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November 2014

Contents

GEOLOGY & GEOPHYSICS 40 Advancing seismic through advanced science

Sarah Parker Musarra discussed Paradigm’s new high- de? nition seismic processing software, Paradigm 14.1, with senior vice president Indy Chakrabarti.

DRILLING & COMPLETIONS 41 Close collaboration: drilling with liner

Weatherford shows how a collaborative approach helped in the planning and execution of a North Sea drilling with liner operation.

44 Predicting pressures

Hydrodynamic modeling can be used for overpressure prediction in on- and offshore environments. Marcell Lux,

Ahmed Amran, and Marianna Vincze explain.

EPIC 46 Engineering for a cold climate

Mark Manton explains engineering challenge of Arctic-ready facilities.

Feature Focus

PRODUCTION 50 Increasing the accuracy of uncertainty data

Asset Integrity

Sharing information about uncertainty budgets for ? ow meters

Management could lead to a better understanding of measurement systems, says NEL’s Callum Hardie.

New lease on life 28

ABS Group’s Brian Gibbs and David Hua

SUBSEA discuss long-term strategies to extend the 54 Reaching 20K service life of aging offshore assets.

Jerry Lee reports on GE’s new 20,000psi-rated BOP and its 32 Aging infrastructure under wraps control system.

Simon Frost explains the role of engineered composite repairs in late life asset

PIPELINES management.

56 Electrifying tube bending 36 Extending the life

Steve Hadrell explains how to improve subsea hydraulic of steel catenary risers components and systems.

John MacDonald and Lee Tran discuss a methodology to extend the life of steel

VESSELS catenary risers to keep pace with new subsea 58 North Sea mooring systems: How reliable are they?

tiebacks projects.

Mooring failure rates are still higher than industry targets.

Will Brindley and Andrew Cornley explain how assessing past failures could help industry understanding.

ARCTIC 64 Betting on Hebron

Sarah Parker Musarra received an update on ExxonMobil’s

Hebron development from Geoff Parker, Hebron senior project manager, and examines its place in the Canadian energy economy.

ON THE COVERON THE COVER

New destinations.New destinations. The 66 Ice-load modeling gravity-base structure for the gravity-base structure for the

Philippe Cambos explains how a multi-model approach is being

ExxonMobil’s Hebron project ExxonMobil’s Hebron project used for ice-load modeling offshore.

was towed from drydock to was towed from drydock to the project’s construction the project’s construction

RIO OIL & GAS site, Bull Arm, in July. site, Bull Arm, in July.

Located off Newfoundland Located off Newfoundland 70 Permanent seismic reservoir monitoring and Labrador, the 120m-tall structure has a and Labrador, the 120m-tall structure has a on Jubarte production capacity of 150,000b/d and will

Claudio Paschoa provides insights from technical sessions at operate in an average water depth of 93m.

Photo from ExxonMobil Canada Properties. this year’s Rio Oil & Gas event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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