| Title |
Developer |
Brief Description |
| Micro-sieving of seawater and produced
water for oil and solids removal |
Micropore Technologies (Richard
Holdich, R.G.Holdich@lboro.ac.uk) |
Development of compact and light
surface microfilter membrane system offering high flux rate
and fouling resistance for oil and solids removal from produced
water. |
| Optimisation of Aquapurge TM Produced
Water Polishing Unit |
Clean Water Systems (Jonathan Miles,
jmiles@argoengineering.com) |
Phase 3 of the Aquapurge TM system
development that will optimise the system design by means of
a number of offshore field trials. |
| Optimisation of hydrocyclone performance
using the ViPA expert system |
Jorin (Nick Roth, Nick@jorin.co.uk) |
Development of expert system to
use output from Jorin's ViPA on-line water quality and particle
size monitor to optimise hydrocyclone performance |
| Sand precipitation using the Zeta
Sand Fairy |
Zeta Dynamics (David Connolly, davidc@zeta-dynamics.com) |
Removal of sand at wellhead, upstream
of separator. Alternative to wellhead desander; with laminar
rather than cyclonic design it aids primary separation as well. |
| Implementation of the Zeta Linear
Coanda Sand Handling System |
Zeta Dynamics (David Connolly, davidc@zeta-dynamics.com) |
Phase 2 of the Zeta Linear Coanda
system for managing sand in separator vessels will include
design and manufacture of prototype and field trialling in
a separator offshore. |
| Guidelines for application of new
reference oil-in-water analysis method |
NEL (Ming Yang, Myang@nel.uk) |
Will ensure a smooth transition
from the current infrared based oil-in-water analysis method
to the new gas chromatography / flame ionisation method. |
| PipeHEAT - Electrically heated flowline
and flexible riser system |
XL Technology (Phil Head, Philip.head@xltl.com) |
New heating system from automobile
industry. Benefits are high reliability, potential application
to flexible risers and "smart operation" to provide local heating
requirements. |
| High performance non pipe-in-pipe
thermal insulation system |
T.J.Corbishley (Developments) (Terry
Corbishley, terry@webfurness.co.uk) |
Use of shrouded and compartmentalised
low conductivity materials to provide a "wet" insulation system
matching the performance of pipe-in-pipe. |
| DeepGel - High performance, cost
effective insulating gel for deepwater flowlines |
Ythan Environmental Services, Boreas
Consultants, OTM Consulting (Paddy Collins, Paddy@ythanenv.fsnet.co.uk) |
Novel pipeline insulation technology
utilising a gelled fluid insulating medium offering high performance
and significant cost savings compared with pipe-in-pipe. |
| THERMOPIPE - Continuous manufacture
of thermoplastic composite pipelines |
Euro-projects (LTTC), OTM Consulting
(Gerry Boyce, g.boyce@europrojects.co.uk) |
The aim is to confidently replace
steel flowlines with composite flowlines which offer significant
weight, strength, corrosion resistance and cost benefits. |
| Autonomous contra-flow tractor for
pipelines (PIGASYS) - Stage IIb |
P.A.C.T. Engineering (Scotland)
(Tim Derval, timderval@pacteng.com) |
Pipeline internal traction unit
able to travel against the flowing medium. Stage IIb involves
construction and bench testing of final components ready for
prototype development. |
| Pigging using pumpable phase change
materials |
University of Bristol (Joe Quarini,
joe.quarini@bristol.ac.uk) |
Offers effective means of cleaning
pipelines not suitable for existing cleaning pigs due to complex
geometry or when pig cannot be recovered. |
| Downhole Compression in Natural
Gas Wells Phase 1 |
Corac Group (Norman Liley, Nliley@CORAC.co.uk) |
Design, development and field trialling
of a high speed electrically driven turbocompressor for well
bore installation. |
| Low Cost Anchor System for Pre-set
MODU and Permanent Installations |
XL Technology (Phil Head, philip.head@xltl.com) |
Low cost method of installing an
anchor into the seabed. |
| Calcium Naphthenate Scale Control
and Management |
Scaled Solutions (Gordon Graham,
gordongraham@scaledsolutions.co.uk) |
Better understanding and control
of naphthenate scales through experimental work and desk top
studies. |
| Geo-Prober |
ASB Associates (Tony Bamford, tony@asbassociates37.fsnet.co.uk) |
The Geo-Prober system aims to reduce
the cost and complexity of drilling a slim, disposable exploration
well in deepwater. |
| Development of the Pressure Control
Drilling System (PCDS) |
Maris International (Jim Neffgen,
jneffgen@hotmail.com) |
A portable, stand-alone, TTRD /
Slender Well drilling system that can cost-effectively drill
6-inch nominal holes reaching considerable horizontal distances
from existing well bores. Allows access of stranded reserves. |
