Generics manufacturers are increasingly recognizing distribution as a non-core activity and are seeking to outsource activities to specialists such as Exel who are licensed to handle pharmaceutical products and are able to process and deliver orders throughout the supply chain. This article focuses on how Exel, a global leader in...
The macro-porous polymer extraction MPPE technology developed in the early 1990s by Akzo Nobel removes dissolved and dispersed hydrocarbons. This article describes the application of the MPPE in the offshore exploration. The MPPE technology has been, for offshore gas/condensate, proven and commercially operational since the beginning of 2002 (Total F15A).
The firewater system on an offshore oil installation is normally built around a firewater ring main FRM, fed by large-capacity firewater pumps FPs, located at sea level. Jockey pumps are used to maintain FRM pressure at all times. When a deluge system (i.e. a high-flow firewater user) is activated, the...
Almost every portion of the platform requires some form of fire protection. Many of the spaces found on offshore oil drilling and production facilities can be protected with water mist systems. Water mist systems have tremendous fire suppression and extinguishing capabilities whether the area protected contains flammable liquids or ordinary...
If real environmental benefit is to be, won, real cost saving must also be found. Flare system maintenance is coincidentally very expensive. Unexpected flare failure is serious. It can be seen that if improvements in flare system maintenance can be achieved, the industry is desired aim of CO2 reduction through...
This article presents typical features of the current development of highly specialized global gas transport that includes a variety of considerations: increasing gas volumes, new gas fields and terminals are being developed. Some of the terminals including storage are offshore, new trading routes, some through areas with more severe weather...
This article focuses on the Epcon Compact Flotation Unit CFU, which is a multiphase (oil/water/gas) separator, with no moving parts. It requires no external energy and is reliable and highly efficient in the separation of water, oil and gas to achieve a high standard of treated water. The CFU also...
Modifying an existing offshore platform or any facility for that matter can be a daunting task. Any engineering company, owner operator or construction contractor who has tackled an offshore retrofit is well aware of this challenge. This article illustrates how these problems and costs can be avoided with the use...
A new risk agenda is emerging, bringing with it new demands on your business and how it is managed. Challenges and opportunities will arise on several arenas within the offshore industry. This report focus on a few: ultra-deepwater development solutions, LNG - the new energy carrier, entering environmental sensitive areas,...
The majority of new offshore field developments today are based on floating facilities connected to the seabed by dynamic risers. The dynamic risers for gas export are preferably large diameter steel risers due to the volume to be exported. This report describes the 'L-riser' designed as a 28"ID export riser...
Presently, the main applications for process analyzers in the offshore oil and gas processes are the measurement of export gas quality and water dew point moisture downstream glykol contactors. As more complicated offshore fields are developed, and with the utilizing of already present processing plants offshore, the need for more...
Abstract: This paper develops a moral hazard model applied to a multinational firm's decision between foreign direct investment and international subcontracting. We compare the results of the moral hazard model, characterised by the fact that the multinational firm cannot control the operations performed by the subcontractor firm, with...
Buried infrastructure (such as gas, phone, cable, electric, water, and sewer) is critical to all public works departments; it's a form of buried treasure. And, like buried treasure, underground pipe and cable can be hard to find. Inadequate or unavailable mapping makes utility...
An executive briefing on aviation for July 13, 2004, prepared by Asia Pulse (http://www.asiapulse.com), the real-time, Asia-based wire with exclusive news, commercial intelligence and business opportunities. JAPAN'S MHI TO SUPPLY PARTS FOR GE'S 7E7 ENGINE TOKYO - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (TSE:7011) will supply...
Atheer Telecommunications, appointed by the US-led Coalition Provisional Authority CPA as the GSM telecoms service provider for the southern region of Iraq, announced that the service had now gone live and was already providing communications for the people and business community in the...
An executive briefing on infrastructure for May 1, 2003, prepared by Asia Pulse (http://www.asiapulse.com), the real-time, Asia-based wire with exclusive news, commercial intelligence and business opportunities. PHILIPPINES EYES IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS MANILA - Major economic opportunities await the Philippines in the areas of sub-contracting...
Subcontract.com, Inc., a business-to-business staffing exchange, has signed an agreement with Onvia.com, Inc., which helps government agencies find suppliers online and businesses secure government contracts, to share government contracts. The companies plan to leverage the relationship between government and commercial subcontracting and...
Outsourcing, sub-contracting, delegating - whatever you choose to call it, it is important for any trustee body to ensure that it selects the correct organisation to undertake the administration of its pension scheme. This will not always result in a...
Rep International is seeing the first signs of recovery in the rubber injection moulding business, according to Gilbert Greco, sales manager of the Lyon, France-based firm. He said Rep is seeing increased orders from smaller companies, adding that such companies can make decisions...
ALCOR TECHNOLOGIES LTD., HYDERABAD, INDIA http://www.alcortechnologies.com Alcor Technologies, a GIS services company that specializes in data conversion, photogrammetry, orthorectification, field data acquisition and surveys, now offers outsourcing and subcontracting of GIS services...
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