Multiphase pumping has evolved into a well-accepted "best practice" in many producing areas and is now being asked to solve a wide range of operational problems. With hundreds of multiphase pumps now ...

Aker Solutions and Norwegian compatriot FSubsea have teamed up to form a new entity, FASTSubsea, to jointly develop subsea multiphase pumping technology, writes Russell McCulley. The new organisation ...

Multiphase pump types fall into two categories. By far the most widely used is the twin-screw, taking the “positive displacement” approach. But this type of pump has yet to make it on to the seabed, ...

New technologies often take time to find their niche in oil and gas fields. A number of hurdles stand in the path of rapid deployment. Equipment run downhole presents the dilemma that, if it does not ...

PETRONAS and FASTsubsea have signed a contract to develop and test a low-cost, topside-less subsea multiphase pump. IMAGE SOURCE: Aker Solutions A unit of PETRONAS and the Aker Solutions-FSubsea joint ...

Subsea processing moves critical parts of production processing from topsides to the seabed to reduce backpressure, stabilize flow, and transport hydrocarbons farther and faster with lower emissions ...

FASTsubsea, a joint venture between FSubsea and Aker Solutions, and PETRONAS’ subsidiary PETRONAS Research Sdn Bhd signed a Joint Industry Project contract to develop and test a low-cost, topside-less ...

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