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:: FROM DOT

:: Deepwater technology advancements could be quicker
Over the past few decades, technology advancements have been made for water depths over six to eight times those envisioned in the 1990s.

:: Subsea multiphase meters improve well testing
Subsea multiphase flow meters (MPFM) have resulted in more accurate reservoir modeling, history matching, simplified volume allocation, said Joshua Oldham, subsea system engineer with ExxonMobil at DOT in Houston on Feb. 12.

:: Riser response estimation method improves fatigue life
Accurate and consistent estimation of riser response to global and local external loading is essential. Toward this end, a method of efficiently calculating irregular wave stress time histories of tensile armor wires for flexible risers has been developed.

:: SPECIAL REPORTS

:: DeepOcean wins Ekofisk work
ConocoPhilips Skandinavia AS has awarded DeepOcean ASA a Letter of Agreement (LOA) for unmanned subsea construction work and pre-route survey at the Ekofisk area in the North Sea.

:: ExxonMobil develops deepwater equipment qualification standardization
Consistent practical methods for defining equipment qualification and testing requirements can result in improved reliability and facilitate project execution, said C.S Horan, ExxonMobil Development Co. at the 20th Deep Offshore Technology conference and exhibition on Feb. 13 in Houston.

:: Aker lands first Spanish contract
Repsol YPF has awarded a subsea contract to Aker Kværner.

:: TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION

:: Aker Kværner introduces subsea control module
Aker Kværner has launches the PodEx module that integrates new functions and instrumentation into an existing subsea control system.

:: Fiber optic sensing proposed for pipeline monitoring
Offshore arctic conditions pose unique design challenges to the safe operation of subsea pipelines, according to Benjamin Eisler of INTEC Engineering.

:: Acergy wins $195-million SURF contract
Encana has awarded Acergy a $195-million EPIC contract for offshore installation SURF work on the Deep Panuke field offshore Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

:: EQUIPMENT & ENGINEERING

:: Roncador to get FMC hardware
Petrobras has awarded FMC Technologies Inc. a $67-million contract for deepwater subsea trees and tie-in system for 11 add-on wells at Roncador Module 3 off Brazil.

:: First Subsea to supply Thunder Hawk mooring connectors
First Subsea is supplying twelve Ballgrab subsea mooring connectors to SBM Atlantia for the Thunder Hawk FPU in the ultra-deep Gulf of Mexico.

:: PSS wins DOF Subsea contract
Perry Slingsby Systems (PSS) has won a contract to supply ten Triton XLX ROV systems to DOF Subsea.

:: TRENDS & STATISTICS

:: Infield predicts substantial growth in deepwater production
Deepwater oil production is one of the fastest growing sources of oil production, according to Will Rowley, director of analytical services for Infield Systems.

:: Hayward Tyler delivers world record subsea motor
Hayward Tyler has built the largest subsea motor ever, at 2,500 kW, for Aker Kvaerner Subsea for deployment on the Statoil-operated Tyrihans project in the Norwegian Sea.

:: Con-Dive features newbuild vessel details
Con-Dive used the DOT conference in Houston to release details about its four newbuild vessels, two of them for offshore construction support and two for dive support.

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