The riser and flexible jumper hose were deployed from the Hidden Gem vessel and the jumper connected to the robotic nodule collector vehicle at depths of around 745 meters. This completes the ...

Flexible pipes and risers play an essential role in offshore oil and gas transportation, providing adaptable solutions in challenging deepwater environments. Their multi-layered composite ...

Over the years SBM has continually pushed the boundaries for riser pipe systems. In the early days that meant rigid steel pipe, then, as water depths moved beyond 150 metres, a transition to flexible ...

HWCG commissioned Magma Global, manufacturer of PEEK and carbon-fibre composite m-pipe®, to qualify and manufacture a high pressure, high temperature m-pipe® to be used as a flexible riser connection ...

As extreme depths test the limits of steel risers, bonded composite pipe aims to provide an alternative. But the technology’s proponents, including the two manufacturers profiled within, must overcome ...

So, I live in an old brownstone in Brooklyn, and it has steam heat and one thermostat for all 8 apartments. The building is four stories - 2 apartments per floor - long skinny apartments reaching ...

The salt in seawater makes its oceans Earth’s largest naturally occurring corrosive environment. Add man-made multipliers, such as high-temperatures and pressures and the host of aggressive chemicals, ...

"Top kill." "BOP." "Junk shot." The Gulf oil spill has introduced some interesting vernacular from the world of offshore oil drilling. Below's a quick guide and an update on the latest efforts to ...

Shell Canada can leave two kilometres of pipe and a giant marine riser on the ocean floor after accidentally dropping them off the coast of Nova Scotia in 2016. The pipe and lower marine riser package ...

A project to deploy a 1.5-MW commercial-scale ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) platform in the African island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe by 2025 has gained a key design certification. The ...

The "top hat" containment system is still on track to be ready by Thursday, but BP now says it might first try attaching a pipe to the "riser" from which oil is gushing. BP will decide within 24 hours ...

PITTSBURGH, April 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "We wanted to create an improved pipe adapter that would be used to permit the vertical stacking of septic tank risers," said one of two inventors, from Yelm ...