Expro 2009
September 2009
Issue Two

 
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Stick Together
A structural overhaul at Royal Dutch Shell has seen innovation placed at the heart of the company’s business model. view pdf
 
 
Data management
GlobalData lists the top data management companies, determined by taxonomy-based searches across various sources through secondary research. Data is ranked based on total revenues for the latest reported full year. view pdf
     
George Rorie
‘It’s all about trying to make the most of that huge asset that has been built up over time.’ view pdf
 
   
What's the Damage
The Clipper PT platform foundation in the
North Sea was exposed to fatigue damage
as the centralisers in the jacket leg slammed against the piles. Shell engineers devised a method to stop this dynamic loading by filling up the annulus with granular material and grout. view pdf
     
Majid Y Al Mugla
‘In today’s project management world, communication is absolutely key to being successful.’ view pdf
   
FIXED AND FLOATING PRODUCTION  
     
Ready to Ripple
Hermione van Zutphen and Marios Christou, Shell, describe the validation of the FPSO LSM analysis suite, a probability-domain model based on the Spectral Response Surface method (SRS) for predicting the motion and load responses of floating systems with turret or spreadmooring and estimating response-based metocean design conditions. view pdf
 
     
Floating production
GlobalData lists the top floating production systems companies, determined by taxonomy-based searches across various sources through secondary research. The list has been ranked as per production capacity. view pdf
 
     
HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT  
     
Safety ratings
GlobalData lists the top companies for safety, determined by taxonomy-based searches across various sources through secondary research. The list has been ranked as per the total recordable case frequency (TRCF) recorded by the companies under study. view pdf
 
       
Karl Falkenberg
‘CSS will help us make the deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions the economies of tomorrow will need.’ view pdf
 
       
Roald Gunnar Riise
‘We’ve developed new assessment methodology that makes us able to see risk more clearly, even in the early stages of a project.’ view pdf
 
       
 
       
National Treasures
As national oil companies continue to increase market power at the expense of IOCs and the price of oil rises, an inelasticity between supply and demand is occurring, says IEA chief economist Fatih Birol.
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’09 Potentials
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Patrick Pouyanné
‘Our global strategy is to develop an integrated energy offer for producing countries.’ view pdf
 
 
INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL
 
Seismic Shift
Paulo Johann, Rui Sansonowski, Rildo Oliveira and Dirceu Bampi of Petrobras share the challenges and successes involved in collecting 4D seismic data from the Marlim Complex, a frequently obstructed, heavy-oil, turbidite reservoir offshore Brazil.
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Instrumentation and control
GlobalData lists the top instrumentation and control services companies, determined by taxonomy-based searches across various sources through secondary research. Data is ranked based on total revenues for the latest reported full year. view pdf
 
   
Capital Cut-Backs
Exploration and production the world over have been negatively affected by the economic slowdown. Investment is flagging, costs are rising and the price of oil is unstable. So what is driving oil and gas investments in 2009? view pdf
   
PIPELINE TECHNOLOGY
   

Corrosion Correction
Corrosion inhibitors have been used over the years to protect oil and gas pipelines made of carbon steel that transport CO² or H²S containing wet hydrocarbons. view pdf

     
Pipeline operations
GlobalData lists the top pipeline operator companies, determined by taxonomy-based searches across various sources through secondary research. Data is ranked based on length of pipelines. view pdf
   
   
Latin Attraction
GlobalData reports on how resource-rich
South America is becoming one of the most exciting exploration areas for oil and gas companies, but nationalisation threatens to hamper industry growth. view pdf
   
South America
GlobalData lists the top South American oil and gas companies, determined by taxonomy-based searches across various sources through secondary research. Data is ranked based on total revenues for the latest reported full year. view pdf
   
SUBSEA PRODUCTION
   
On Closer Inspection
Subsea 7 and SeeByte have collaborated
on the development of a prototype autonomous inspection vehicle with a unique potential to revolutionise life-offield projects. Subsea 7 global technology manager John Mair tells World Expro how the innovation can reduce costs and make lighter work of increasingly tough conditions. view pdf
     
Subsea Services
GlobalData lists the top subsea companies, determined by taxonomy-based searches across various sources through secondary research. Services companies are ranked by revenue, systems companies by market share. pdf coming soon
 

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