Approximately 58 km southeast of Shingu City, Japan--Deepsea Drilling Vessel CHIKYU has resumed IODP drilling operations in the Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone off the Kii Peninsula of Japan. The ...

ABS awarded China Merchants Industry (CMI) Approval in Principle (AIP) for its self-developed Deep-sea Mining Riser and Lift System.The AIP follows ABS awarding AIP for CMI’s deep-sea mining system ...

Similar to pipelines or flowlines, risers transport produced hydrocarbons, as well as production materials, such as injection fluids, control fluids and gas lift. Usually insulated to withstand ...

This massive floating laboratory developed in Japan was the first to introduce the riser technology, inspired by the one used by oil rigs, to the world of scientific ocean drilling. Follow us: More ...

According to SBM, the system will relocate a suspended drilling riser with a drilling riser tensioner and surface blowout preventer in-place without removing them from the wellbay, making it possible ...

July 30, 2009—Kumano Basin off Kii Peninsula, approximately 58 km southeast of Japan— Despite harsh weather and ocean conditions, and complex geological characteristics of its drill site, the deep-sea ...

Drilling capability played a major role in Shell´s decision-making process when it came to the ultimate design of its Perdido regional host. The operator´s innovative direct vertical access spar ...

Aker Solutions was awarded another contract for delivery of a deepwater drilling riser system to Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering. Contract value is approximately USD $35 million. Aker ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) and Oil States Industries, Inc. today announced a strategic collaboration that combines two award-winning technology sets to provide customers ...

Aker Solutions has won a contract to supply a complete drilling equipment package for a deepwater drillship Jurong Shipyard is building for the Brazilian market. The contract value is undisclosed.

Robert E. Sokoll, Carl W. Sauer, William G. Kelly Conoco Norway Inc. Stavanger A highly iterative and complex process is needed to determine the optimal size and type of subsea wellhead equipment ...