Next Step for Island Offshore: Riserless Heavy Well Intervention
Winning this year’s ONS Innovation Award has aroused interest for Island Offshore and its riser-less coil tubing (CT) technology, the company said. Now Island Offshore is ready for the next step; performing heavy well intervention with coil tubing in producing subsea wells.
Zentech Inks Deal for Two Z-210 with CSSC
Zentech Incorporated of Houston, Texas, USA signed contracts with CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding Company Limited for the construction of (2) Z-210 Mobile Offshore Units. These contracts were finalized based on the Letter of Intent…
Island Offshore Debuts Open Water Coil Tubing
Press release - Island Offshore recently made history when they successfully drilled a pilot hole for Centrica Energy by means of open water coil tubing. This technology has never been utilized in the offshore industry before and proves…
NMA Prohibits CO2 Firefighting on MODU's
Statutory Alert: The Norwegian Maritime Authority (NMA) has updated Regulation No.227 on precautionary measures against fire and explosion on mobile offshore units, with effect from 1 January, 2015. Section 10.2.1 prohibits using carbon…
LR Launches Offshore Drilling Software, ISIS
Lloyd’s Register (LR) launches its Integrated Software Intensive Systems (ISIS) notation to help prevent a range of safety and efficient issues which impact offshore drilling operators and can result in high non-productive downtime. Dr.
