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which is designed to create a bonded proppant pack with or without closure stress.

FUSION technology has been developed to allow increased injec-

Solutions tion and production rates in deepwater ? elds, enabling pressure maintenance and increased ultimate recovery and ROI (return on investment). FUSION aims to improve well productivity by enabling

PRODUCTS operators to create a high-integrity, high-permeability annular pack in the low compressive strength environment of the annulus that retains its integrity under high water injection rates.

The technology features durable, ultra-high conductivity ceramic proppant with a proprietary resin coating, which enables controlled bonding of the proppant pack by using a unique chemical-activator.

The chemical-activated bonding process forms a strong, ? exible bond without compression, even in low temperature environments, to create a high integrity pack meant to withstand stress cycling to sustain long-term proppant pack integrity.

Permanently detectable CARBONRT inert tracer technology is manufactured into the substrate of every proppant grain, enabling

CARBO develops FUSION proppant in the annulus to be detected (with a standard neutron

CARBO has introduced FUSION, a proppant pack consolida- logging tool) to evaluate pack placement and quality at any time tion technology for deepwater injection and production wells, during the life of the well. www.carboceramics.com

Halliburton launches massive salt interval in a 16.5in borehole, Decommissioning Series, will special-

LWD density service where surface seismic data was poor. ize in three core areas for oil and gas

Sperry Drilling, a Halliburton busi- www.halliburton.com decommissioning: topside decommis- ness, introduced the 9.5in Azimuthal sioning, offshore platform removal, and

James Fisher

Lithodensity (ALD) service, providing subsea cleaning and removal.

unveils excavation tool real-time density measurements and im- A monohull vessel designed with ages in boreholes up to 17.5in. a split stern will be used for platform

ALD is designed to provide down- removal operations.

hole density measurements, including “This ship will be able to reverse up to high-quality borehole image logs, to help a jacket, where it will be ballasted to sink optimize wellbore placement through below the platform. Upon deballasting, geosteering and to reduce geological un- the vessel will rise up to pick up the plat- certainties. The measurements, delivered form,” said Justin Rietveld, who carried via LWD (logging-while-drilling), can out the in-house research at Damen.

James Fisher Subsea Excavation, part of Preliminary estimates show the ves- eliminate wireline conveyance runs and

James Fisher and Sons, has brought the sel will be capable of decommissioning capture data immediately after drilling

SP12000 mass ? ow excavation (MFE) ? xed platforms up to 1600-tonne, cover- when the borehole is in the best condition.

The 9.5in ALD provides the same tool to market to support clients with ing over half of the ? xed platforms in functionality as its smaller counter- large scale excavations. the North Sea, says Damen.

parts, including azimuthal density, and

The SP12000 produces more than The concept design includes modu- photoelectric and acoustic stand-off 6-tonne of thrust at full power and a vol- lar add-ons, including a (temporary) measurements. This information has a ume output of 12,000 L/sec (3170 gal/sec) crane or helideck installation, opening wide range of applications of water, which can be used for large markets outside of decommissioning. that can help determine a seabed preparation projects, sandwave Functionality can be boosted with the formation’s porosity, rock clearances, freespan recti? cations and addition of accommodation modules to strength, pore pressure large diameter pipeline trenching. increase personnel capacity. Another and borehole geometry.

James Fisher Subsea Excavation’s team option will be the addition of a tem-

In the Gulf of Mexico, completed an extensive re-engineering porary platform to create a solid stern, as an alternative to wire- project on the SP12000. Advanced increasing the deck capacity, allowing line runs, an operator hydrodynamics and improved ef? ciency monopiles and foundations to be trans- used the density mea- have been combined to improve the ? ow ported and installed for the offshore surement to identify shal- regime for a mass or controlled ? ow wind industry. low hydrocarbon deposits excavator to cut trench. Despite its size, www.damen.com in a 17.5-in borehole. In the fully-controllable SP12000 is also ca- another case, an operator pable of smaller-scale, precision excava- used borehole density tion. www.jfsubseaexcavation.com images in real-time to

Damen eyes decommissioning determine the formation dip and reservoir struc- Dutch ? rm Damen Shipyards Group’s ture immediately below a latest concept design, the Damen

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