In this issue: Risk in the Gulf of Mexico. Also inside: Carbon capture and storage, Electric propulsion, DNV Houston.
Date: 03 June 2010
Re-evaluating risk in the Gulf of Mexico
Aging infrastructure, fierce seasonal hurricanes and increased demand for deep water development has caused many in the industry to take a fresh look at enterprise and operational risk management in the Gulf of Mexico.
Transport system in good shape
Norwegian gas wouldn’t reach Europe without pipelines, so it is reassuring to know that health checks of these 20 or so arteries have yielded positive results.
Sesam Floating Structures from hydrostatics to fatigue analysis
Sesam Floating Structures is a complete toolkit for performing hydrostatic, hydrodynamic and structural strength analysis. This leads to enhanced quality, reduced software costs and reduced need for training.
Breakthrough guideline to boost Carbon Capture and Storage
DNV and the energy industry, with valuable contribution from government agencies, have developed the world’s most comprehensive guideline for safe and sustainable geological storage of CO2. This unified procedural framework is intended for global use, supporting both industry and regulators, and is a breakthrough that should speed up the large scale deployment of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS).
Viking Lady shows the way
Rising concerns over shipping’s role in climate change has put pressure on the industry to develop alternative power and fuel sources to reduce the environmental impact of the world fleet. As the first LNG-powered commercial ship equipped with a fuel cell adapted for marine use, the Viking Lady may be part of the solution.
Sustainable electric propulsion
A new technology for speed and power control of larger machinery operated via AC motor-drives has been launched to the shipping market.
Growth through customer focus
Houston, Texas, the fourth largest city in the United States, has been selected as the main location for DNV’s Division Americas and Sub-Saharan Africa. Elisabeth Tørstad is moving from Norway to Houston to be the COO and to head this new division.
DNV Houston – a centre of expertise in the Energy Corridor
Located in Houston’s Energy Corridor, DNV’s expansive new offices will serve as the headquarters for the organisation’s activities in the Americas and sub-Saharan Africa, providing leading technical expertise and a broad range of services to the energy and maritime industries.
Well Intervention Units: Faster, deeper, cheaper
Rapid technological and market developments in the offshore industry over the past five years have put pressure on class to develop rules and notations for a new generation of specialised well-intervention offshore vessels.
Pipelines of the future – a DNV innovation project
The goal of the Pipelines of the future project was to look for future business opportunities and work towards maintaining or establishing DNV as a “thought leader” and “preferred partner” to several industries.
FloaTEC: Intelligent engineering from concept to delivery
Late last year, Houston-based company FloaTEC signed a USD 1 billion deal with Brazilian giant Petrobras and Chevron to design, build and (for a designated period) operate the P-61 tension-leg wellhead platform for the Papa Terra development. Now the hard work begins.