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Valves manufactured for subsea applications are held to an extremely high standard. These valves must use specific high-quality materials and be able to withstand corrosive agents and high pressures.

Subsea 7 has announced the award of a sizeable contract by Total E&P to Brazil for the development of the Lapa North East field located approximately 300 km off the coast of the State of São Paulo, at 2,150 metres water depth in the pre-salt Santos Basin.The project includes the transport, installation and pre-commissioning of 35 km of flexible pipelines and 20 km of umbilical, connecting 5 wells to the FPSO Cidade de Caraguatatuba.

Oil and energy Chevron has awarded Schlumberger a twenty-year contract for offshore projects in Gulf of Mexico. Schlumberger will provide the underwater equipment and services for Chevron's offshore projects in the area.

Compact actuator technology is often credited for helping designers of offshore facilities (such as floating production, storage, and offloading vessels (FPSO) & floating liquefied natural gas vessels (FLNG)) to optimize valuable space & weight on the facility. Because compact actuators usually require considerably more machining than conventional scotch-yoke designs, customers typically weigh the benefits versus the costs of compact technology. By Sarang Tipre, Cameron, a Schlumberger company

The April 2019 edition of Valve World Americas is now available! You can now read all the latest valve news and information either in print or digital format.

The Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) has named Spindletop Charities as the beneficiary for OTC 2019.  Since 1966, Spindletop has contributed more than USD 22 million to aid programs supporting at-risk youth.

BP announced that it has started up the Thunder Horse Northwest Expansion project in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, four months ahead of schedule and 15 percent under budget.

BP announced that it has successfully deployed Plant Operations Advisor (POA), a cloud-based advanced analytics solution developed with Baker Hughes, a GE company, across all four of its operated production platforms in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

Offshore oil and gas exploration has become increasingly challenging as the days of 100 dollar per barrel are gone, at least for the time being.

Exxon Mobil Corp and its partner Hess Corp expect the large Stabroek oil block offshore Guyana to contain about 25 percent more recoverable resources than estimated.