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Norwegian Petroleum Technology a Success Story ISBN 82-7719-051-4 Printing: 2005 Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences Offshore Media Group Norwegian Petroleum Technology A success story ISBN 82-7719-051-4 Printing: 2005 Publisher: Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences (NTVA) in co-operation with Offshore Media Group and INTSOK. Editor: Helge Keilen Journalists: Åse Pauline Thirud Stein Arve Tjelta Webproducer: Erlend Keilen Graphic production: Merkur-Trykk AS Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences (NTVA) is an independent academy. The objectives of the academy are to: – promote research, education and development within the technological and natural sciences – stimulate international co-operation within the fields of technology and related fields – promote understanding of technology and natural sciences among authorities and the public to the benefit of the Norwegian society and industrial progress in Norway. Offshore Media Group (OMG) is an independent publishing house specialising in oil and energy. OMG was established in 1982 and publishes the magazine Offshore & Energy, two daily news services (www.offshore.no and www.oilport.net) and arranges several petro- leum and energy based conferences. The entire content of this book can be downloaded from www.oilport.net. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form, in electronic retrieval systems or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Publisher address: NTVA Lerchendahl gaard, NO-7491 TRONDHEIM, Norway. Tel: + (47) 73595463 Fax: + (47) 73590830 e-mail: [email protected] Front page illustration: FMC Technologies. Preface In many ways, the Norwegian petroleum industry is an eco- passing $ 160 billion, and political leaders in resource rich nomic and technological fairy tale. In the course of a little oil countries are looking to Norway for inspiration and more than 30 years Norway has developed a petroleum guidance. industry with world class products and solutions. This book highlights some of the stories behind this Norwegian This book describes some of the best technology stories success. that have emerged from Norwegian research institutions. Financial support, text and illustrations from the companies A strong Norwegian home market has helped Norwegian and institutions presented in the book have made its publi- industries to develop technologies in the absolute forefront. cation possible and are gratefully acknowledged. An editorial In some important areas, like the subsea market, the committee has been responsible for producing the book Norwegian "oil cluster" became world leaders through under the chairmanship of Research Director Ole Lindefjeld companies like Vetco, Aker Kværner and FMC Techno- of ConocoPhillips, who once demonstrated a multiplier logies. Advanced products for the domestic market, with effect of at least 15 times the amount of money that his cost effective and flexible solutions, are also sought after in company had invested in research and development in the international market place. Norwegian companies are Norway. The committee hopes that telling these stories of now involved in some of the world’s foremost projects, from Norwegian technology will demonstrate that research really Sakhalin in the east to Brazil in the west and Angola in the does pay. The editorial committee has consisted of: south. Ole Lindefjeld (chair) ConocoPhillips Norway, with its 4.5 million inhabitants, is a very small country Helge Keilen (editor) Offshore Media Group indeed. As an energy supplier, however, Norway will play an Kari Druglimo The Research Council of Norway increasingly important role. This will require an even stronger Siri Helle Friedemann The Research Council of Norway emphasis on research, competence and technology Liv Lunde IFE Institute for Energy Technology development. Today some 75.000 highly qualified people David Lysne SINTEF Petroleum Research are working directly in the Norwegian petroleum industry, Kjell Markman RF Rogland Research where the domestic market is still strong with large field Grethe Schei SINTEF Petroleum Research developments like Snøhvit and Ormen Lange. Norway has Knut Åm Norwegian Academy of established a unique Petroleum Fund, which currently is Technological Sciences (NTVA) Contents Foreword by Thorhild Widvey, Minister of Petroleum and Energy . 9 Competitive technological capabilities, INTSOK . 11 MAJOR FIELD DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS Value creator on the Norwegian continental shelf through innovative thinking, ConocoPhillips . 14 «Invisible» Technology. From Tommeliten to Snøhvit, Statoil . 19 Europe’s largest offshore development on track, Hydro . 25 Troll Story – A story of ingenuity, Hydro . 26 EXPLORATION Research enters the age of oil, SINTEF . 28 Revolutionary exploration methods, NGI . 29 Untethered raven, Kongsberg Maritime . 31 SEMI 3D improves discovery rates, SINTEF . 32 Temperature – the most important unknown factor in exploration, RF – Rogaland Research . 33 New geological knowledge creates more efficient oil and gas exploration, Statoil . 34 DRILLING AND RESERVOIR Full-scale Drilling and Well Technology Test Facility, RF - Rogaland Research . 36 Control of Well Pressure, RF - Rogaland Research . 37 Three-dimensional success from the seabed, CMR . 38 Innovations on Troll, Baker Hughes Inc. 39 Good sand control gave increased recovery and increased production, SINTEF . 40 Enhanced recovery with tracer technology in reservoirs, IFE . 41 Foam improves recovery rates on Snorre, SINTEF . 42 With time as the fourth dimension. Schlumberger . 43 FIELD DEVELOPMENT Gigantic Offshore Structures, SINTEF . 46 Skirt foundations and suction anchors worldwide, NGI . 47 Renaissance for concrete expertise from the North Sea, Aker Kværner . 48 The SESAM software platform, DNV . 50 The world’s largest ocean basin, SINTEF . 52 Subsea risk of landslides, NGI . 53 Monitoring offshore and on land, NGI . 54 Subsea innovation with a boost, Aker Kværner . 55 From hand-drawn sketch to technological success, FMC Technologies . 56 Cost-effective subsea development, Vetco . 57 SIMLA facilitated Ormen Lange subsea to shore, SINTEF . 59 Technical expertise with focus on safety, DNV . 60 OLGA enables field development without platforms, IFE and SINTEF . 61 Technology moving from the platform to the sea bed, FMC Technologies . 62 The future design tool for advanced well-flow transport, SINTEF . 64 LNG LNG-transport, DNV . 66 LNG technology made Snøhvit possible, SINTEF . 67 Norwegian loading technology may change the world’s LNG imports, Remora . 68 OPERATIONS Better safety and optimal operation, IFE . 70 A quantum leap in the development of seabed wells, FMC Technologies . 71 Inventions which provide cleaner emissions to marine environments, RF - Rogaland Research . 72 Improvements for safety, ABB . 73 Offshore reliability data, SINTEF . 74 Multiphase technology, CMR . 75 Slug control, ABB . 76 VIEC has increased the production of Troll C, Vetco . 77 pH stabilization for corrosion control, IFE . 78 HVDC on Troll, ABB . 79 Biological effect methods: Bio-markers, RF - Rogaland Research . 80 DECOMMISSIONING Decommissioning of the Frigg platforms, Aker Kværner . 82 THE FUTURE PETROMAKS – A large strategic petroleum R&D program, The Research Council of.
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