Stay Connected

SPECIAL REPORT: Gulf of Mexico King field gets world’s deepest subsea pumps

10/08/2007
In July, BP America Inc. began installing two subsea pump stations to boost production from three wells in King field, Gulf of Mexico. At 1,700 m, this is the world’s deepest installation of subsea multiphase pumps.The electric pumps will be powered by a Nexans umbilical from the Marlin tension leg platform in Viosca Knoll Block 915, 18 miles away.MultiBooster pumpsAker Kvaerner says the MultiBooster subsea pump technology was developed under the Norwegian government’s Demo 2000 program, with support from major oil companies. Cost of the development from 1998-2005 was about 100-150 million kroner ($17.5-26.3 million).In October 2005, Aker Kvaerner announced an engineering, pro...
read-story

Why Register?

Non-subscribers can only view whitepapers by providing name, home and email address, phone number and other information and comment on/rate articles.

Why Subscribe?

Oil & Gas Journal subscribers with login credentials can access these premium features of OGJ Online:

  • Current Issue – an html version of the current week's issue of Oil & Gas Journal.
  • Past Issues – An Electronic OGJ Archive. A keyword-searchable archive of all issues of Oil & Gas Journal dating back to 1990; also searchable by issue date.
  • Market Journal – a weekly round-up of the oil and gas markets, with observations from leading analysts.
  • Editor's Perspective – a short article of insight and opinion by the Editor of Oil & Gas Journal.
  • OGJ Industry Stats – quick access to current industry statistics from Oil & Gas Journal.
  • OGJ Survey Downloads - quick access to exclusive reports from Oil & Gas Journal.

 

Subscriber Help or Subscribe

Oil & Gas Journal Subscribers: Have your subscription number (from the mailing label on the cover of your Oil & Gas Journal) and e-mail address ready to set up your online account through Customer Service Assistant.

If you're not an Oil & Gas Journal subscriber, start a subscription and gain access to the subscriber areas of OGJ Online now.