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GEOLOGY & GEOPHYSICS 40 An array of uses

There is more to 4D technology than just exploring for oil and gas. It can also be used to monitor the storage of carbon dioxide and methane in offshore reservoirs in the

North Sea. Heather Saucier ? nds out more. 42 Unlocking potential

A team of subsurface and facilities engineers have been working together to create a viable, small footprint solution for a string of sour ? elds in the UK’s Outer

Moray Firth. Mike Cooper explains.

DRILLING & COMPLETIONS 46 Factory drilling

Drilling on Statoil’s Mariner will be a mega project – but

Statoil is looking to lighten the load in ways that could only be done on such a large project. Elaine Maslin found out more.

Photo from Petrobras 50 Designer mud

Designer mud is helping Total tap pressure depleted

HPHT reservoirs in the UK North Sea. Elaine Maslin

FEATURE FOCUS: FPSO takes a look.

26 FPS market expected to rise

Spending on ? oating production systems is 52 Drilling with liner goes deep expected to increase 73% in 2015-2019, with

Weatherford’s Steve Rosenberg and Ming Zo Tan

US$81 billion due to be spent over that period. demonstrate how drilling-with-liner technology isolated

Douglas Westwood analyst Ben Wilby sets the a depleted sand section in deepwater Gulf of Mexico scene.

well in one trip. 30 FPSOs shine bright in down market

EPIC

In advance of OE’s 2015 Global FPSO Forum, in Galveston, Texas, Audrey Leon spoke with 56 Modeling in the deep the event’s co-chairs– SBM Offshore’s Jim

An approach to modeling and simulation combining

Wodehouse and Endeavor Management’s Bruce subsea electrical and ? uid systems can facilitate a

Crager – to discuss topics affecting the FPSO better understanding of the interaction of long-distance sector.

tiebacks supplied by step-outs. ABS’ Milton Korn explains.

34 A stabilizing design

Audubon Companies’ Denis Taylor and 58 Making it simple

LLOG Exploration’s Craig Mullett discuss

Hurricane Energy has proven commercial oil can ? ow changing design considerations for condensate from its fractured basement oil reservoirs West of stabilization on the Delta House FPS in the Gulf

Shetland. Its next job is ? nding an economical solution of Mexico.

to get it to market. Elaine Maslin reports. 62 Making waves

Assumptions around tidal arrays need to be rethought, according to Professor Stephen Salter. Emma Gordon

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ON THE COVERON THE COVER reports.

Through the looking glass. Through the looking glass. OE

EPIC SUBSEA EPIC DRILLING BUCKET 1 BUCKET 2 BUCKET 3

PRODUCTION

Design & Modeling 56, 58 Optimization 46, 50, 52 Text heree 00 Text heree 00 Text heree 00 Monitoring 70, 74 is not the only one celebrating is not the only one celebrating oedi ital.com FPSOs Design & Modeling Northwest Europe Vol. 40 No. 9 g its 40th birthday this year. its 40th birthday this year. 64 Systematic evaluation of platform life

The iconic Forties ? eld in The iconic Forties ? eld in • • •

Getting to grips with the condition of older assets can the UK North Sea, too, began the UK North Sea, too, began be a dif? cult task. Stefano Copello outlines RINA’s production in 1975. We take production in 1975. We take a look back on the history of a look back on the history of approach to revitalization.

the ? eld and its future. the ? eld and its future. Photo

Forties at 40 20 Breathing new life into the UK’s • most iconic ? eld 68 Carbon sense reproduced with permission of reproduced with permission of

FPSO Report 26, 30 Market outlook •

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