Fibre Optic Cable Failures vs. Power Cable Market controversy as a highlight of the 4th Annual Offshore Power Cable Engineering and Reliability Forum! “The 4th Annual Offshore Power Cable Engineering and Reliability Forum has just drawn to a close and I’m still buzzing from the presentations, audience led interactive sessions and panel sessions including the odd point of controversy from the last two days in Prague. More than 55 specialists […]
Remote locations of the modern offshore O&G sites are bringing the need for the reliable, efficient and cost-effective deep-water applications. Subsea cable technology has been steadily developing through the last 2 decades offering the wide range of solutions to the industry. Amongst the latest innovations is JDR’s 72 kV “wet-design” power cables and umbilicals. These designs eliminate the need for a heavy metallic radial moisture barrier as used in conventional […]
Nexans is well-known as a DEH (Direct Electrical Heating) system pioneer and undoubted leader. Development of the DEH system was crucial due to extending pipelines lengths so as due to the necessity of ensuring certain temperature levels and minimizing the heat losses in oil/gas flow to prevent the plug-formation. DEH system was a result of the Joint Industry Project (JIP) which was formed by Nexans, Statoil, Sintef and Technip. […]
Offshore Wind Power development has always been a subject of complex management system set up to consider all the hot spots of the projects. Conservative management models have been evolving, turning into current risk-based management approach. Experience shows that predictive models usually benefit over the reactive ones stimulating the technology to develop new practices and tools. Among all the risks accompanying the life cycle of the Offshore Wind Projects […]
Cable monitoring & inspection process became an inseparable part of the Offshore Oil & Gas Industry’ performance from the very beginning – any gaps in sustainability and reliability of cable network might cause serious disruptions in producer’s activity which is already set under the pressure of the recent drop in O & G prices . Cable network laid deep under water is one of the most cost-generating sectors of the […]
Offshorewind energy cluster is gaining bigger energy market share through the latest decade. At the same time wind farms owners continuously face numerous challenges linked to operation and maintenance. And while some of these challenges are connected to “on the water” parts of the farm and relatively approachable for the solutions application, other challenges lie deep under the water. Among these challenges, the issue of biofouling can’t be ignored. The […]
Offshore and subsea Oil and Gas industry places the umbilicals as the main tool for establishing the connection between the host facility through which control is exercised, power transmitted and utilities such as injection chemicals delivered to subsea wells. Thus the umbilical technology stays a constant subject for research and improvement. While the industry is exploring new depths, it’s setting up new requirements for the umbilicals -extensive length, amended reliability and […]
