The project was aiming at the design of self-elevating platforms with a capacity above the ones existing on the market in 1978 and able to perform offshore exploration and production in water depths up to 90 meters in winter and 120 meters in summer, under environmental conditions equivalent to the ones of North Sea.
Design and construction of a low energy school building, equipped with solar heating intended to collect 24,270 kWh/y to provide space and water heating, and reduce annual energy consumption to between 60 to 150 kWh/m2 in comparison with +/- 170 kWh/m2 in conventional school buildings constructed at the same time (circa 1980).
ACTIVE SOLAR HEATING OF A SCHOOL BUILDING
The objectives of this contract are first to develop a sediment core driller for decametric penetractions and second to add a rock core driller to the bathyscaph, (the only manned european device capable of operating in very great depths). The need has also appeared to improve the navigating rotation and data collection capabilities of the cyana.
IMPROVEMENT OF THE TECHNOLOGY OF DEEP SEA EXPLORATION
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An investigation of the various natural gas liquefaction processes has been made in this study, enabling a simply operated and safe process to be selected.
DEVELOPMENT OF AN OFFSHORE GAS GATHERING SYSTEM
Development of advanced seabed instruments.
DEVELOPMENT ADVANCED SEABED INSTRUMENTATION
RMS FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF PORE SIZE IN THE RANGE 2NM TO 30 NM
DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF AN INSERT WELLHEAD COMPLETION SYSTEM FOR THE SUBSEA PRODUCTION OF HYDROCARBON RESERVES
Design, manufacture and installation of an insert wellhead completion system offering the inherent safety feature of a protected submudline valve block combined with a low profile above seabed.
Deep underground gasification of coal The french project is aimed at the gasification of deep lying coal which is not accessible to conventional mining. Gegs's long term objective is to bring into operation an industrial production process for sng (36 10exp. 6 j/m3). To get a gas of this quality. A primary underground produced gas with a medium calorific value (11 x 10exp. 6 j/m3) has to be converted to methane on the surface. This primary gas can be obtained with oxygen and steam as gasifying agents.L%
DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH PRESSURE FLEXIBLE PIPING
To design and develop high pressure flexible pipes to carry sweet and sour, diphasic, crude oil at temperatures up to 130 deg. C.
To develop a system for vibroseis oil exploration, making it possible to acquire in the field the full precision correlated and stacked seismic traces in data acquisition real time.
Realization of a waste heat recovery system using gas turbine exhaust.
DEVELOPMENT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A PIPELINE BOOSTER STATION WITH INTEGRATED WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION
DEVELOPMENT OF DRAINAGE SYSTEMS FOR THE RECOVERY OF HEAVY OILS
To develop drainage systems for the recovery of heavy oils.
INSTALLATION OF A LARGE DIESEL DRIVEN HEAT PUMP FOR DISTRICT HEATING AND DEMONSTRATION OF ITS PERFORMANCE
To install in the Danish town of Frederikshavn a large Diesel driven heat pump, using sewage water as heat source for district heating. To demonstrate the heat pump's performance and energy saving capability in comparison with a conventional boiler of same capacity. The annual oil saving is estimated at 56% or 4420 tons.
DEVELOPMENT OF RM FOR CHARPY-V NOTCH IMPACT TESTING
OIL-WATER SEPARATION BY WAY OF A HIGH SPEED CENTRIFUGAL PROCESS
The project aimed at manufacturing a high-speed centrifuge for separation of water-oil mixture. This equipment will be of reduced size and wright compared with other systems of the same output. The oil content of discharged water will be 10 ppm.
WATERTIGHT SHELTERS FOR SUB SEA WELLHEADS
Design concrete shells for the protection and maintenance of subsea well heads for different conditions of exploitation.
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Aim of the project was to develop an efficient articulated offshore loading system for lng anf lpg which is reliable even under rough sea conditions. This system will permit profitable utilisation of small gas fields and associated gas occurring when oil is extracted.
OFFSHORE LOADING SYSTEM FOR LNG/LPG AND OTHER REFRIGERATED FLUID
The programme was designed to test the use of sea water compatible polymers in reservoirs where water flood management is possible during water injection by redirecting flow.
POLYMER CONTROLLED WATER FLOODING ON-SHORE INJECTION TESTS
BURMEISTER & WAIN SCANDINAVIAN CONTRACTOR A/S
The aim of this project was to develop an instrument that could be used on drilling sites to analyse oil and gas shows present in the cuttings.
Joint European Torus Joint Undertaking (JET)
To develop sea bed production systems for use in deep water based on the use of dry one-atmosphere chambers.
DESIGN CONSTRUCTION AND FIELD TESTING OF A SURFACE CONTROLLED SUB-SURFACE SAFETY VALVE SYSTEM FOR GAS AND OIL WELLS
Development of a deepset surface controlled subsurface safety valve system which should lead to improve safety in the production of hydrocarbons through protection of the environment and safeguarding investment.
The object of the programme is to determine, by field trials, the actual performance of a new type of modular thermal generator for buildings. The generator is manufactured by OTB and is called \"Blueflame 91\". These devices have already undergone laboratory tests and the purpose of the field investigation is to determine possible adaptations to the equipment for different working conditions.
HIGH EFFICIENCY HEAT GENERATORS BLUEFLAM 91
MEASUREMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND THE STRESSES IN STRUCTURES TO ATTEMPT AN IMPROVEMENT IN STRUCTURE DESIGN
The aim of the project was to: - verify the scattering of the results of theoretical calculation for the jacket from the actual measured values - identify irreversible failures of the structure - plan the periodical maintenence inspection by means of a spectral analysis of the records - get a more detailed and reliable meteoceanographical report of the Central Adriatic sea.
Production and feeding of single cell protein
PRODUCTION SYSTEM FOR LNG AND ASSOCIATED GAS IN NORTH SEA
The main aim of the study was to develop a supporting structure for deeper waters.
FIELD OPERABLE SOURCE ROCK ANALYSER USING PYROLISIS
The rock eval i mother rock analyser, developed jointly by ifp and fina, was designed principally for manual use in the laboratory. The success encountered by this technique has led to the construction of an automatic instrument for rapid on-site exploitation of the parameters provided by pyrolysis of the organic matter in sedimentary rocks.
To build houses and flats with an energy saving of 40% for heating and domestic hot water in comparison with equivalent housing built according to Danish regulations (br 77) which came into force in 1979. This means an annual energy consumption of between 84 and 96 kwh/m2 of floor space.
IMPROVING RECOVERY FROM HEAVY VISCOUS OIL RESERVOIRS
This contract has as objective the development of techniques specific to reservoirs containing highly viscous oils or bitumens. On the industrial scale, it is intented to evaluate the potential of recovery methods combining injection of organic solvents and conventional thermal methods, and injection of hot fluids in-situ combustion.
The decision of the Council of Ministers states that the JET Joint Undertaking's mandate is to: \"...construct, operate and exploit as part of the Euratom fusion programme and for the benefit of its participants in this programme, a large torus facility of tokamak-type and its auxiliary facilities in order to extend the parameter range applicable to controlled thermonuclear fusion experiments up to conditions close to those needed in a thermonuclear reactor.\" The principal objective of JET is to enable the essential requirements of a tokamak reactor to be defined. To do this, a plasma approaching reactor condition must be created and studied. There are four main areas of work: - the dusty of scaling of plasma behaviour as parameters approach the reactor range; - the study of plasma-wall interaction in these conditions; - the study of plasma heating; - the study of alpha-particle production, confinement and consequent plasma heating. In addition, JET is pioneering two of the key technologies that will be required in subsequent fusion reactors. These are the use of tritium and the application of remote maintenance and repair techniques.
The purpose was to study main factors to the most realistic subsea production systems, based on maintaining the greatest possible number of production equipment on the surface.
To drill a pair of directional geothermal wells to a depth of 3,500 m in the sandy layers of the Upper Triassic to the Gassum formation (thickness - 160 m; net pay of aquifer - 65 m; temperature - 100 deg C; salinity - 190 g/l; permeability - 1 Darcy; porosity - 20%, chiefly in the lower part of the Gassum formation). To investigate the aquifers of the Lower Cretaceous and Middle Jurassic in the course of drilling. The geothermal fluid will feed an existing district heating network which supplies flats, private houses and public facilities in the town of Aars. The expected output of the geothermal station is estimated at 5 to 8,5 MW, energy savings of 7,000 TOE/year.
To develop a flexible high pressure riser unit.
DEVELOPMENT OF A FLEXIBLE HIGH PRESSURE RISER UNIT
The aim of the project was to design methods and equipment specially adapted to produce and discharge the oil from rospo mare field, which is paraffinic, heavy (11 degrees api), has a high sulphur content (6 % by weight) and a high viscosity (2200 cst at 40d.C). Although the asphaltene content is high (17 % by weight), asphaltene deposits appeared low, owing to the naphtenic dominant of the complex.
DESIGN OF A HEAVY AND VISCOUS OIL PRODUCTION SYSTEM (ROSPO MARE)
This contract was a supplement to contract no 03042-77. Its aim was to focus on applications of multi-articulated columns and technological tests.
ARTICULATED COLUMNS: PREPARATION FOR INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS
To develop a rational insulation system design suitable for containing LNG in a ship or storage tank.
INSULATION AND BARRIER SYSTEM FOR MARINE TRANSPORT AND STORAGE OF LNG
USE OF ENCHANCED OIL RECOVERY PROCESSES IN THE FIELD CORTEMMAGGIORE (ITALY)
The purpose of the project is to evaluate different eor processes potentially applicable to the depleted oil field of cortemaggiore, a conventional light oil reservoir exploited since 1949.
RMS FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA IN THE RANGE 0.05 M2.G-1 TO 10 M2.G-1
A new residential area of 27 houses plus a communal building with a total estimated heat demand of 360 000 Kwh/a should be totally supplied by renewable energy sources (40% solar and 60% wood boiler).
TO MEET COMMUNITY HEAT DEMAND BY USE OF CENTRALISED SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM
To research the technical and economic feasibility of post -installation of a pipeline riser on an existing offshore gravity structure.
DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF RISER PIPELINE INSTALLATION ON EXISTING GRAVITY STRUCTURES
B.S.P., recognising the problems of extracting oil and gas under conditions of increasing water depth, have developed a range of hydraulic hammers which are capable of operating underwater.
The aim of the project is to develop, construct and test a prototype for a submerged pipeline trenching machine for offshore use. The machine must be able to work in different soil types up to a strength of 3 kgf/cm2 and in water depths of up to 200 m. The maximum pipeline outside diameter is 40 inches.
DEVELOPMENT OF A SYSTEM TO EMBED SUBMARINE OIL AND NATURAL GAS PIPELINES IN THE SEA BED
The use of mines gas, a mixture of methane, air and carbon dioxide, a waste product of coal mining operations, to fuel an industrial water tube boiler plant consisting of three water tube boilers operating at 14 Bar and each rated at 36 T/H of steam. Each boiler is fitted with two burners originally arranged to fire natural gas or fuel oil.
THE USE OF MINE GAS AS A FUEL IN INDUSTRIAL WATER TUBE BOILER PLANT
SHELL INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM MAATSCHAPPIJ (SIPM
DEVELOPMENT OF MEASUREMENT SYSTEM TO OPTIMIZE COMPUTER PROGRAMMES AND TO MONITOR DYNAMIC BEHAVIOUR OF OFFSHORE PLATFORMS
The aim of the project has been to set up a procedure and equipment to measure the dynamic characteristics of offshore structures with two objectives in view: - to optimize theoretical models of the structure and to associate realistic damping values - to detect possible cracks on these bases.
Development of an electrical process applied to enhanced oil recovery.
DEVELOPMENT OF AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FOR THE PREVENTION OF THE EFFECTS OF \"WATER-COINING\" IN THE PRODUCTION WELLS