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and a helideck. The topsides will background in offshore technology, weigh about 7000 tons when and the animation shows what completed. we’re building, how all the parts ? t. A McDermott International It puts it into scale and shows why subsidiary was selected by the investment is what it is.’

Williams for the transportation and ‘Such highly technical, complex installation of the spar hull and its animation projects often require

Field Development moorings. McDermott’s DB50 vessel more time and research than will install the moorings before expected,’ says Jason C Olson, installing the spar and a temporary senior project engineer for Hess. work deck. ‘Collaborating helped both Hess contracted Technip to companies save valuable time while design, engineer, fabricate and producing a better end result. I install more than 28 miles of subsea highly recommend that companies ? owlines, pipeline terminations, consider partnering with their steel catenary risers, and piles and af? liates when working on a large associated structures. Technip’s ? eld model . . . start early and deepwater pipelay vessel Deep Blue take the time to understand your is due to complete the work this year. partner’s goals and objectives so that you can split and concentrate

Animation modeling your efforts.’

It’s been recognized that models remove any misconceptions Last words between partners and stakeholders, Tubular Bells and Gulfstar FPS and are useful to visualize surface illustrate the need for mid-sized and subsurface layouts. Williams ? eld development and standardized used C-Ray Media to model and design. Similar to the larger animate its Gulfstar project. The Independence Hub project that video, which is posted on Williams. came before, the general expansion com, highlights Gulfstar’s quick of infrastructure is to develop even construction and other features. smaller ? elds in the future. After seeing the Gulfstar This development is another video, the project team at Hess example of the ‘hub and spoke’ commissioned a similar model concept. Williams’ Menard as a visual tool for internal puts it this way: ‘Infrastructure project management reviews and development is a major part of our partner meetings. Hess worked philosophy. You put the processing with Williams to combine the hub in with the same idea as the offshore campaign and subsea ? eld pipeline. While we needed a layout with the existing Williams commitment from Hess to proceed, animation to create a complete the idea is that both the pipeline project scope. A brief portion of and the hub will eventually bring the Hess subsea ? eld animation is other subsea tiebacks onboard. captured in the Williams video. ‘Also, the Gulfstar concept ‘Collaborating with Hess seemed gives us an opportunity to lower like a natural ? t, since they are engineering costs for other similarly one of our biggest customers,’ sized discoveries in the Gulf, given says Stafford Menard, manager of that we already will have much of

Gulfstar development for Williams. the work ? ows established.’ ‘The result was a great piece of Simply put, its contribution today animation that tells the Gulfstar is important, but its future role story visually.’ He adds: ‘We use could be essential.could be essential.

it for different reasons, but it’s been especially helpful when we do trade shows and for the investment community. We often www.oedigital.comwww.oedigital.com run into people who have a limited Technip nets Martin Linge work

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