Issue: April 2001
April 2001 Vol. 222 No. 4 Feature Article FRANCE: Evaluating synthetic mooring lines for deepwater use The use of polyester fiber mooring lines in deepwater E&P
April 2001 Vol. 222 No. 4 Feature Article FRANCE: Flexible connections for FPSO and loading buoy export lines In a project that began in early 2000, Techlam of the
April 2001 Vol. 222 No. 4 Feature Article FRANCE: Hybrid tubes for choke and kill lines C. Gaillard and J. Guesnon , IFP, France Technology
April 2001 Vol. 222 No. 4 Feature Article FRANCE: Pipelay, construction vessel for ultra-deep water The CSO Deep Blue, a new, ultra-deepwater pipelay and
April 2001 Vol. 222 No. 4 Feature Article ITALY: An engineering approach to operation and maintenance During the last decade, optimizing oil and gas plant
April 2001 Vol. 222 No. 4 Feature Article ITALY: An inhibitor system for drilling reactive clays Fulberto D’Alessandro, AVA S.p.A This case study
April 2001 Vol. 222 No. 4 Feature Article ITALY: Eni’s major E&P projects, technology The CEO of Eni, Vittorio Mincato, describes his company’s
April 2001 Vol. 222 No. 4 Feature Article THE NETHERLANDS: Deepwater model testing and engineering tools The Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) is
April 2001 Vol. 222 No. 4 Feature Article THE NETHERLANDS: First integral floating production line With hundreds of marginal offshore oil fields waiting fo
April 2001 Vol. 222 No. 4 Feature Article THE NETHERLANDS: Gear-driven drawworks are safer, weigh less Gear-driven drawworks are gaining more importance in
April 2001 Vol. 222 No. 4 Feature Article THE NETHERLANDS: New E-recruiting service for oil and gas Jan W. Scholten, Worldwideworker.com, the Netherlands
April 2001 Vol. 222 No. 4 Feature Article THE NETHERLANDS: Reducing damage to umbilicals and risers Lankhorst Mouldings BV, the Netherlands, has developed
April 2001 Vol. 222 No. 4 Feature Article THE NETHERLANDS: Two super-heavylift newbuilds ordered Dutch heavylift-shipping specialist, JUMBO, has ordered tw
April 2001 Vol. 222 No. 4 Feature Article NORWAY: A semisubmersible for all seasons The Octabuoy is a semisubmersible production platform that also perform
April 2001 Vol. 222 No. 4 Feature Article NORWAY: Advanced wells from traditional rigs Nils Reimers, Maritime Hydraulics, AS and Dag Haverstad, Top Dr
April 2001 Vol. 222 No. 4 Feature Article NORWAY: Double-acting ships make Arctic oil export routes competitive As oil trade through the Bosporus reaches its practic
April 2001 Vol. 222 No. 4 Feature Article NORWAY: A semisubmersible for all seasons The Octabuoy is a semisubmersible production platform that also perform
April 2001 Vol. 222 No. 4 Feature Article UNITED KINGDOM: Coiled-tubing drilling tower improves safety, flexibility A new, skiddable, coiled-tubing drilling (CTD) to
April 2001 Vol. 222 No. 4 Feature Article UNITED KINGDOM: Composite plate system eases marine repairs Intelligent Engineering (IE) has designed and patented
April 2001 Vol. 222 No. 4 Feature Article UNITED KINGDOM: Thermal buoyancy materials for deep water Deepwater oil fields provide the industry’s best h
April 2001 Vol. 222 No. 4 Company News Anadarko Petroleum agreed to acquire Canada-based Berkley Petroleum for C$11.40/share in cash for an equi
April 2001 Vol. 222 No. 4 Industry Stats International
April 2001 Vol. 222 No. 4 Looking Ahead North Sea oil tax to remain unchanged in UK budget. Although the British North Sea played a major role in allowing oil firms
April 2001 Vol. 222 No. 4 Hot Line EU okays Texaco, Chevron merger The European Commission approved Chevron Corp.’s $42-billion acquisition of Texa
April 2001 Vol. 222 No. 4 People Adel al-Subaih was named Kuwait’s new oil minister on Feb. 19, 2001. The U.S.-educated engineer told Reuters that ther
