Introducing
subsea innovations
OTD2014,Norway’s leadingexhibition for theoil and
gas industry,welcomes innovators in subsea technology
across theNorwegiancontinental shelf
For the16
th
consecutiveyearOTD
willhost its famedoilandgas
industryexhibition inBergen.
Eachyear theparticipantsshare
ideasand innovations from the
Norwegiancontinental shelf,
and theeventalwaysattractsan
impressiveaudienceofengineers,
industry leadersandexperts.
Free forvisitors, it isoneof the
mostconnectedB2Bexhibitions
for the industrywhichsince its
inceptionhasgrown tobecome
the largestannualNorwegian
oilexhibition.MortenDahl
Sebjørnsen from theOffshore
TechnologyGroupsays this is
becauseof theevent’s focus: “Most
exhibitorsare from theNorwegian
continental shelf.Therearealso
some international companies
aswellwhoareeither trying to
get into theNorwegianmarketor
alreadyworkwith themarket.”
Ithasahistoryofattracting
hugenumbers–previously25,000
visitors from36nations, and500
exhibitors.
ThisyearOTDwillwelcomeone
of the industry’smost innovative
areasof research: subsea
technologies.Exhibitors towatch
out for includeAkerSolutionsand
FMCTechnologies, asponsorof
thisyear’sevent.
Maximisingproduction
AkerSolutions,aglobalprovider
of systemsandservices to the
oilandgas industry, iscurrently
at the forefrontof subsea
technologies, specificallygas
compression.Theworld’sfirst
subseagascompressionstation
is tobe installed inNorway’s
Asgardoilfieldearly in2015and
the technologywill transform
the industryworldwide, aswell
asmaximisingproductionon the
Norwegiancontinental shelf.
Theproject,operatedby the
energycompanyStatoiland
deliveredbyAkerSolutions,
“willboost fallinggaspressures
from theMidgardandMikkel
satellitereservoirs, allowingstable
production tocontinue, enabling
anadditional280millionbarrels
ofoilequivalent toberecovered.
Subseacompressionwillprovide
manybenefitscomparedwith
thealternativeof installinganew
platform, including improved
recovery, reducedcapexandopex,
asmallerenvironmental footprint
andsaferoperation,”saysAker
Solutions.
Newsubsea technologyhas
beenamajorgoal for the industry
for thepast30yearsas ithopes to
solve thedeclininggasreservoir
pressures.The technology
mustbeable towithstand the
demandingconditions thatcome
from long-termunderwater
operationsand theAsgardsubsea
gascompressionprojectwillbe the
firstof itskind toachieve this.
INNOVATIVE
EXHIBITORS
Norrhydro
Thecreator of eco-
friendly hydraulic solutions
launches itsNorrDigi
TM
system. The intelligent
control systemoptimises
liftingoperations and saves
up to80%of energy.
FMCTechnologies
Producer of subsea
trees that pumpoil. The
company is offering an
FMC subsea school training
course atOTD.
Quickflange
Theproduct uses
hydraulically activated
cold-forge technology for
fast, safepipeline repairs
that don’t requirewelding.
OTD 2014 PROMOTION
benchmark
